I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s (Young-onset) aged 48yrs in late November 2017. Nothing will stop this cruel disease or cure it.

There are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to rise to over 1 million by 2025. This will soar to 2 million by 2051.

225,000 will develop dementia this year, that’s one every three minutes.

1 in 6 people over the age of 80 have dementia.

70 per cent of people in care homes have dementia or severe memory problems.

There are over 40,000 people under 65 with dementia in the UK.

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease or any other type of dementia. Delaying the onset of dementia by five years would halve the number of deaths from the condition, saving 30,000 lives a year.

Dementia research is desperately underfunded. For every person living with dementia, the annual cost to the UK economy is over £30,000 and yet only £90 per patient is spent on dementia research every year.

There are not enough researchers and clinicians joining the fight against dementia. Five times fewer researchers choose to work on dementia than on cancer.

Alzheimer’s Society is committed to spending at least £150 million over the next decade on dementia research to improve care for people today and find a cure for tomorrow. This includes £50 million to develop the UK’s first dedicated Dementia Research Institute.

I along with my family – Paul, Hollie, Leigh, Emily and Greg (Team Selwood) have been inspired to raise awareness and important funds to support a better quality of life for those on this tough journey. On Saturday 11th August, 2018 Team Selwood are taking on ‘Trek26 Hadrian’s wall’ an extremely tough one-day event over hilly landscapes; covering 26 miles. Arm in arm, step by step and pound by pound we will get there. Please sponsor 'Team Selwood' and help us walk for a world without dementia.

With your help/donations, we will find a cure.

🦋 Thank you 🦋

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