Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia. That's the equivalent of around 225,000 people every year. By taking part in Memory Walk you are helping us walk for a dementia free future and help people affected by dementia.

We are walking on behalf of Westacre Nursing Home to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. As a care home, Alzheimer’s and related Dementia conditions are really important to us, and so we want to do our part for this important cause!

For the walk, we decided that on the 20^th of March we would try and walk the entire length of the River Itchen. Starting at Cobden Bridge in Southampton and ending up all the way at Westacre in Winchester.  We decided on the route before looking at how long it would really take. After a sedentary 2020, the prosect of walking for nearly 4 hours is an intimidating one, but we’ll give it our best shot!