We decided to run the 2020 (now 2021!) London Marathon in aid of Alzheimer's Research UK. Almost two years on the big day is finally almost here!

Our dad, David, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's four years ago, and he joins our two grandmothers as sufferers of a cruel and relentless disease.

Dementia is the name for a set of symptoms that includes memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. Dementia develops when the brain is damaged by diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. 

Dementia is currently the UK’s biggest killer. One in three babies born this year will go on to develop the condition.

At £24 billion each year, dementia costs the UK economy more than cancer and heart disease combined but over two thirds of the care for Dementia patients is paid for by themselves or their family.

*         £20 pays for 1 hour of pioneering dementia research.

*         £100 could provide the tools for scientists to map 10,000 genes in minute detail, identifying targets for the development of new treatments.

*         £500 will cover the cost of a sensitive brain scan for a patient involved in a research study, tracking the effectiveness of new drug treatments, improving diagnosis and better understanding how diseases like Alzheimer’s wreak their havoc in the brain.

*         £1000 will pay for reagents, unique chemicals that are crucial for successfully growing cells in a laboratory ready for disease study.

*         £2500 will allow researchers to buy synthetically made amyloid, to better understand this hallmark Alzheimer’s protein in the lab.

Any donation, however small, would be hugely appreciated and would go towards fighting a global killer that affects so many people around the world.

Thank you so much!

Oli and Jono Robson