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I am raising money for Alzheimers Scotland by climbing the 7 highest mountains in Scotland over a period of 7 days. Each mountain will be started from as close to sea level as possible which means by the end I will have climbed the height of Mount Everest (The highest mountain in the world). The challenge will start on Saturday the 7th of August.
Scotland's 7 highest mountains total height- 29455 feet
Mount Everest total height- 29032 feet
I am doing this in rememberance of my Grandad Bill who suffered from dementia in the latter stages of his life before sadly passing in 2017. While studying at university I stayed with my Grandad in Broughty Ferry for a short time and witnessed first hand what this awful disease can do to a person. My grandad had a loving family around him to help him through the last stages of his life. Unfortunately a lot of alzheimers and dementia sufferers aren't as lucky. The money donated to my fundraiser will help ensure no one has to go through it alone.
I have set a target of £1345. The height of the highest mountain I will climb (Ben Nevis) in metres.
Your donation goes towards supporting the charity in many ways, the following information is provided by Alzheimers Scotland.
- £9.38 – could provide an hour of support from our 24 hour Freephone Dementia Helpline
- £50 – could fund the materials used in our reminiscence groups
- £80 – Could help our Dementia Advisors support people with dementia, their carers and the community for half a day
- £100 – Could help our Community Activity Organisers run a community group like Music Memories
- £245 – could fund our mobile information resource, the Memory Bus for a week
- £880 – could fund a days worth of dementia research
- £3,333 – could help to keep your local Dementia Resource Centre open for a month