Celebrities share memorable moments in a bid to make online history
Published 19 September 2006
Memorable names from stage and screen have all donated a very personal memory to the Alzheimer’s Society Million Memories campaign.
The million memories website will be launched on World Alzheimer's Day (Thursday 21 September 2006) to celebrate the power of memory, how it binds friends and family, whilst raising vital money for thousands of people affected by memory loss.
Each celebrity has donated a private photograph that captures a special moment in their lives and written about why they wish to treasure it for generations to come.
The memories range from the hilarious to the extremely moving - the comic episode of inadvertently crashing a car into a garden in front of an impromptu audience (Jo Brand); unforgettable Christmases with family (Lynda Bellingham); setting up in his first family home with a new baby (Richard Briers); the love of man's best friend' - his dog, Bailey (Graham Norton).
Neil Hunt, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society, says,
'Memories are a gift we too often take for granted. The Million Memories campaign is a simple way to make your memories matter: by donating your favourite memory online, and sharing it with your friends and family, you will be helping people with dementia.'
