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These two women are the reason I’m doing the great...
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After 5 years of living with and looking after my Nan...
My Granny June is the best grandma anyone could wish for. She’s always been the heart of our family, full of kindness, warmth, and love — the world truly needs...
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My 86 year old grandmother has recently received a...
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Mum was a hairdresser who worked until her late...
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On the 18th of June 2025 I sadly lost one of the most...
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My dear mum was diagnosed with alzamers unfortunately...
Dementia is an awful illness. Family home carers need more help than is being offered by the state. I'm taking part in the London Summer Walk to support Alzheimer's...
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my mum was diagnosed with alzheimers in 2023 we sadly...
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I am doing a sky dive to face my fears as my grandad...
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Am walking for my wife Joyce who is suffering from...
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These two women are the reason I’m doing the great north run this year, my great nan who we sadly lost to Alzheimer’s and my nana who got diagnosed with Alzheimer’s last year, this is my first great north run and I couldn’t think of a better charity to run for ❤️❤️

Natasha

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After 5 years of living with and looking after my Nan and helping her navigate her journey with dementia she has sadly recently pasted away. However we had planned our second memory walk and I’ve decided to carry on and do it in her memory. As raw as the grief is is deeply important to me to keep advocating and fundraising for people like Nan and I .

Gina

My Granny June is the best grandma anyone could wish for. She’s always been the heart of our family, full of kindness, warmth, and love — the world truly needs more people like her. Watching her live with dementia is heartbreaking. It’s painful to see her confused, frightened, and losing pieces of herself.

I’m supporting Alzheimer’s Society not only for her, but for everyone affected by this devastating illness. By raising awareness and funds, I hope to help others living with dementia, and to support the vital research that will one day lead to a cure. This is my way of honouring Granny June’s big heart and ensuring her legacy lives on.

Arthur

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My 86 year old grandmother has recently received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and unfortunately, for multiple reasons, medication is no longer an option. This means going forward into the scary and unknown future we will be relying heavily on the advice and support of Alzheimer’s Society. For this reason I am raising money for the charity by completing the Swim for Dementia challenge, where I’ll attempt 10 miles over the 30 days of September 2025 in her honour! To donate please use the link https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/SwimforDementia2025-RhianDuffy?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

Rhian

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Mum was a hairdresser who worked until her late seventies. She worked in care homes, taking the time to talk to all customers many of whom were suffering with Alzheimer’s. She finally put her comb and scissors away in 2019.
We noticed changes in Mum during COVID, but she had witnessed so many sufferers in the homes that she knew what was wrong and didn’t want help. We lost Mum to Alzheimer’s in May 2022, but she died in January 2025.
I’m walking the Camino Santiago de Compostela over the next five weeks (about 870km) in her honour and memory.

Jane

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On the 18th of June 2025 I sadly lost one of the most important person to me which was my nan. She unfortunately passed away from Alzheimer’s. This was a really hard time for us, but we will always remember her!! And her amazing sausage rolls she would make 🩷

Maddie

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My dear mum was diagnosed with alzamers unfortunately she passed away last year I miss her so much that's why I'm doing the walk for her and everyone else hoping they find a cure

Alan cohen

Dementia is an awful illness. Family home carers need more help than is being offered by the state.
I'm taking part in the London Summer Walk to support Alzheimer's Society to further the help &
support they & their volunteers give to dementia sufferers & their dedicated carers, & for the help they gave to me.
I was a full time home carer for my wife for 8 years. In this long struggle I promised her to hold her hand and be there for her, every step of the way.
She died last December, & I miss and cry for her, but she had told me that now she'll walk with me every step of the way,
Dementia is a cruel illness affecting all the family, and hopefully one day - a step at a time - people won't have go through this pain and suffering.

Ralph

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my mum was diagnosed with alzheimers in 2023 we sadly lost her 1/4/2025. if love could of saved mum she still be here , Alzheimer’s stole our precious mums mind she became like a totally differ person in the first few months she interacted well in music groups , coffee groups then she became agitated and became scared relieving some horrible memories, looking for her mum loosing words unable to do her daily activities, stopped eating then was put on end life plan where we were supported with district nurses admiral nurse carers i really thought we had alot longer with her ,im doing my walk in memory of the most precious mum who i will carry with me in my heart everyday 💕💕💕

rachel

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I am doing a sky dive to face my fears as my grandad faced a fear he was not aware of. The fear of the unknown. That is greatest fear that we can all bear. He was brave and courageous and taught us everyday what is is like to be brave. I want to honour his legacy and do this Sky dive. I will never never know the fear he felt but I had the compassion and empathy to understand. I took time and I learnt, developed and adapted. We ar human, all we can do is learn. My grandad was my hero and taught me so much. In this generation, if anything. Just be kind.

Mollie

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Am walking for my wife Joyce who is suffering from dementia and am hope ing to raise a littel case to help find a cure ,your help could really help thank you.

Michael grundy

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I will be taking part in the Memory Walk in honour of my beautiful Nana who sadly lost her long battle with Dementia in May this year.
My nana tirelessly cared for her own mother who suffered from Altzimers disease before being diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2012.

Kirsty

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