<p>Hello!</p> <p>We're running a half marathon in Reading in aid of Alzheimer's Society. Alz Soc is a brilliant charity that provides support to people affected by dementia. This includes day care and home care, research, training, a helpline, Alzheimer's cafes, befriending services and much much more.</p> <p><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> <li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">There are currently 750,000 people with dementia in the UK.</li> <li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">There are over 16,000 younger people with dementia in the UK.</li> <li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">By 2021 there will be 1 million people with dementia in the UK.</li> </ul> <p>So - given the above, what better cause to sweat out 13.1 miles for? One of us (Strings) will be doing it on crutches, so it'll be worth sponsoring her for the blisters alone. Another (Adam) will pay for the his sponsorship money himself if he doesn't do it in 1 hour 30 or under - here is your chance to truly bankrupt him. So please, give generously!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Many thanks,</p> <p>The Extremepsych team.</p>