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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><em><strong>Here we go again, back and raring to go in taking on the little 26.2 mile fun run through the streets of ye olde London town from Greenwich to the Mall, this time running, raising awareness and reaping in the pennies for Alzheimer's Society, still in respect of me father but also me Nana who sadly passed away in 2009 after battling the effects of dementia.</strong></em></p>
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<p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><em>LOCAL SUPPORT</em></strong> </span></p>
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<p style="display: inline !important; font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">ervices include day and home care for people with dementia, as well as support and befriending services to help partners and families cope with the demands of caring. From Alzheimer's Café's and innovative singing for the brain sessions to memory-book projects and group outings providing both practical support and an essential point of human contact.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Provides reliable and up to date information to help with every aspect of living with dementia: from understanding diagnosis and assessment to dealing with the financial challenges you may encounter. </span></p>
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<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><em><strong>RESEARCH</strong></em></p>
<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><em><strong><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">Every year around £1.5 million invested in our <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #008dc4; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Quality Research in Dementia Programme (QRD)" href="http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=200294&documentID=347">Quality Research in Dementia Programme (QRD)</a>. This money funds important research that helps improve the quality of life for people with dementia, by tackling questions related to the causes of dementia, investigating good practice in care and treatment, and pursuing a cure.</span></strong></em></p>
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<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Committed to ensuring that people with dementia receive the best possible quality of care and support through providing training for health and care professionals and publishing a wide range of training materials and books.</span></p>
<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><em><strong><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">CAMPAIGNING AND RAISING AWARENESS</span></strong></em></p>
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<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">£5 </strong>could<strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> </strong>pay for one person to attend a half hour session at a monthly Dementia Café, providing information and support for people with dementia and their carers.</span></span></p>
<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #353535;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">£20</strong> could pay for 100 copies of Understanding and respecting the person with dementia - one of the Society's most requested factsheets.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #353535;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">£50 </strong>could fund a PhD researcher for one day to continue vital research into understanding the causes of dementia, how it can be treated and, ultimately, to find a cure.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #353535;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">£120</strong> could pay to run Talking Point for one day - the Society's 24/7 online community for all people affected by dementia.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="display: inline !important;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p>
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<p><strong>THANKS</strong></p>