After a mixture of great weather, lucozade, bananas,  fantastic community spirit and support the day was an absolute success and I can say I did it!

I would like to say a huge thank you to all who have donated the money has already been sent to the Alzheimer's Society and without the backing and support I don't think I could have done it.

This page is going to be kept open until 7th December 2014 so any further donations will be / are very welcome, and feel free to pass this link around it is for a very worthy cause.

£50 could enable four callers to Alzheimer’s Society’s Helpline to receive

£100 could support a person with dementia to receive two fortnightly the information and support they need. befriending visits with a volunteer, enabling them to continue with  their hobbies and interests.

£200 could help run one session of Singing for the Brain®, an Alzheimer’s Society activity that is designed to be a fun, stimulating and social activity for people in the early to moderate stages of dementia.

£500 could pay for two sessions of our Carers’ Programme for 12 carers. The Carers’ Programme offers practical tips and strategiesto help carers to cope with the impact of dementia and gives them information so that they can access local services and start preparing for the future. 

£1,000 could pay for one person to visit a dementia café every week for a whole year providing information and support to people with dementia in an informal setting.