On the 23rd September, I will be taking part in the Banchory Beast Race, raising money for Alzheimer's Research UK.

Beast Race is a 10km obstacle race which sounds like my worst nightmare. Currently, I struggle to run a mile without crying or throwing up so this could be interesting. 

I'm participating in memory of my grandad, who passed away with Alzheimer's recently. Research is fundamental in finding a cure for dementia in the hope that one day we won't have to watch the people we love forget us. 

Without a cure, the number of people with Alzheimers in the UK is set to increase from 850,000 to 131.5m by 2050. 

At £24 billion each year, dementia costs the UK economy more than cancer and heart disease combined but over two thirds of the care for Dementia patients is paid for by themselves or their family.

How your money can help:
* £20 pays for 1 hour of pioneering dementia research.

* £100 could provide the tools for scientists to map 10,000 genes in minute detail, identifying targets for the development of new treatments.

* £500 will cover the cost of a sensitive brain scan for a patient involved in a research study, tracking the effectiveness of new drug treatments, improving diagnosis and better understanding how diseases like Alzheimer’s wreak their havoc in the brain.

* £1000 will pay for reagents, unique chemicals that are crucial for successfully growing cells in a laboratory ready for disease study.

* £2500 will allow researchers to buy synthetically made amyloid, to better understand this hallmark Alzheimer’s protein in the lab.

Thanks for taking the time to donate, big or small it is appreciated.

Love Emily x