My Nana was the sweetest lady with the best sense of humour.

It was very sad and painful to see her change over the few years after she was diagnosed with Dementia.

At the beginning she used to just giggle, take a big sigh and say "It's fun getting old" with cheerful sarcasm. But with time the jokes became fewer. It wasn't long before she couldn't look after herself and had to move into a specialist Dementia care home.

She made friends there and seemed happy for a time, but it was hard to see her decline and she only really recognised my dad in the end, who tirelessly went every day to visit her without fail.

So I'm running for my Nan.

I'm sure there are many terrible ways to live and many terrible ways to die, but I hope I never have to lose my mind. This makes any penny you can spare a fantastic contribution to the hopes of so many. With currently over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this number set to rise to over 2 million by 2051, this is a truly important cause.

Alzheimer’s Society is transforming the landscape of dementia forever.Until the day we find a cure, we will create a society where those affected by dementia are supported and accepted, able to live in their community without fear or prejudice.

£21 could pay for a person with dementia, or their carer, to spend an hour with one of our experienced Dementia Support Workers.

£50 could fund the equipment a dementia researcher needs for a day to investigate ways to improve care and treatment for the condition and brings us closer to finding a cure.

£116 could pay for a person with dementia or their carer to attend peer support sessions for one month.

£300 could pay for a focus group for people with dementia and their carers so we can consult them about a current policy issue and represent their needs.

£3,300 could pay for brain scanning equipment to detect changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer’s disease, in the hope of finding an affordable, non-invasive test to diagnose the condition.

Thank you for reading my story!