Both my Nan and my Nana were diagnosed with Dementia a few years ago and my family and myself have watched how this disease has changed their everyday lives.

THERE IS NO CURE FOR Alzheimer's. Just think about that for a few seconds. Once this disease sets in there is nothing that is going to stop or cure it. This is why I have decided to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK so it can be used to develop research and medicines so one day hopefully soon we can cure this horrible disease.

Here are some statistics that you may not of known about:

Over 850,000 people live with Dementia in the UK and that number is rapidly rising

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.

* £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.

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