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Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting between 50 and 75 per cent of those diagnosed. Symptoms of dementia include memory loss, confusion and problems with speech and understanding. Dementia is a terminal condition. There are over 42,000 people under 65 with dementia in the UK.The total cost of care for people with dementia in the UK is £34.7billion. This is set to rise sharply over the next two decades, to £94.1billion by 2040. The cost of social care for people with dementia is set to nearly treble by 2040, increasing from £15.7billion to £45.4billion. Dementia is one of the main causes of disability later in life, ahead of cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke. As a country we spend much less on dementia than on these other conditions. There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease or any other type of dementia. Dementia research is desperately underfunded. For every person living with dementia, the annual cost to the UK economy is over £30,000 and yet only £90 is spent on dementia research each year. There are not enough researchers and clinicians joining the fight against dementia. Five times fewer researchers choose to work on dementia than on cancer. Maddy Bunn

On 18 December 2021, I completed my walking challenge in London ( with my Mum alongside me), to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK, because my Grandma died last year of this horrible disease.

We started at Putney Bridge and ended at Tower Bridge. In total we walked 29km, in 6 hours.

When I had finished, as a surprise my Grandad and Uncle were waiting for me, we took lots of photos with our Alzheimer's research Uk T-shirts and banner.

My grand total raised is £3225. I am so proud at what I have completed and the amount of money raised.

CIRCLES NETWORK | CHARITY Circles Network

I would like to introduce our charity - Circles Network - we are small National charity that has been supporting disabled children, young people and adults for the past 28 years.

Caroline Hunte

We have had a presence in Peterborough for the past 25 years. We have experienced significant growth in Peterborough recently due to the demand of services particularly for children and young people especially during the pandemic. We provide direct one to one support and facilitate youth groups every evening, at weekends and during the school holidays. We rent three units in Aston Business Park on Shrewsbury Avenue in Peterborough known as The Hub, The Little Hub and The Quiet hub. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission, and we have a rating of “Good” The young people and families that we work alongside value Circles Network, our team and the services that we provide for them, they often refer to The Hub as their safe haven and our team as their rock. We purposefully do not have a remit regarding who we work with, our doors are open to those that feel they need us or think we can help. Our values are grounded in inclusion and friendship. We try to emanate a family atmosphere at The Hubs. Those that we work alongside may have one or more diagnoses or conditions. They include Autism, Down's syndrome, Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, Prada Willi Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and mental health issues.

I have carried out some consultation work with all those we work alongside and the members of our team in Peterborough. Aspirations are high and we are aiming to raise £70,000 by the end of 2023 to purchase a holiday cabin (The Wellbeing Hub) at Tallington Lakes in Lincolnshire. The idea is that children, young people and adults will have the opportunity to use the cabin for much needed holidays and respite and those approaching adulthood will have a setting to practice skills to become more independent. We have launched a local fundraising Circle and we have events planned to raise awareness and funds to go towards our area.

We are reaching out to ask you if you could help us in anyway to reach our fundraising target by donating to our cause financially or by offering a raffle prize to be used at one of our events upcoming. If you could support the charity in anyway it would be very much appreciated.

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