Tag: Alzheimers Research UK

NEC Group announces support for Alzheimer’s Research UK

Stuart Mitchell

The NEC Group has announced that its fundraising efforts for 2023 will be for Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. The Group – which operates a host of first-class live event venues in Birmingham – will be organising a range of fundraising activities throughout the year. Alzheimer’s Research UK is dedicated to bringing about life-changing treatments, and ultimately a cure for people affected by dementia. The Group will join the charity on its vision for a world free from the heartbreak of dementia, helping to achieve this…

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The Perfume Shop celebrates raising £1m for Alzheimer’s Research UK

Stuart Mitchell

Retailer The Perfume Shop has passed the incredible milestone of raising £1 million for Alzheimer’s Research UK. The charity is dedicated to making life-changing breakthroughs in dementia research, but it can only do this with the help of its dedicated supporters. As one of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s longest serving partners, funds raised by The Perfume Shop have played a crucial role in speeding up progress towards new treatments and, one day, a cure for dementia. Since The Perfume Shop first pledged its support the UK’s leading dementia research charity in…

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Dementia charity spearheads global initiative to use wearables to revolutionise disease detection

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s leading dementia research charity Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched a global initiative to revolutionise the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. The project will harness and analyse a wealth of digital data to develop signatures of disease – or “fingerprints” – that can be then detected using wearable technologies, such as smart watches. The collaboration aims to secure at least £67m over the first six years, with an ambition to attract up to £100m of total investment by 2030 to build and trial its diagnostic device on…

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‘Just Dance Memories’ Campaign Raises £60,000 For Dementia Research

Stuart Mitchell

Ubisoft, creator and publisher of the video game, Just Dance®, has donated £60,000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK – doubling the initial fundraising target for their #JustDanceMemories campaign. In November, the two organisations announced that they had joined forces to protect the precious memories the game helps families to create, launching the #JustDanceMemories social media campaign to raise awareness and funds for life-changing dementia research. Supporters were invited to participate by sharing a heart-warming film, created especially for the campaign, as well as their own favourite dance memories. Ubisoft pledged to…

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Dementia charity launches mass survey to help shape future treatments

Stuart Mitchell

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, is asking people to take part in a new survey that could help shape future treatments for dementia. The online survey asks for people’s views on the aspects of daily life that are most important to them, and which they’d most like to protect if they were to develop a disease that causes dementia. The survey was launched Tuesday 20 August, at alzres.uk/shapetreatments Over 850,000 people in the UK are currently living with dementia. The condition is caused by brain diseases,…

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