The Lewy Body Society CEO and Trustee, Jacqui Cannon, is doing the Bupa Great Manchester Run on Sunday 26 May to raise funds and awareness for LBS in memory of her Dad who passed away with dementia with Lewy bodies in 2010. You can sponsor Jacqui through her JustGiving page.
UK healthcare consultancy, Mednet Consult have organised a 20-mile charity walk in the Lake District to raise money for the Lewy Body Society on Friday 14 June. Please click here to make a donation at their JustGiving page.
Between the 18th and the 29th May, Brothers Paul and Chris Gardner are cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funds for the Lewy Body Society (a Registered Charity). Their father was diagnosed with the disease last year. Their target for this cycle ride is £5,000 and should you wish to make a contribution, donations can be made on their Just Giving Page by clicking the link.
Kate Fellows, whose father was diagnosed with a Lewy body dementia last year, will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in January 2014 to raise funds for the Lewy Body Society. You can find out more and support Kate's fundraising at her Kate v Kili website, Facebook page and JustGiving page. If you're in a rush, you can donate £10 by text: simply text KVSK99 to 70070. Thank you to Kate and all those spurring her on!
We raise most of our funding through our members and their families doing all sorts of sponsored activity and fundraising events.
Think about anything you enjoy doing in your spare time, it can be a fantastic way to fundraise and show your support for the Lewy Body Society. Here are some of the ideas:
Richard Potter will be cycling 600 in Devon to raise money in memory of his stepfather, Frank Sansom, who died of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) last year. To support Richard, please visit his JustGiving page. Thank you!
On a very wet and windy Sunday in February, Louise Davies and Shona Godefroy ran the Gloucester 10k in memory of Shona’s father, Stewart Dyer, who died in February 2012, aged 63, of dementia with Lewy Bodies.
Our warmest thanks to Nicola Bellenger for her fantastic Great South Run on behalf of the Lewy Body Society and in honour of her Nan who has dementia with Lewy bodies.
Jim McIntosh finished the Dublin Marathon on Monday 29 October in four hours, 24 minutes and 22 seconds, well within his target time of four and a half hours. Congratulations, Jim!
Rita Heap, died of LBD on 15th October. During her first year in residential care she wrote her life story and copies were printed off for relatives and friends - it was particularly useful for those caring for her to understand the sort of person she was before the dementia took hold. The book has now been put on Amazon as a download (just use search term Rita Heap on Amazon to find the book). Rita's family plan to donate any monies they receive to the society.
