I'm jogging one mile a day for Dementia UK
This April, I’m jogging/shuffling one mile a day for Dementia UK and I’d be so grateful for your support.
Dementia UK is a specialist dementia nursing charity and has these brilliant Admiral Nurses – they’re on the end of a phone and one of them helped get me out of a hole on a particularly difficult day. £8 covers the telephone costs for two families seeking support through the free helpline. £33 funds an Admiral Nurse spending an hour helping a family in the community.
My family, like sadly too many, lives with the impacts of dementia every day and has done for over three years. That’s when my lovely mum, pictured two years ago on a good day, was diagnosed with mixed dementia – that’s vascular and Alzheimer’s Disease.
When mum was diagnosed, we had no idea what lay ahead: the heart-breaking decision to move her to residential care, the falls and injuries she’d suffer, her physical deterioration so that today she’s “non-verbal”, unable to move and utterly reliant on carers – and the destruction of her intellect and cognitive faculties. “Does she know who you are?” many ask me. I honestly don’t know.
So, if you are able, please support my fundraiser. It feels like the only way I can fight back against this dreadful disease. I’ll post my jogs everyday on this page – and on Strava.
Thank you!
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My Updates
Potsdam potter
Friday 11th Apr
Day 6 - slow Sunday
Sunday 6th Apr
Day 4 completed:)
Friday 4th Apr
Day 3 :)
Thursday 3rd Apr
Lovely Leeds at lunchtime
Wednesday 2nd Apr
Run 1 done!
Tuesday 1st Apr
Thank you to my Sponsors
£50
Heather & James
£50
Julie Arscott
With love from all in Scarborough xx
£50
Ann Scott
Good luck with your running
£50
Richard Dawson
£50
Vanessa & Simon
Best of luck Ros, it’s an amazing cause and we’ll be supporting you virtually mile by mile. Love Vanessa & Simon xx
£33
Anonymous
£33
Ros Dawson
£33
Heather
Good luck Ros, a great cause. I know the effects that dementia and Alzheimer's can have on people, their families and carers. Wishing you and your mum the very best.
£33
Liz Lowe
Go Ros! Your mum is proud of you - this is a brilliant thing to do! Keep going! Lots of love xx
£33
Claire Hart
£33
Rachel Maclean
Brilliant to support your Mum and so many with dementia xx
£33
James Reed
£20
Juliet Sadeghian
Good luck
£20
Ewan Mcculloch
£20
Amy
Well done Ros on your great effort for a very worthy cause.
£20
Chris Blackwood
Well done Ros.
£20
Gabby And Andy Xxx
Go Ros!!
£20
Louise Hill-ord
Smashing it Ros, keep going!
£20
Anonymous
Keep going Ros, such a good cause
£10
Ann Sedivy
Good work Ros !
£10
Ellie Dawson
£10
James Hutchinson
Well done, Ros!
£10
Sarah Arthur
Go Ros!
£8
Lindsay Wallwork
Good work Ros, sounds so hard for you with your mum xx
£5
Holly Owens
Go Ros! You are incredibly strong, best of luck!
We hope the sun shines on you every day, and the springtime sights and sounds are uplifting as you run xxx