Well done and a massive thank you to Kevin Bithell and his Brother in Law, Nathan Pear, who completed the Chester half marathon on Sunday 15th May, 2016. Emily (8) and Owen (6) completed the mini marathon (1 mile). You can support Kevin’s fundraising via this link: http://www.justgiving.com/Kevin-Bithell5
A massive Thank you to Angus Martyn and the team from Forbes Blue Limited who took part in the Tough Mudder Challenge to raise funds for the society and to promote awareness of Lewy body dementia.
The Lewy Body Society President Prof Ian McKeith will be taking part in this years Great North Run on the 11th September 2016. You can support Prof McKeith by donating to his just giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/Ian-McKeith1
The Lewy Body Society is delighted to announce the appointment of Conor McGinn MP as an Ambassador for the charity. Conor said: “I am delighted to have been asked to be an Ambassador for the Lewy Body Society and to help support the valuable work that it does. Jacqueline and the team have my full […]
Jen Lunnon is painting her face everyday in March 2016 for The Lewy Body Society “because my Dad is living with this awful disease”. You can show your support for Jen”s fundraising by making a donation to her just giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/eganfamilyfundraising?utm_source=Twitter&utm_…
Thank you to Alfie, aged 5 who ran in the category one 600m at his local running event, he wanted to raise money for the Lewy Body Society to support his nanny who suffers from Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s. He’s raised £705.00 https://www.justgiving.com/Marlene-Robson2/…
Dr Rita Guerreiro (Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology) is the first ever winner of the Alzheimer’s Research UK Young Investigator of the Year Award. The award celebrates excellence in dementia research and recognises the huge impact of Dr Guerreiro’s work across the world. Read the article on the UCL website titled: ‘Dr […]
A massive “Thank You” to Murphy who over the Christmas period raised money for their nominated charity, The Lewy Body Society in memory of Seamus Croke who worked for Murphy’s for 40 years and died of the disease in July last year
The Trustees of the Lewy Body Society are delighted to announce that Jacqui Cannon, who has heroically and successfully served as the volunteer CEO of the Society since 2010, has accepted our offer for her to assume this position on a full-time , remunerated basis. Jacqui, who sadly lost her father, Joe, to dementia with […]
The Many Faces of Dementia FutureLearn, which provides a wide variety of free online courses developed by universities around the world, is offering a 4 week course, The Many Faces of Dementia starting on 14 March 2016. One of the 4 sessions will be on Lewy body dementia. This course was created, and is led […]
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