On Wednesday 24 July, Ian Deeprose cycled a coastal route of 50 miles from Mount Tryon in Torquay to Start Point lighthouse and back, in memory of his mother, Rosemary Deeprose, who passed away at Mount Tryon Care Home on Boxing Day 2012, following a two year struggle against dementia with Lewy bodies. Two of […]
The family of Gwil Debnam of Ince near Chester have held a Dinner Dance and Auction in his memory, to raise awareness of dementia with Lewy bodies, which he battled for five years, and support the work of the Lewy Body Society. The Dinner Dance took place on Saturday 15th June – to coincide […]
Shelley ran this race in memory of her Gran. Shelley says..” She was an amazing lady, and the best Gran in the world! She started with dementia many years ago and then eventually got diagnosed with dementia with lewy bodies. She ended up in a home and over time the condition got the better of […]
Janine Beighton will be jumping from 15,000ft on October 19th 2013 to raise funds for the Lewy Body Society in memory of her father-in-law. You can sponsor Janine via the following link: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JanineBeighton
Congratulations to Team LBS – Jacqui and Mike – for succeeding at the BUPA Great Manchester 10K Run. Jacqui, LBS CEO and Treasurer, who was running in memory of her Dad, declared: “What a fantastic day in Manchester, the sun was shining and 40,000 people raising funds and awareness for charities and causes that mean […]
Many thanks to UK healthcare consultancy, Mednet Consult who organised a 20-mile charity walk in the Lake District to raise money for the Lewy Body Society on Friday 14 June. You can still make a donation at their JustGiving page. If you work for an organisation that might be interested in fundraising for the Lewy […]
Richard Potter will be cycling 600 miles from Honiton around the coast of Devon to raise money for the Lewy Body Society in memory of his stepfather, Frank Sansom, who died of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) last year. If you would like to encourage Richard and help raise awareness of DLB, please donate at […]
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. Shona said, “It was the first time that the run took place in Gloucester and the route was […]
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. After the race, Nicola posted on our Facebook page: “I completed the GSR today, barefoot in 2 hours 1 minute! I’ve actually done it! […]
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! He still needs some more donations to reach his fundraising target of £1000 for the Lewy Body Society, so, if you’d like to help […]
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