SkyDive – Janine Beighton

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

Well done Team LBS!

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 […]

14 June – Mednet fundraising walk

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 […]

Support Richard’s Round-Devon Ride!

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 […]

Shona and Louise shine through in Gloucester 10k

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 […]

Barefoot triumph for Nicola Bellenger in Great South Run

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 completes Dublin Marathon in target time

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 […]

My Life By Rita Heap

Rita Heap, died of LBD on 15th October 2012. 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 […]

Elite Police unit raise money for The Lewy Body Society

SOI8 are an elite Police Special Operations force who guard our airports. As the Olympic Games draw near, foreign police and security teams from all around the world, will soon arriving in the UK through Heathrow Airport and SO18 have a plan to sell their handsome pin badges (see the picture on the right) to […]