Race Against Dementia

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Race Against Dementia: Working faster and smarter, together we can beat dementia

Join The Race!

 

Who are Race Against Dementia?

Founded in 2016 by Sir Jackie Stewart, following his wife Lady Stewart’s diagnosis with dementia, Race Against Dementia raises and allocates funds to research in the race to find a prevention or treatment for the diseases that cause dementia.

Unless something changes, one in three people born today will die with dementia. Over 50 million people worldwide currently have dementia with someone diagnosed every 3 seconds.

That’s 50 million families impacted and yet there are currently no disease- modifying treatments.

This cannot continue, investment is critically needed.

How are we making a difference?

The Race Against Dementia (RAD) Fellowship Programme draws from the most promising early career scientific talent around the world. Collaboration and mentoring with forward-thinking organisations in Formula One (e.g. Red Bull Racing and McLaren), as well as other innovative organisations (e.g. Dyson), brings the dynamic attitude, dedication and agility of Grand Prix teamwork to drive results in dementia research. The programme not only accelerates the Fellows’ personal research agendas, but also aspires to catalyse a change in dementia research culture globally.

Through partnerships with Alzheimer’s Research UK, the Mayo Clinic and most recently Dementia Australia we now have a team of six researchers with that number set to grow further in 2021.

In addition to supporting the science, each Fellow joins the RAD Development Programme benefitting from coaching and development delivered by organisations such as Hintsa Performance who work with elite athletes including many Formula 1 drivers. The overall programme features elements of leadership, teamwork, presentations skills and personal wellbeing geared towards supporting them to reach their potential as leaders in dementia research.

Research is expensive, each grant we provide is for up to £500,000, and supports 5 years of research in comparison to the typical 3.

See our website for more about how their work is changing the face of dementia research.

Partnership, collaboration and how you can help.

RAD recognises the importance of collaboration and partnership both through our investments into ground-breaking research and with our fundraisers – Lotus 7 Club is a part of the Race Against Dementia.

All charities are facing significant financial challenges following a drop in fundraising and this is no different for RAD.

You can help in the race to beat dementia by supporting RAD - not only in fundraising but in raising awareness of the charity.

Car clubs are in a unique position of making a difference both within the club and at public events. Every £8.5k raised can fund one month of research.

Successful events can include track days, fundraising at meets, auctions, afternoon teas with viewings of Race Against Dementia’s Memories series - a series of conversations with Sir Jackie and his close friends reflecting on and highlighting the importance of their shared memories.

Every pound makes a difference, every conversation, every sticker. We need to talk about dementia, it will affect us all in some way.

Looking ahead, RAD will be launching our “Drive for Dementia” campaign engaging drivers and clubs to carry our logo and raise awareness.

RAD hugely values the contribution of Lotus 7 and are delighted to be given the opportunity to share the progress we have made in such a short time.

Please consider supporting Race Against Dementia and should you need any further information or want to talk about what we do in more detail, please do get in touch at

clare@raceagainstdementia.com

For more information and up to date news, please head to our website,

www.raceagainstdementia.com

or follow us on social media @racingdementia.