In 2022, the Remembering Not to Forget trustees took the difficult decision to start winding up the operations of the charity. Income from 2023 and 2024 was therefore combined into one final round of grants distributed in 2024. BRACE Charity Reg: 297965 £1283.44 BRACE supports dementia research at universities in South West England and South […]
A blog about dementia
Alongside fundraising to support people impacted by dementia, one of the aims of Remembering Not to Forget is to get people talking about dementia more openly, and for people to be aware that it’s possible to live well with dementia for a long time.
This blog will try to capture some thoughts on the Turnbull family’s journey with dementia, we’ll also use this space to share other relevant Remembering Not to Forget stories or updates.
The magic of parkrun
As many of you will know, parkrun is a free, weekly event open to all members of the community who are keen to walk, jog or run a 5km course in a park or other beautiful open space. It is a global phenomena with literally millions of people taking part each week. And if running […]
This too shall pass
On behalf of the trustees of Remembering Not to Forget, I hope that all of our supporters and their families and friends are keeping well in these surreal times. I’ve been thinking a lot about how much harder this situation would have been if Mum had still been alive, how confusing it would have been […]
Grief has no shelf life
Sometimes I forget that my Mum is dead. More than once I’ve met up with someone I’ve not seen for a while who didn’t already know about Mum, they’ve asked how I am and I genuinely forget. And then I remember. Other times it’s all I can think about, all I want to talk about. […]
Circle of Life
I have had lots of time over the last few months to reflect on Mum’s death and my daughter’s birth, and it has struck me, coming as they did within 4 weeks of each other, how much similarity there is between start and end of life care. This circularity of life has been both comforting […]
Visiting the Brain Bank
*Featured image: Samples of brain tissue, frozen at -150 degrees celsius. On 23rd August, co-founder Ali Turnbull visited BRACE and the South West Dementia Brain Bank. Here she describes her visit. Meeting BRACE While we always try to make sure that each round of Remembering Not to Forget grants are used to fund a wide […]
To tell or not to tell
I had intended to share this blog (initially written last year) on Friday 1st September, to mark both the start of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and the start of my maternity leave. But 1st September ended up being a far more significant date as it’s the day that our lovely Ma passed away. As anyone who […]
Swimming, Swimming, so much Swimming
The following post has been sent in by Kate Simpson, one of our lovely trustees. Whilst we were completing the end of the LEJOG cycle challenge, Kate along with Remembering Not to Forget supporter Georgina McMasters, undertook a swimming challenge by completing the Thames Marathon. The Thames Marathon Apologies for the interruption but I wanted […]
LEJOG Challenge Summary
Challenge Completed We did it! 1000 miles covered via pedal power, from Land’s End to John o’Groats. The distance is quite difficult to comprehend. How do you compare 1000 miles to something comparable? It was not without drama and at times was pretty tough. We even managed to have a bit of fun on the […]
Completing the challenge – LEJOG day 14
This will be a short update of our latest, crazy challenge. Documenting the ups and downs of cycling “LEJOG”. Ups and downs We started the day with mixed emotions knowing that the challenge is coming to an end. I must say I will be happy to give the bum a break from what feels like a very […]
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