The newsletter provides updates on BRACE's fundraising activities over the past year, including sponsored runs and events organized by local businesses and community groups. It also recognizes individuals who have raised significant funds for Alzheimer's research through personal challenges. The document aims to thank BRACE's many supporters and encourage further involvement in their efforts to fight dementia.

1. newsletter
Autumn 2012
www.alzheimers-brace.org
Increasing Silver Light in the
understanding fundraisers darkness
Andrea Tales on research made Rising to our 25th anniversary A personal insight from a
possible by your funding, page 8 fundraising challenge, page 4 dementia campaigner, page 12
Jo Earlham, top, with her father,
bottom, with her local MP, Hugo Swire. Running For Brace
Jo Earlam, a keen As a child I wasn’t good
“I’ve set
advice was always
at competitive sport but the same: “It’s only pain, it
marathon runner, we were an active family, myself a target won’t kill you!”
talks about why she always walking together, to run
cycling, swimming and 50 marathons It’s a mantra I’ve repeated
is running to raise to myself many times
occasionally running. by the time
money for BRACE. I’m 50”
on long distance walks,
My Dad always took cycles and other physical
part and was a prime challenge events.
motivator. However hard I
pushed myself, Dad would Running was always the
always push me harder. When thing I least enjoyed,
I complained – as I often did – his continued on page 2
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but I had a long held fascination with the London
Marathon, and thought it a good way to celebrate
I built my marathon tally up slowly – 18 months later
doing my second, then gradually more including
Jack’s Lads Triumph on Golf Day
being 40. Edinburgh, Belfast, Paris and last November, my 10th, Yet another superb Golf Day – lovely weather, the Henbury
New York.
That was back in 2005, the plan being to do it as a course immaculate and over £3,700 raised for BRACE.
one-off – tick that ambition as achieved. Around the same time I learnt that Dad, who’s 70, has
vascular dementia. I lost my two grandmothers, my
It was the hardest thing I’d ever done, but somehow mother-in-law, and a dear friend to Alzheimer’s, and
the long hours of training turned into a liking for two years ago another friend in his 50s was diagnosed
running, that has since developed into a deep passion. with PCA, the same type of dementia as the author
Terry Pratchett.
I think it was fate to secure a charity place for BRACE
in the 2012 London Marathon, where I was delighted to
get a PB of 04:05:07, and know that Dad was proudly
watching on the television.
As a long time charity fundraiser, it seems totally
relevant now to focus on trying to help overcome
dementia. I especially want to support BRACE because
it is funding vital work to find a cure for this terrible
brain crippling disease.
When I see my Dad suffering – and my mum as his carer
too – I feel sorrow for them both. One of the things that made this Golf Day extra topped off by my lads wining the trophy – Jack would
special was that the winners were “Jack’s Lads”, the be very proud of them. We’ve had such a fantastic
When I run, yes I do feel pain, but it’s a different kind sons and grandsons of BRACE Trustee and volunteer day, the weather was perfect and the atmosphere
of pain, a kind that won’t kill you, a kind you can run Susan Marshfield. Tim and Jon Marshfield and their was so supportive.”
through and overcome. sons Tom (aged 20) and Billy (aged 16), beat 22 other
teams to lift the trophy. Many thanks to everyone who took part or helped
That’s why I’ve set myself a target to run 50 marathons in any way and to Henbury Golf Club for hosting
by the time I’m 50 in 2015 – currently 37 to go! Susan’s husband Jack died from dementia in 1993 the tournament. Special thanks, as always, go to
and she has given BRACE great service ever since, Roger and Pat Higgins and their team, committed
And that’s why I’m choosing to raise money for BRACE.
including many years as a Trustee. She said, “It’s volunteers who make this event happen year on year.
www.justgiving.com/Jo-EarlamBRACE wonderful that my time working with BRACE could be
January 2013
Programme of Events 2012/2013 Wed 9
Story of Weston
The BRACE Trustees said thank you but
not farewell to Susan Marshfield in July.
Please check the events page on our website for updates (BRACE is supported charity,
details t.b.a.) Susan has been a Trustee for ten years
SEPTEMBER November and a volunteer for even longer, and has
Sun 23 A Night to Remember’ 25th
‘ Sat 10
Linda Alvis’s Christmas
February decided to step down from the Board of
Anniversary evening. The Bazaar, Special guest Don Trustees later this year.
Tobacco Factory Theatre, Cameron, 94 Worrall Road, Thu 28 Capsule in a case” at
“
Bristol, 6.30pm Clifton 11am to 4pm Elizabeth Hall, Hambrook After thanking her for all her hard work, the
– 10.30am – watch out for Trustees invited Susan to accept the new position of
Sat 29 ollection at Co-op,
C Sat 10
Christmas Card Charity Sale,
further details President of the charity. We are delighted to report
Portishead Somerset Hall, High Street,
Sun 30 Bristol Half Marathon Portishead 10am to 12 noon that Susan has accepted!
President Susan!
April 2013
OCTOBER DECEMBER Sat 28
Spring Concert at St
George’s, Bristol
Sat 6 Autumn Fair, Newman Hall, Sun 9 BRACE Carol Service, St Mary
Julia Hwang and The Bristol
Westbury-on-Trym, Redcliffe Church, 3pm
Male Voice Choir 3pm
10am – 12.30pm Tue 11 Collection at Tesco, Susan said, “I was taken completely by surprise
Fri 19 and Sat 20 Kenn Road, Clevedon when I was asked to take on this role, and it’s a
Collection at Morrisons, Wed 12 and Thurs 13 MAY 2013 great honour. I shall still be helping BRACE as a
Fishponds Collection at Tesco Golden mon 13 RACE Annual Meeting at
B volunteer and speaker, of course, and I hope to
Sat 20 Card Sale – Backwell Parish Hill, Horfield, Bristol Mercure Bristol North (The encourage more people to join the fight against BRACE Chairman Alan Parsons presents Susan Marshfield
Hall 10am-12 noon Grange) from 7pm Alzheimer’s.” with a bouquet after the Trustees’ meeting in July
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3. Students in UWE’s Medical Science Society
organised a sponsored “bounce” on a bouncy castle.
They kept this going in relays over 24 hours, a
dizzying experience. Further activity is planned for
the autumn with the new intake of students. Matt Harris, a young photographer
with his own business in Yate,
dedicated a weekend to taking
portraits with all proceeds to
BRACE. He raised £500. Matt did Staff at Western Power
this in memory of his grandfather, Distribution found out
a former professional footballer about Silver Service
who died last year after a long after holding a cake
Silver
battle with Alzheimer’s. Matt was sale for BRACE. The sale
supported by local MP and Pensions raised £125 and, having
Minister, Steve Webb. joined the fundraising
campaign, they quickly
Matt said “My grandad was such an took their contribution
inspiration to me. After he became to £750.
fundraisers!
ill I realised how important it is to
work hard and achieve something
with my life. My business is going Some supporters have
As the year has gone from strength to strength and I raised funds in the
wanted to give something back to course of their work.
on, we have steadily Doveton Press, who
support the great work that BRACE
built up the list does for Alzheimer’s research.” print this Newsletter,
of businesses and are collecting donations
community groups from customers by
committed to Toni and Ashley from inviting them to add
TS Staff Training Nine members of staff at Fishponds with Alzheimer’s patients every day, a voluntary £1 top
raising at least Family Medical Practice entered the so it’s a cause that is really close to up when they pay
completed a skydive
£500 for BRACE by for BRACE in July. Two Bristol 10k race. They also produced our hearts.” their invoices. Avanti
31st December. of their colleagues one of the most striking photos we Hygiene are making
have been sent. Rachel Wring, a At time of writing, we do not yet have a regular monthly
were prevented by bad
phlebotomist, says, “Everyone at the the final total from their fundraising, donation to BRACE.
Those taking part weather from joining
practice knows someone who has been but it runs to many hundreds of
them but are planning a
have shown flair and affected by Alzheimer’s, and we work pounds and is still rising.
jump later in the year. We can’t do justice to
imagination in their This is actually the all our Silver Service
fundraising, and we second successive year fundraisers here, but we
hope they are also that this company has hope that these selected
having fun doing it! chosen BRACE as its highlights give an idea
supported charity. of what is happening. In
our next Newsletter, we
On joining the campaign IOP Publishing immediately
Among the first to expect to report on some
increased their target to £5,000 and planned a series
pass their £500 target exciting fundraising by
of fundraising events. These started with a “pub quiz”
were the residents schools and churches as
held in their office, which raised over £500. IOP’s
of Plowright House, well as businesses.
next event was a staff social based around watching
a sheltered housing European Championship football on television. We welcome newcomers
complex in Hanham,
to the Silver Service
South Gloucestershire. Further events were organised in July and one of
campaign right up to
their staff, Phil Semple, took part in a 24 hour off
the end of the year,
road relay race. He covered an astonishing 120 km
please contact the BRACE
(75 miles). He finished with blisters and aching limbs,
appeal office if you are
and hobbled over the finishing line with the aid of a
interested.
borrowed walking stick. We applaud his commitment
and endurance.
As we complete this Newsletter, IOP’s fundraising has
already reached £4,000 for the year.
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4. Sponsored events round up
Jamie Tippett with
young supporters
Gillian Tayler
prepares to run the
London Marathon
Nina Barrett and Darin Melville were
Clair Morris looking amazingly dubbed “Supergran and Superman”
energetic after 18 miles! by their local newspaper)
The most high profile of all Neil Drew was due to run in the 2011 Supporters around the country The BUPA 10k in May followed
sponsored events in the UK is the marathon but was injured shortly found events where they could part of the route of the Olympic
London Marathon. We have five beforehand in a tragic road accident raise funds for BRACE. Jon Hartnoll Marathon and we were represented
Gold Bond places but, with a place which cost a friend his life. Neil ran the Forest of Dean Half by Vicky Ledbury and Stella Kench.
carried forward and five runners was determined to complete the Marathon, while Daniel Buttress
This year, more people are securing their own places, no fewer challenge he had set himself, feeling ran in both Brighton and Reading. Many of our participants in
coming forward to raise than eleven wore the BRACE logo that he owed it all those who had sponsored events are caring for
money for us by taking this year. Nina Barrett, Nicola sponsored him. His achievement is Chris Rudall, from Worcestershire, someone with dementia or are
Greenwood, Ann Gill, John Cowham, all the more remarkable considering ran the Blakedown Bolt (a 10,000 raising funds in memory of a loved
part in sponsored events. Jamie Tippett, Gillian Tayler, Jo that he ran a marathon in Bristol metre run) in June and, as we go one. We haven’t told their stories
We can’t thank all of them Earlam, Clair Morris, Lysander three days earlier and then cycled to to print, is preparing for a 95 mile here, but we admire the courage
properly in the limited Bryant, Tricia Blackborow and Neil London for his second marathon! slog from Blakedown to Cardiff. and determination they showed
Drew – we are extremely grateful to Chris, who is in the RAF, showed in trying to make sure that future
space available here, The outstanding fundraiser this year his versatility by running a cake generations do not need to suffer
all of you.
though we have done our was Nina Barrett. With her friends stall with his mother-in-law to in the same way.
best to keep pace with Between them, they raised over Darin Melville, Nicola Greenwood supplement the funds raised in the
£15,000. and Ann Gill (the last two wearing race itself. More sponsored fundraising is
them online! We hope that featured in our Silver Service
BRACE vests in the marathon) she
this selective roundup will Jo Earlam’s fundraising efforts raised an astonishing £6,414. As well Heidi Simms and Esther McPhee, report on pages 4 and 5.
serve as a thank you to all outside the marathon deserve as as sponsorship, they gathered money colleagues in an Exeter salon, took
much of a mention as the run itself. through various fundraising events, part in the Great West Run and
of them, who never cease
She has contributed greatly to including a Christmas present exceeded their fundraising target
to amaze and inspire us. promoting the cause through media wrapping session in which people by a good distance.
coverage in Devon, and you can read donated a minimum of £1 to have a
something of her story elsewhere in present wrapped by an expert!
this issue.
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5. Many people who attend memory clinics are given a
diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. This disorder
is most associated with an increased risk of developing
dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease and
vascular dementia.
As yet there is no definitive way to distinguish between
those individuals with mild cognitive impairment who
will and will not develop dementia. Consequently,
research priority tends to be focused upon improving
the early diagnosis of dementia in individuals with mild
cognitive impairment as drug and other interventions
are likely to be of most benefit at the earliest stages of
the disease process.
Increasing our understanding of mild cognitive impairment
by Andrea Tales
In this context, our BRACE- (sometimes irrespective of whether of the brain and provides a simple test colleagues) are close to completing
funded multi-disciplinary research they develop dementia or not) of such integrity. We have also used our study examining the physiological “These
approach (see below) has revealed and such findings indicate that for such techniques to investigate the and structural basis of vision and
that the memory and cognitive some people with mild cognitive brain’s ability to process moving stimuli, attention-related processing and how research
dysfunction used to define mild impairment may impact upon objects and shadows. their integrity are affected by healthy findings have
cognitive impairment can be behaviours such as driving and ageing, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular
accompanied by breakdown in even walking about (both of which Electroencephalography (EEG): We have cognitive impairment. been made
used this technique to show that very
the integrity of many additional are highly dependent upon vision
early or low level visual and attention- Our aim now is to continue to apply
possible by
elements of brain activity not and attention).
typically examined during diagnosis. related processing previously thought our research findings to real-life issues a long-term
These include various aspects of These research findings have been to be preserved in mild cognitive such as improving the early diagnosis of BRACE-funded
vision and attention-related brain made possible by a long-term impairment and dementia can in fact be dementia, differentiating between the
function. Our longitudinal research BRACE-funded research programme significantly abnormal. In conjunction various forms of dementia at an earlier research
has shown that some of these involving the collaboration of many with funding from the BBSRC we are stage of the disease and understanding programme”
visual and attention problems are scientists, clinicians, patients and now using this technique to examine the how abnormalities in visual and
worse in people with mild cognitive control participants and helpers, integrity of visual and auditory function attention-related processing can cause
impairment who develop dementia; and employing a multidisciplinary in Lewy body dementia, vascular real-life problems in behaviours such as
the use of such tests may therefore research methodology approach dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, mild driving and walking.
improve its early diagnosis. using techniques such as: cognitive impairment and cognitively
healthy ageing. Indeed, how vision and attention affect
However, as visual and visual Eye tracking: which involves the the ability of older adults to walk safely
attention-related function forms measurement of how our eyes move Methodology: It is really important to through their surroundings is being
the basis for environmental and how our pupils work; both of ensure that our research is valid and investigated in our new study led by
awareness, interpretation, which are important indicators we have investigated many factors that Ute Leonards and Judy Haworth; using
perception, cognition, memory and of attention and information can detrimentally affect the outcome state-of–the-art technology and real-
behaviour, when these processes processing. research and its clinical applicability. life walking situations. The outcome of
go wrong the consequences can this study will help us to determine why
Andrea Tales is a Senior be serious. Our research has Computer-based reaction time tests Magnetoencephalography (MEG) some older adults and patients with mild
Research Fellow at the indicated that people with mild (psychophysics): Variability in a structural magnetic resonance imaging cognitive impairment and dementia are
University of Bristol and cognitive impairment may also person’s reaction time in response (MRI): In Cardiff, we (Aline Bompas, at an increased risk of falls.
moves to a new role as experience significant problems in to a given task is related to the Tony Bayer, Krish Singh, myself and
Senior Lecturer at Swansea some of aspects of brain function integrity of the white matter tracts
University later this year.
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6. A year of celebration Competitions
update
A “golden age” for
BRACE has celebrated its If you read this article before 23rd
September, there might still be
In our 25th anniversary year
we had an extra prize for the
dementia research
in Bristol
silver anniversary with time to book a place at “A Night Silver Service competition so
three special events. to Remember” at the Tobacco we had two winners, Mrs Julie
Factory, Southville, Bristol. This McLaren from Yate, South
Two have already
starts with a sparkling reception Gloucestershire and Mrs Hilda
taken place and the at 6.30pm, followed by a show by Long from Cowbridge. Both
third is due to happen The Opera Dudes and The Jimmy winners received a £25 gift Dementia research
the Lip Allstar Band. Tickets at £25 voucher together with a BRACE
very shortly after this are available from the Tobacco Silver Service pen.
in and around Bristol
Newsletter is published. Factory on 0117 902 0344 or www. could be entering
The winner of the July
tobaccofactory.com.
competition, Actors, will be
a “golden age”,
The “Noel with Cole” concert in
March and the Anniversary Coffee We are very grateful to the announced in our next issue. according to Seth
members of the Support Committee The prize, two tickets to
Morning in May were both a great
and the other volunteers who see Aladdin at the Bristol
Love, Professor of
success, raising over £3,000
between them. The concert have worked so hard over several Hippodrome was generously Neuropathology at the
months to make these donated by the Bristol
was performed by Three Men’s
events happen. Hippodrome.
University of Bristol
Company, with a selection of pieces
by Noel Coward and Cole Porter. It
and scientific adviser
Our latest competition is
raised £2,288.
enclosed and the lucky winner
to BRACE. “Without
will receive two tickets to Snow
The coffee morning took place at
White and the Seven Dwarfs at In an interview in May with Vicki BRACE we
the St Monica Trust’s magnificent
premises in Cote Lane, Bristol. the Theatre Royal, Bath together Mathias, health reporter for The would not
with a copy of the 2013 BRACE Post, Seth talked of the research
With a variety of stalls and a talk
calendar. Thank you to the being carried out by the Bristol exist.”
about the history of St Monica’s, it
theatre for donating the tickets. Dementia Research Group,
raised £1,050.
including at the SW Dementia Brain
Good luck! Bank at Frenchay Hospital. This
includes work on the removal of We are now in a position to
amyloid from the brain, improving take some of the research
www.alzheimers-brace.org blood flow to the brain and the
possibility of a major drug trial.
advances that we have made
here with them, and translate
it into treatments for patients
The web address might not have Looking back at what has been with dementia.”
changed, but the BRACE website achieved over the past quarter of
BRACE currently supports
a century, Seth said, “For quite a
has had a makeover and now while now we have been one of research at the Universities
looks very different! the leading pre-clinical dementia of Bristol, Bath, Cardiff and
research groups in the UK with a the West of England (UWE).
strong international reputation, By focusing its resources on this
The Internet has changed a lot in the last few years, limited geographical area, the
and to a large extent that is down
particularly in the rise of social media, and people’s charity has been able to help
to BRACE who have been funding
expectations of a website are very different as a develop a network of world class
and providing core support for
result. We have tried to make our site welcoming, research teams.
Social media – follow the links from the foot of our many years.
attractive, informative and interactive.
home page and follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
“Without BRACE we would not Whatever the geography
A great way to help BRACE online is to make use of If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can
exist. As a result of the work which of the research, of course,
the opportunities for interaction that we provide. also use the buttons on any page, including news and
has been done with the support the beneficiaries are people
These include: events reports, to let your friends and contacts know
of the South West Dementia Brain anywhere in the world who might
about the charity and its work.
The memories page – follow the link from the home Bank and BRACE funding, I think we one day develop dementia.
page to record a treasured memory and help show Our blog – again, there is a link at the foot of our are really entering a golden age in Charity begins at home, but it
what we are fighting to save. home page for you to follow our blog. dementia research here in Bristol. knows no boundaries!
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7. News in brief...
Community group
the Nailsea Lions
Club raised £700 for
BRACE in the spring.
Karen Zold and
Club President Chris
Cadwgan are seen
here presenting the
cheque to BRACE
Chief Executive
Mark Poarch.
Three members of Chipping
Sodbury Rotary Club cycled
from John O’Groats to Lands
End and raised £3,650. BRACE
Finding light in the darkness was very grateful to be chosen
to receive a third of this
money. Richard Kingscott
Beth Britton, My father often said when I was a child In my father’s case, his lengthy battle (left) presented cheques to
that if he was ever ill he would much with dementia ended in April 2012, less Mark Poarch (second left) and
a freelance rather be treated by a vet than a doctor. than two weeks after his 85th birthday. representatives of BrAMS and
feature writer Back then it was an amusing one liner That he suffered with this disease for so local scouts and guides.
from a farmer and man of the country, long is largely down to the fact that his
and dementia but it turned out to be a poignantly body, in the most part, was extremely
campaigner, insightful look into his future, because strong. He could have had a long and
to try and work out what he wanted, very happy retirement if he hadn’t
gives a personal needed and felt during much of the been let down by his brain, slowly and
insight into 19 years he suffered from vascular very cruelly.
dementia required the skills of a vet;
her father’s someone who tries to understand and Although dad’s battle is over, sadly
lengthy battle treat their patients without any help for so many others, their struggle is
whatsoever from the patient. just beginning. The work of BRACE is BRACE was honoured to be lovely way to thank some of the
with vascular vital in helping to find out what causes invited to the Bristol premiere people who do so much for the
dementia Year by year dementia locked away parts dementia, how it can be diagnosed of the new Aardman animation, charity. A big surprise was the
of dad’s brain that no one had the key quicker and treated more effectively, The Pirates, by director Peter attendance of Hugh Grant,
to. He was no longer in our world in and ultimately how it can be prevented. Lord. We were given 50 tickets who voiced the pirate captain
the same way that we were never truly for supporters. It was not a in the film. The BRACE stall at the annual
in his, and in attempting to bridge this I effectively began to lose my father fundraiser, but an unusual and Photo © Evening Post
Frenchay Flower Show in July
divide we, as a family, had to become when I was just 12 years old; we silently
expert interpreters. All the love, care mourned his loss while he was with us,
and dedication in the world, however, and now we mourn all over again. BRACE The BRACE stall
still leaves you feeling you could always can play a massive part in ensuring that As we go to print,
at the Portishead
have done more. other families do not go through what Corina Hawkins,
Flower Show. A big
we have been through. Dementia will originally from North
‘thank you’ to our
I have heard it said that with dementia one day be beaten if everyone recognises Somerset, is about to
hardworking team
the mind passes away long before the the insidiousness of this disease, and run a 12k race in Perth,
of volunteers in
body ever does, and that is the painful backs the work that can end the hold it Western Australia.
Portishead, who
reality both for the person battling the is taking on so many lives. raise funds and
disease and, more acutely, their loved How far can you take
promote the charity
ones watching their decline, powerless You can follow me on Twitter: fundraising for BRACE?
throughout the year.
to prevent it. @bethyb1886
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8. In memoriam
It seems fitting that Relatives of people who have 2010 and 2011, BRACE received
died with dementia often want donations of this sort totalling
one of the ways to remember the passing of their over £16,000. A similar level of
people support a
Counting our Chicks
loved ones by supporting research income seems likely this year.
dementia research that may one day save others from
Others remember a loved one,
suffering in the same way.
charity is by giving often months or even years
Increasingly, we receive donations after their passing, by raising
money “in memory”. collected at funerals or organised money through participation in a It was last century when Mary Sansbury started the Chick Isn’t it amazing what you can do
among friends and relatives sponsored event. Campaign off in 1999 and handed with a ball of wool and a pair of
after someone has died. In both the BRACE Easter chick over the project in 2004 to Carol knitting needles? If you are a keen
first flew into our lives. Seel and Gill Bonham who still run knitter and would like to help out,
the Chick Packing Station today. there is an easy pattern which the
BRACE Appeal Office can send to
The first mention of Chicks in our
In this the 25th Anniversary year of you by post or email and we would
records is in 1999 and they have
BRACE, we are delighted to have be very grateful for some early
been flying the nest for BRACE ever
raised the highest sum ever – over contributions of Chicks in January
since. We know they have gone to
£2,000! Literally thousands of or earlier, ready for Easter 2013.
Aberystwyth and Southampton, to
Chicks have been sold since 1999
France and California, as well as
and we think you will be as amazed
taking up residence in Winterbourne
as we were to discover that the Cheep cheep!
and Westbury-on-Trym!
Report on legacies
total amount raised is £19,252! by Bee Lang, BRACE volunteer
Don’t miss the
The biggest single source of income BRACE Autumn Fair BRACE donation and contact form
for BRACE is legacies. Every year, Return to BRACE Appeal Office, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE
we receive money that people have Saturday 6th October 2012 You can donate by credit or debit card online – www.alzheimers-brace.org
from 10am to 12.30pm.
left in their will to continue their lease find enclosed a donation of £____ to BRACE.
P
support of dementia research after Newman Hall, Grange Court Road, Thank you for your donation. If you are a UK taxpayer Gift Aid declaration – for past, present and
they have died. Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 4DR. please complete the Gift Aid Declaration and BRACE future donations to BRACE
can recover the tax at no extra cost to you. Please treat as Gift Aid donations all qualifying gifts
Please contact me: I’d like to know more about: of money made today in the past 4 years
In 2010, we received £275,000, but even this figure was Many stalls including:
in the future. Please tick all boxes you wish to apply.
dwarfed by the £523,000 we received in 2011. Beauty Bath, “Adopting” BRACE at work/school/other
I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or
Second-hand Books, Volunteering to help with collections or events Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least
Sometimes BRACE receives a sum specified by the
Bric-a-brac, Cakes Jams, Taking part in a sponsored event equal to the amount of tax that charities will reclaim on my gifts
person who made the will. This could be a small for that tax year. I understand the charity will reclaim 25p of tax on
donation but can also run into thousands or even tens Collectables, Jewellery, Please add me to your newsletter mailing list every £1 that I give.
of thousands of pounds. The biggest legacies we receive Plants Shrubs, Toys Games SIGNATURE Date
Full name
are generally where we have been left the residue (or a Please notify BRACE if you: • Want to cancel this declaration
share of the residue) of someone’s estate. The new range of BRACE Christmas cards and • Change your name or home address • No longer pay sufficient tax on
Address your income and/or capital gains.
2013 BRACE calendar will be on sale
Even people who would not be considered well off If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to
receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all
can make a big difference to dementia research by Refreshments available your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return or ask HM
remembering BRACE in their will. If you would like to Post Code Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.
help BRACE in this way, you can obtain a copy of our We look forward to seeing you! If you would like us to contact you, please supply: We will keep a record of your donation/enquiry but will not contact
“Guide to Making or Changing a Will” by contacting the With thanks to CJ Hole Henleaze for their you unless you have agreed that we can.
office or downloading from this page on our website sponsorship of the Autumn Fair daytime tel no Please tick this box if you would like to receive a
www.alzheimers-brace.org/legacies.
written acknowledgement:
and/or email
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9. It’s that time of year again!
Our Christmas cards are piled high on the shelves ready
for the first orders which come flooding in after the
newsletter is sent out. You can see this year’s selection
on the enclosed Christmas leaflet.
Calendar
and Cards
As always, Brian Sanders has come up
trumps with a wonderful picture of Royal
York Crescent. This is the 18th year
Brian has supported BRACE in this way.
However, this year, Brian has also very
generously donated the original pastel
drawing for sale.
The pastel measures approx.
430mm x 310mm, unframed.
We are inviting sealed bids by post,
marked “picture auction”. Below, Brian Sanders’ latest Christmas card. Above, images from our 2013 calendar.
If you are interested in purchasing the “If you have personal memories
drawing or would like to view the original of any of the photos in the A list of events at which
please contact the BRACE Appeal Office. calendar, please contact us. cards and calendars will
As a guide we are putting a reserve of It brings the photos to life.” be available is shown on
£300 on the picture. Bids close on 31st page 2.
October. Brian has also donated four of Please support BRACE by buying
his earlier pastels and we shall shortly our cards and calendar and take Cards and Calendar will also
be giving details about their sale on our advantage of this opportunity be available from:
website. to own one of Brian Sanders’
original pastels. Haigh Son, Estate Agents,
We are also very pleased that the North View, Westbury Park
Packer family have once again allowed (from 29th October) Open
us to use some of Geoff Packer’s colour Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm
photographs for our 2013 calendar. and Saturday 9am to 5pm
Jan Packer said: “When Brace first
approached me to use my dad’s photos The BRACE Appeal Office,
of Bristol for their 2011 calendar I was Frenchay Hospital
thrilled. I was honoured to be asked (next to the restaurant)
again in this 25th anniversary year to Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
help create the 2013 calendar. (please ring and check that
the office is manned if you
“Our last calendar received great are making a special journey)
feedback. One lady recognised herself in
one picture. She said she remembered a Melanie’s Kitchen,
man taking the photograph! Well, that 2 Downend Road, Downend
was my dad: he was probably getting in (calendar only)
the way again! Little did he know how Monday to Saturday
much we’d all appreciate his hobby so 9am to 5.30pm
many years later.
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