newsletter Autumn 2011 www.alzheimers-brace.org
Schools’ Reduce An anniversary fundraising your risk on the horizon Local students take up the Benefit from the latest Find out what we’re planning challenge on page 5 research, see page 7 for our 25th year on page 11
A major new research project was launched on 1st June in The BRACE Centre at Frenchay Hospital.
Major new research in The BRACE Centre A partnership between BRACE, Bristol into pharmaceutical trials Liz’s colleagues include Dr Judy Bristol University and North Bristol for patient benefit. Over the next Haworth, already well known to NHS Trust will fund a new dementia 5-10 years, we hope that dementia many BRACE supporters because of treatment clinic and related research will yield a range of her work in The BRACE Centre over research. BRACE’s contribution, effective medications, allowing a number of years, and Dr Margaret £571,000 over five years, funds the treatment to be tailored according Newson, clinical psychologist with research element of the project. to the needs of each patient. expertise in dementia. Liz has also gathered assistant clinical The new initiative will enhance “I am delighted to take on the psychologists, researchers and Bristol’s reputation as a leading challenge of developing dementia support staff to the Centre. centre of dementia research. care and research in Bristol. I hope that through high quality research BRACE Chief Executive Mark Poarch Dr Liz Coulthard, head of the new in Bristol, we can transform the says, “It’s great to see The BRACE unit and consultant senior lecturer outlook for dementia sufferers.” Centre really busy again – it’s in dementia neurology, hopes buzzing! It’s also very good for us the team will develop improved A new neurology dementia clinic as a charity to be sharing a building methods of diagnosis and eventually held in the BRACE Centre at with some of the researchers we medications to treat Alzheimer’s. Frenchay hospital, where patients support, because it enables us to with dementia will be accurately keep in touch with developments.” Liz says, “Work will focus on diagnosed and treated, will run translating the world class alongside the programme of clinical Liz tells more about this exciting preclinical dementia research in dementia research. new project on page 10.
| BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org Don’t miss Programme of Events Welcome to our new Chairman, the BRACE 2011/2012 Alan Parsons SEPTEMBER The former Managing problem for health services around the world. If BRACE and its many Autumn Fair SUN 11 Bristol Half Marathon Director of Bristol Water, Alan Parsons, is the new supporters can help medical science SAT 24 Collection at Co-operative Portishead defeat dementia, what a wonderful to be officially opened by THU 29 Fashion Show and Sale Chairman of BRACE. He joins achievement that would be.” Ali Vowles of BBC Bristol Greenfield Centre, Winterbourne, ten existing Trustees and Bristol 7.00 for 7.30pm replaces Canon John Rogan, Alan graduated in physics but Saturday 8 October then trained as an accountant and who remains a Trustee. 10.00am to 12.30pm OCTOBER developed a career in business. Newman Hall, Grange Court Road, Westbury-on-Trym Sat 8 Autumn Fair, Newman Hall, Westbury-on-Trym Alan, who recently stepped down BRACE Chief Executive Mark Poarch Many stalls including: Beauty & Bath, Second-hand Books, 10.00am to 12.30pm as Managing Director of the utilities says, “Alan is a superb new addition Bric-a-brac, Cakes & Jams, Collectables, Jewellery, FRI 21 & Sat 22 firm, says he is honoured to be to our Board of Trustees. In his Plants & Shrubs, Toys & Games Collection at Sainsbury’s Kingswood joining the charity. role as chairman, he will be able The new range of BRACE Christmas cards and to help us find new ways to raise 2012 BRACE calendar will be on sale NOVEMBER He says, “I am delighted to be money and help win the fight SAT 5 Christmas Bazaar @ Linda’s joining BRACE, a regional charity against Alzheimer’s and other Refreshments available 94 Worrall Road, Clifton that has already achieved so much forms of dementia. With our We look forward to seeing you! 10.00am to 4.00pm and which has such an important strengthened team, we shall task ahead of it. Dementia is SAT 19 Christmas Market, continue to develop as an important With thanks to CJ Hole Henleaze for their a terrible illness and a major Greenfield Centre, Winterbourne, player in dementia research.” sponsorship of the Autumn Fair Bristol 2.00 to 5.00pm Friends in DECEMBER SUN 4 BRACE Carol Service, TXT us £! the north! St Mary Redcliffe Church 3.00pm You can now text a MARCH 2012 donation of up to £10 to SAT 24 3MC Three Mens Company BRACE from your mobile An evening of light entertainment phone. Messages are Although BRACE is a West Country charity, we receive help Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, free on all networks and The Front Room Gallery story writing competitions, Henleaze is an annual arts trail a balloon race and ‘guerrilla and support from friends further afield who hear of us BRACE will receive 100% through family or find us on the Internet. We are very glad Details will be published in January held in Totterdown, ducks’. It will also include of their support! Update and on the BRACE website of the donation. Bristol and we are very artwork by the wonderful poet, comedian and Radio 4 pleased that this year it MAY All you need do is text “ALZH25” favourite, John Hegley. On Saturday 25th June, Helen Welton from Nunthorpe, will be proudly raising Middlesbrough, held a fundraising garden party at her Tue 22 BRACE Golf Day, and the amount (£10 or less) home in aid of BRACE. In the photograph you can see Henbury Golf Club to 70070. For example, money for BRACE plus The art trail takes place Helen, wearing a BRACE t-shirt, alongside her husband, THU 24 Big BRACE Anniversary Coffee Morning to donate £5 simply the Wallace and Gromit between Friday 18th and Richard Marbrow and friend and neighbour Julie, who St Monica’s Trust, Westbury-on-Trym text “ALZH25 £5” TO:70070 ‘Cots for Tots’ appeal. Sunday 20th November this year. For further details go helped on the day. 10.30am ALZH25 £5 ALZH 25 is the unique to www.frontroom.org.uk code for BRACE. Always exciting and full of Helen said, “Many of the items in the sale came from locally produced art, this Volunteers, artists and great Richard’s mother, Muriel, as she now lives with her Details of more anniversary events year’s trail aims to include You can also add ideas are always welcome! daughter since Alzheimer’s has made it impossible for her to follow on our website and in the Gift Aid. more music than ever, plus to live independently. Muriel has difficulty recognising January Update. animation, poetry and short Richard now but she is still keeping going. My husband’s Watch out for father Norman Marbrow died from Alzheimer’s in 2001.” Go on – this emblem! A very big thank you to Helen and her helpers for raising give it £200 for BRACE. For further information about any of the above a go! events please contact the BRACE Appeal Office
| BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org call the BRACE appeal office on 0117 340 4831 Autumn 2011 | How a protein may hold the key to Alzheimer’s Research that could help medical science defeat Alzheimer’s disease is happening just a mile from the BRACE charity office. Dr Myra Conway and BRACE funded PhD researcher Following a successful post-doctoral period of 5 years Schools’ Fundraising Jonathon Hull are based at the University of the West of Myra was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry England (UWE). Their work centres on a substance called at the University of Brighton in 2003. Opportunity The Concorde Partnership organised The students were then given glutamate, which occurs in the brain and is necessary knocked and shortly afterwards Myra was appointed as Following an approach this fundraising ‘challenge’ for Year BRACE T-shirts and let loose to for memory and learning. However, if an imbalance Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science at UWE, where she from the Concorde 12 students from three partner discuss their ideas! occurs, glutamate can become toxic to brain cells. has been developing her research and continues to lead Partnership earlier secondary schools – Abbeywood, and lecture in Clinical Biochemistry. Two days later we returned to Myra says, “Levels of glutamate are regulated by a Bradley Stoke and Patchway. this year 25 students the school to find they had raised protein called hBCAT. Jonathon’s research has already Currently, Myra is Director of Studies for 4 PhD students, This was part of a wider menu of £519.83 by holding a number of shown that this protein is far more common in the brains 1 research technician, 8 undergraduate research students from Bristol spent activities to enable them to gain events including a raffle, car wash, of people with Alzheimer’s, and this could be causing and 1 MSc student. Several of these projects are in joint valuable experience in different two days in July swimathon, name the bear and dangerously high levels of glutamate.” collaboration with Dr Katy Chalmers, Prof Seth Love and fields aimed at broadening their cake sale. Dr Pat Kehoe at the South West Dementia Brain Bank. fundraising for BRACE. horizons while giving them a This research, funded by BRACE, could help to identify competitive edge over other We are hoping that this “biomarkers”, the clues that doctors need to identify the Our research scholar, Jonathon Hull, comes from Essex university/job applicants. collaboration will continue and disease as early and accurately as possible. To read more and completed his undergraduate degree in Biomedical look forward to working with these about Myra and Jon’s research, please see the Research Science at UWE. Jonathon achieved a first class honours 23 students from Bradley Stoke schools, the Concorde Partnership Update published as an insert of this Newsletter. degree and the highest mark recorded for his year group, Community School and 2 from and other students in the future. which was recognised by the Oxford Press prize Abbeywood School chose charity Myra comes from Cork city in Ireland and achieved a first fundraising as their activity. at graduation. Our thanks to Susan and Ashley for class honours degree in Biochemistry and completed her giving their time to speak to the PhD at the University of Galway, Ireland. In 1998, Myra This project began in June 2010 after BRACE had awarded Day one started with talks by Susan students and to all the teachers and travelled to the US to take a post as a Research Fellow at a grant for PhD research directed by Myra. Marshfield (BRACE trustee) about students involved in fundraising. Wake Forest University Medical Center, North Carolina, the role of BRACE and Ashley White, Well done! where she first started work on the hBCAT proteins. who talked about how she and her friends had raised funds for BRACE.
| BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org call the BRACE appeal office on 0117 340 4831 Autumn 2011 | Christmas with BRACE Confirmed events at which all our You can reduce cards (subject to availability) and the calendar will be available are:
FASHION SHOW your risk of dementia! Greenfield Centre, Park Avenue, Winterbourne Though anyone can develop dementia, you Thursday 29 September 7.30pm can reduce the risk by the way you live. The earlier in adult life you can start applying the BRACE AUTUMN FAIR Newman Hall, Grange Court Road, following principles, the greater their impact is Westbury-on-Trym likely to be. This is one way in which the fruits Saturday 8 October 10am-12.30pm of research can help you today. ST PETER’S HENLEAZE CARD SALE St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze Saturday 15 October Here are some top tips based A good diet. 10am to 12noon on what researchers have The “Mediterranean diet”, been telling us. with plenty of olive oil, fruit, BACKWELL CARD SALE fresh vegetables and fish is Parish Hall, Backwell Take regular exercise. beneficial. Foods high in folic acid, Saturday 22 October This is the single best way to cut antioxidants and omega 3 are 10am to 12noon your risk of dementia, perhaps by helpful. Specific foods that have as much as 45%. Exercise for half been suggested as good for the From 1st November at an hour three times a week, brain include turmeric and HAIGH AND SONS or do enough exercise to leave sage. Eating lots of food Estate Agents, North View, you slightly out of breath. high in saturated fat, This year our calendar and Son, Estate Agents, North View, Westbury Park, Bristol This does not have to however, is not a good Westbury Park from 1st November (open Monday-Friday 9am-6pm be anything extreme idea. A study of 815 celebrates the great (Open Mon-Fri 9am – 6pm and Sat and Saturday 9am-5pm) – brisk walking is generally people over the age engineer Isambard 9am – 5pm). beneficial, for example. of 65 years in Chicago Kingdom Brunel and, for CHRISTMAS BAZAAR @ LINDA’S The more frail a person is, suggested that eating Please order early. We often sell 94 Worrall Road, Clifton the more the exercise is fish regularly can the first time, includes out of the calendar and the most Saturday 5 November likely to help them. Even significantly reduce the photographs from popular designs of cards. 10am to 4pm 15 minutes walk, three times risk of Alzheimer’s. a week is enough to produce outside Bristol. BRACE cards and calendar will PORTISHEAD CARD SALE a positive effect. This is true Keep your brain be on sale at many BRACE events Somerset Hall, High Street, even in the over 65s. active. A number of people have leading up to Christmas, see the list Portishead Keeping socially, physically contributed to this calendar and we to date on the right. Alternatively Saturday 12 November Watch your weight. and mentally active will help are grateful to them for allowing us they will be available for purchase 10am to 12noon Recent research suggests that you, even in old age. Having to use their photographs. We hope online by visiting our shop page at being obese or even moderately an active social life in old age you enjoy it! www.alzheimers-brace.org/BRACE_ DOWNEND SCHOOL FAIR overweight in middle age can is an important part of a defence
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We also have Saturday 19 November A 27-year study of 10,000 people new links in the brain by mental
a much larger If you would like more information 11am to 3pm found that obese people in their activity such as learning a new selection of about BRACE, our forthcoming 40s were 74% more likely to develop language. A US study has suggested
Christmas cards events, or would like to volunteer CHRISTMAS MARKET dementia compared to those of that the risk of developing Alcohol in moderation. this year due to to help with our fundraising, Greenfield Centre, Park Avenue, normal weight. Alzheimer’s disease is more than A glass of red wine every day increased demand, please contact: Winterbourne doubled in lonely people. can help cut your level of risk, led as always by The BRACE Appeal Office, Saturday 19 November Don’t smoke. Smoking is quite simply not good for but excessive drinking is not good Brian Sanders’ card Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE 2pm to 5pm In general, the advice is – if it’s which this year depicts Bathurst you, and dementia is yet another for your brain. A recent study good for your heart, it’s good for Telephone: 0117 340 4831 serious condition made more likely suggested that heavy drinkers and Basin, City Docks, Bristol. CAROL SERVICE your brain. The advice we all hear Email: by the habit. Among people smoking teetotallers were both more likely St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol about keeping our hearts healthy is You will be able to buy your cards [email protected] 40 or more cigarettes a day, the than light drinkers to develop Sunday 4 December 3pm worth following for the sake of our and calendars at the BRACE Appeal Website: risk of Alzheimer’s is claimed to be cognitive problems. brains, too. Office (available now) and at Haigh www.alzheimers-brace.org 57% higher.
| BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org call the BRACE appeal office on 0117 340 4831 Autumn 2011 | £2,121.00 £986.00 £703.50 £1,070.00 Photos from the left Emma Cook, husband and friends at the top of Snowdon | Sue Martin | Dan and George | £1,030.00 Running totals... Hannah and Vicky Vicky Ledbury wanted to do that Joe was watching down, proud alongside the 21 mile mark and Max Peters had to withdraw due It was last year that Amanda something in memory of her father- of what I was doing, that kept me saw the elite men run past looking to a knee injury but his generous Nethercott made the decision to in-law Joe, who passed away in going to the end. It was one of the fresh as a daisy! It was only a mile supporters still sponsored him to get fit. She took up running with £1,119.51 March last year quite unexpectedly. most amazing experiences of my or so later that the heat of the day the tune of £1,119.51. Neil Drew a goal of doing a 10k in less than In the last months of his life he life and one I would go through started to get to me. At mile 22 I was also unable to get to the start an hour and achieved this in the was badly affected by dementia again to raise more awareness of was really struggling but found some line due to an accident a couple Bristol 10k in May, and at the same and Vicky said she wanted to raise the work that BRACE does.” energy from somewhere to carry of days before the marathon in time raising funds for research in awareness of the impact that the me through to the end. Crossing which he fractured his ankle but Alzheimer’s after her grandmother disease has on family members and Hannah Clark, who raised £986 the finish line was very emotional; had already secured sponsorship of sadly had to be put in a care home £1,645.00 sponsorship, said of the day, “I to know that the money she raised, the crowds were terrific all the way £1,645.00. Both Max and Neil are when the family could no longer which incidentally amounted to found the London marathon such an round and really made my day!” hoping to be fit to run in the 2012 cope. Her initial aim was to raise £2,121, would be used locally. amazing experience and one I will London Marathon. £500 in sponsorship but to Amanda’s never forget ....from all the crowds “I really enjoyed the marathon” delight (and ours) the final figure Vicky said, “I was very lucky to and supporters cheering everyone said Sue Martin. “It was hard Others who have taken part in was £1,314. £130.00 have the opportunity to run this on, to the other amazing runners work and hot, but I did it and I am sponsored events this year include year’s London Marathon for BRACE. all running for brilliant causes. grateful to BRACE for giving me the Belinda Morley and her husband Also taking part in the Bristol 10k I met Hannah, one of the other My legs hurt but just getting that place and experience. We all know who raised £130 when they ran in were friends Daniel and George BRACE runners, in the long queue medal at the end made them hurt what an overwhelming condition the Bath Half Marathon in March. who said of the run “The 10k for the start line which gave me less! Throughout the day I had my dementia can be and how it can Also in March, Emma Cook and was amazing; we really enjoyed a real boost as I was feeling quite great aunt in mind as she had been impact on those that are affected her husband Mark, together with ourselves and finished in quite a £435.00 emotional before the start, thinking diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and was by it, their families and friends. I friends Rich and Ryan, climbed up good time too!” Daniel and George a lot about the challenge ahead and the main reason I wanted to raise am proud to have run for BRACE in Mount Snowdon raising £435.00. raised a very welcome £647 for the reasons why I was doing it. The money for BRACE, knowing every the London Marathon as I know that Emma said “Sadly my Nan passed BRACE. first ten miles weren’t too bad but penny raised really is going to make the money raised from my generous away when I was 16 after a long then an old injury really played up a difference for others.” supporters is being put to good battle with Alzheimer’s. I wanted We are grateful to everyone who which lead to me having to walk use.” So far Sue has raised £1,070. to help to raise some money so has supported us by taking part in £1,314.00 Matthew Hunt ran in memory of his a sponsored event, raising much most of the second 13 miles! Going hopefully one day there will be a over Tower Bridge was an amazing girlfriend’s granddad who died from Sebastian Hobbs was following in cure and no-one else will have to needed funds for BRACE. If you experience as everyone on the Alzheimer’s. He raised £703.50 and the footsteps of two of his work suffer with this terrible disease. I would like to do the same please Bridge was cheering us on so that said “I had an amazing day. One of colleagues who had run for BRACE really do hope my fund-raising will contact us at the BRACE Appeal gave me a massive boost and it the highlights for me was getting in previous years. Sebastian raised make a difference.” Office for a sponsor pack – we will £647.00 was that memory and the thought to 13 miles where the route runs raised £1,030 in sponsorship. be very pleased to hear from you.
| BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org call the BRACE appeal office on 0117 340 4831 Autumn 2011 | Building up to our silver anniversary! BRACE is 25 years In the 1980s, a small and determined However, we can tell you that the big old in September group of volunteers was raising funds as event is likely to be at the Tobacco Factory 2012, and we want the Friends of Age Research (Bristol), a in Bristol in September. Plans are still being Major new research in The BRACE Centre local branch of a national charity. This formulated, but we would like to thank to celebrate our group, which was chaired by Mary Sansbury the management of the Tobacco Factory Continuing our cover story on this several different types of memory including very short silver anniversary term or working memory and longer term memory. We and included Dr Brandon Lush, Senior for their generosity in offering us the use exciting new research, Liz Coulthard are using computerised cognitive tasks to study the in style! There Geriatrician at Frenchay Hospital, decided of the theatre. You can also make a note explains what the project involves: way in which patients retain memory over time and will be some that it wanted to devote its efforts to in your diary for a lively concert on 24th how this could be improved using medication. special events supporting locally based research. The March. See Programme of Events on page 2. throughout the opportunity to do this was provided by the Several different streams of clinical research are Further studies will be based on the preclinical, year and we hope work of Professor Gordon Wilcock at Bristol 3 ways you can planned focussing on Alzheimer’s disease and other laboratory-based work of the Dementia Research University. On 24th September 1987 the to make 2012 a dementias. Each research study involves asking Group, run by Professor Seth Love and Dr Patrick charity was founded, with Gordon Wilcock, help make 2012 our patients and volunteers for their informed consent to Kehoe. Their work has demonstrated that blood bumper year for Brandon Lush, David Pockney and John take part. At the heart of the research program is a vessels are affected early in the course of Alzheimer’s fundraising. Rogan as its firstT rustees. best ever year research register where details of willing patients and disease. We plan to study the possible beneficial 1. Ask us for a standing order form so healthy volunteers are recorded. Using the register, effects of agents that can protect blood vessels and Beating Alzheimer’s was never going to be that you can make a monthly donation. we can then identify and contact participants are already used safely to treat high a short-term task. Enormous progress has Regular giving helps us plan. If you suitable for a given study. Patients recruited onto “patients can blood pressure. In addition there is been made by medical science in the last are already a regular donor, could you the research register and into studies will come the opportunity to help with the early quarter of a century and BRACE has played increase your donation? If you currently primarily from the new neurology dementia clinic take part in stages of stem cell research already a significant role. However, there remains pay income tax, you can also increase in the BRACE centre. research in underway in Bristol and Bath. much to be done and the growing numbers the value of your donation through Gift a familiar of people with dementia make our task all Aid (at no extra cost to yourself). Patients are referred to the cognitive neurology In order to measure the effectiveness the more urgent. and dementia clinic by GPs or other hospital environment” of treatments, we are going to 2. Give us your time! We need people consultants who suspect that they might have perform repeated psychology tests, There are ways that you can help make to help with collections, take part in some form of dementia. The clinicians then carry as well as detailed brain imaging. 2012 a great year for BRACE and for the sponsored events, and help at sales and out tests to establish what their symptoms mean Repeated volumetric MR imaging of the brain can tell fight against dementia. other events. and, if the cause is dementia, try to establish which us how much the brain shrinks over time and we can form of dementia is involved. Patients attending the measure any benefit of the trial drugs on brain volume. Next year’s events are still being planned 3. Ask your employer/school/church/ clinic are asked if they would like to be entered onto We are building strong links with the Clinical Research and we cannot give you all the details yet. club to join our Silver Service and pledge the research register. Much of the research is based in and Imaging Centre (CRIC) in the University of Bristol The information will be published on our to raise at least £500 for BRACE in 2012. The BRACE Centre ensuring that patients can take part and the medical physics departments of North Bristol website and in the next Update (January) Contact us for details. in research in a familiar environment and research and Trust and University Hospital, Bristol, in order to and spring Newsletter (April). clinical care are closely allied. develop high quality image analysis both for clinical and research work. Planned research projects will look both at the underlying problems experienced by people who have Over time we hope to develop a portfolio of studies dementia and also how therapy can be targeted to each designed to improve understanding and treatment individual patients. Our first studies are investigating of dementia. how memory can be affected in dementia. There are
10 | BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org call the BRACE appeal office on 0117 340 4831 Autumn 2011 | 11 The annual Golf Day I feel as though I have known about BRACE forever – but it is has become a major BRACE Golf Day 2011 really only about 20 years. My fixture in the BRACE first knowledge came when I calendar. This was the was visiting an aged terrapin building at Blackberry Hill tenth time the event Hospital for my husband’s tests has been held, and in and follow up after he had been total has raised over diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. He died in 1993. £50,000.
We are very grateful to Roger and Pat Higgins and all the other volunteers who work with them A volunteer’s story to make the Golf Day possible. by Susan Marshfield
Because of all the work that Roger Everyone has their own way of dealing Pat Whitby Strevens, to “help out” with has done over the years, it seemed with death. My work was my salvation BRACE. I have been “helping out” with fitting that he and the other “BRACE – I loved it. One day my boss said he had BRACE ever since! It has its rewards; Boys” were the winners this year! been visited by the chairman of BRACE, the satisfaction of seeing the amount who was looking for some free manpower of research the charity is now able The prizes were presented by to organise a business event raising to fund, the wider knowledge of the Olympic medallist Kate Allenby, who awareness of the charity. Because he disease nationally, as well as our part in won bronze in the modern pentathlon knew of my experience he said he was promoting knowledge locally. PLUS our in Sydney in 2000. Kate also gave an happy for me to take it on if I was willing, input into the Memory Disorder Clinic, the amusing and inspiring speech. using the facilities of the workplace, my Brain Bank and the laboratories, for which PA etc. So I became a BRACE volunteer! we have to thank the John James Trust, Another highlight, on a day when a another great Bristol institution. A far cry strong wind made driving difficult, Thanks to the help of some great Bristol from the old terrapin. was a hole in one achieved by James companies - Bristol Blue Glass and Hodder of the Rolls Royce team. Aardman Animation to name but two - the I was rewarded with a seat on the event was staged at Merchant Venturers Board as a Trustee – the first female, I A poignant moment came during Hall. My biggest fear? Not that it would might add. I am also rewarded by being the presentation to the winning fail or that nobody would come, but that recognised by lots of people who now team. One of the team members, something might happen to Aardman’s know me and quite often expect me to Ivor Williams, dedicated the win to “Creature Comforts” animals which were shake a tin or sell them something from the memory of Dr David Dawbarn, a on loan! BRACE. My sons expect me to frequently greatly respected research scientist be “doing something” for BRACE and even at Bristol University who died When I retired, I was approached by my grandsons now play on the Golf Day. suddenly in 2010. Ivor had taught Richard Lalonde, the then chairman, David at Bath University. to join with him and Mary Sansbury, When asked if you will volunteer, give it together with Professor Wilcock and the serious thought and, if you can – do it! We look forward to the next Golf much overworked part time secretary, Day on 22 May 2012 and invite early expressions of interest in taking part. Competition Winners Portishead Photos from top: Flower Show & James Hodder and the Rolls Royce team Our latest winners are Mrs A Holden Country Fair after James’ hole in one from Westbury-on-Trym who won Kate Allenby presents the winners’ the Stationery competition in our Carole Jenkins and trophies to The BRACE Boys (l-r, David Spring newsletter. The winner of Betty Harris on the Macbean, Ivor Williams, Steve Lucas, Kate BRACE stall which, Allenby and Roger Higgins) the Gemstones competition will be announced in our next newsletter. as well as raising Volunteers at work on the scoreboard & £347.85, won second Kate Allenby with new BRACE Chairman Our latest competition is enclosed. prize for the best non- Alan Parsons Good luck! trade exhibit. General view of the course
12 | BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org call the BRACE appeal office on 0117 340 4831 Autumn 2011 | 13 Take an adventure in Kenya… for BRACE KenyanAventure is a travel People who travel on their tours If these dates are not possible for company with a difference. spend some of their holiday you, it is also possible to organise As well as providing the helping local people on community your own trip in support of BRACE. projects. You would probably be travelling Charitable Gifting on Death sight seeing opportunities with individuals supporting a range and relaxation most people The company wants to help of other charities. In April 2011 George Osborne announced This is good news for Charities. It is expect from a holiday, charities in the UK as well, by giving in the Budget Speech that the designed to encourage us to remember it sets out to help local its customers the option of raising For further information about this sponsorship. KenyanAdventure remarkable opportunity, please see Government will introduce for deaths our favourite causes in our Wills. The communities in Kenya. occurring from 6th April 2012 a reduced reduction in the Inheritance Tax rate has chosen BRACE as one of its http://www.kenyanadventure.com/ rate of Inheritance Tax of 36% where a means that a large charitable gift will supported charities and is inviting brace.html or ring 0845 862 1381. person leaves 10% or more of their net have a much smaller impact on your people to support BRACE through a assets to a charity or charities. beneficiaries where the estate is liable trip that will take place from 12th to Inheritance Tax. to 23rd March 2012. George Osborne stated “do the right Jenny Pierce, thing for Charity and the Government George Osborne and the Government a legacies will do the right thing by you”. very much want it to become the norm BRACE Donation Form that we leave 10% of our wealth on specialist with Currently any gifts to Charity in your death to Charity. This is part of the Please find enclosed a donation of £______to BRACE. Wards Solicitors Will do not incur Inheritance Tax. vision for the Big Society. Full name in Bristol, looks If a person’s estate is liable to The precise details of the changes to the Gift Aid Declaration at the likely Inheritance Tax then after deducting tax rate are currently being thrashed If you are a UK taxpayer and complete the form below, exemptions and reliefs any excess sum out. The Treasury are putting together Address BRACE can recover at least an additional 25p for every pound impact of this (the net estate) is taxable at 40%. a consultation paper. The consultation donated, through the Government’s Gift Aid scheme – at no year’s budget. closes on 31st August this year. extra cost to you! So where your estate is subject I am a UK taxpayer and want BRACE to treat the following to Inheritance Tax every £100 left A charitable gift post April 2012 reduces donations as Gift Aid donations: to Charity will reduce the amount what your beneficiaries receive but by • this donation Yes No remaining for the beneficiaries but will significantly less than under the current • all donations I make from the date of this declaration onwards (until I notify you otherwise) as Gift Aid donations Yes No also reduce the Inheritance Tax on the Inheritance Tax regime. estate by £40. Currently the effective • this and all past donations I have made Yes No cost of the legacy to Charity to the These measures are to be welcomed as I confirm that I am aU K taxpayer, resident in the UK for tax remaining beneficiaries is £60 per £100 it will encourage charitable gifting. It purposes and that I will advise BRACE if this situation should gifted. is vital if you are thinking of leaving a change. gift to Charity in your Will that you take From April 2012 if 10% of your net estate professional advice from a specialist SIGNED is given to Charity, the effective cost of Solicitor. the charitable legacy to the remaining Post Code Date beneficiaries of your Will is only £24 per Jenny Pierce, Thank you for your donation. Please tick this box if you would like to receive a written acknowledgement: £100 gifted if you have a taxable estate. Wards Solicitors July 2011 Please return to BRACE Appeal Office, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE
14 | BRACE www.alzheimers-brace.org call the BRACE appeal office on 0117 340 4831 Autumn 2011 | 15 News in brief...
Bristol Barons Ball chose BRACE Members of Saltford Golf Club as its charity at the end of held a charity coffee morning in 2010 and raised over £3,000 aid of BRACE on 3rd March - and for us in one evening. With raised a remarkable £2,500 in a Gift Aid, the final total will be little over two hours. much higher.
This year’s Ladies Captain, Pam Street (pictured above), selected BRACE as the charity for the club to support. Pam said, “A huge, big thank you to everyone who contributed to our wonderfully successful charity coffee morning. I couldn’t have done it without all my hard-working helpers and of course all the people who came and spent money.” We are grateful to the members “They’re not all for of Stinchcombe Hill Golf Club in me, honest…” Gloucestershire. They raised £3,169 and Geoff Simms came to the BRACE This was heard several times Golf Day to present the cheque. by Lynn and Debbie as they served delicious homemade Geoff says, “I have supported BRACE cakes to their customers, for the past 15 years or so and latterly many of them hospital staff. for the 10 years of the Golf Day. I was brought into supporting by my mother Lynn, a dementia nurse who who carried out fundraising until she works in the John James passed away a few years ago.” Laboratories at Frenchay Our thanks to the organisers of the Hospital, arranged the Bristol Beer Festival in March. Photo: Geoff Simms brought Stinchcombe’s cake sale and raffle as her They raised £479 for BRACE by cheque to the BRACE Golf Day and contribution to Dementia presented it to Kate Allenby Awareness Week in July, asking customers to donate their and Alan Parsons unused beer tokens. raising £143 for BRACE.
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