Yes folks I'm at it again!

And here is why:

Christmas and the festive period can be a hard time for a dementia patient and their family, in some cases a Dementia sufferer might not even know its Christmas let alone recognise the people around them (if there is anyone there at all).

Over Christmas last year, Dementia UK responded to over 4000 calls to dementia suffers and their family members in desperate need of help! (And that was just the festive period)

Every three minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with dementia, the effects of this not only decimate the lives of the diagnosed but also their family and friends.

Would you know how to cope in this situation?

Thankfully there are teams out there that can provide support such as Dementia UK and the Alzheimer's society.

When families are struggling to know where to turn, Dementia UK provides specialist dementia nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, who are there to offer advice, support and a listening ear. For many callers, the Helpline is their lifeline.

The Alzheimer's society similarly offers companion calls to those suffering from Dementia as well providing in home support and driving research into improving the lives of Dementia patients.

As you cam imagine this support does not come cheap. Whilst there is an army of volunteers out there, full time support and resources are required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

So here is the ask - can you support these amazing teams by making a donation?

In the summer of this year you helped me smash my target of £500 for the Alzheimer's society. (This money was used by the Alzheimer's society to provide in person support to dozens of patients).

So now I'm trying to help both the Alzheimer's society and Dementia UK by aiming for a fundraising goal of £700.

That £700 will help make sure phones get answered, sufferers are visited and research continues.

Any donation you can afford to make will go to a very worthy cause and ensure sufferers and families are supported.

What am I doing to help this? Well this festive period I will be helping to man the phones and support home visits as a supportive volunteer wherever I can.

Many thanks

Barry