Join our Ride to Remember campaign and cycle 100 miles or 100 kilometres between 1-31 May, helping to raise vital funds for our Dementia Support service.
Individually, or as part of a team or organisation, you can track your miles via our campaign platform, whether it be your commute to work, a Sunday long ride, or a fun excursion with the family. There’s also a shorter 100km (67 miles) option to ensure everyone no matter their level of fitness can participate. Prizes are on offer for the highest fundraising individual, team and organisation.
Leading the charge will be Challenge Champion, Mark McLaren, whose own inspiring journey living with Early Onset Dementia steered him towards our Dementia Support service, where he is now a regular member of our weekly Memory Wellbeing Centres. Determined to make sure that no call for help ever goes unanswered, Mark’s inspiring journey will see him tackle the Hampshire Hilly Hundred, alongside galvanising the Winchester community to come together once again in aid of our Dementia Support service and the estimated nearly 2,000 people in Winchester living with dementia.
All funds raised will go towards the expansion of our Dementia Support service, which in less than 18 months has helped nearly 400 individuals living with dementia, their carers, and families in the Winchester district.
To take on the challenge or sponsor a friend, visit our Raisely campaign platform.
My diagnosis of Early Onset Dementia greeted me with the great surprise however I am now living my best life. I receive incredible support from my family and the Admiral Nurses, which is truly unsurpassable. I was oblivious to the existence of this fantastic group of wonderful caring people and have so valued the help that I have received from the service. As a result, I wish to give something back to the charity. My intention is to raise funds for the Dementia Support service, which is at capacity after only a short time. I am an avid cyclist and I hope to lead a network of cyclists in fundraising for this very worthy cause.
Mark McLaren, Ride to Remember Challenge Champion
Read our press release here.
Supporters of Ride to Remember:
01962 854 226
office@stjohnswinchester.co.uk