Signature Senior Lifestyle raise more than £25k for dementia research

Signature staff on the top of a hill after hiking

Signature Senior Lifestyle, has surpassed their fundraising target for BRACE, raising more than £25,000 throughout 2025. The partnership has seen a wide range of fundraising activities take place across its 10 care homes throughout London and the South East. These have included everything from afternoon teas and community concerts to snooker challenges and car washes,…

Groundbreaking at home Alzheimer’s blood test

A finger-prick blood test being conucted

A groundbreaking finger-prick blood test has shown accuracy in detecting Alzheimer’s disease. This test could open the door for millions of people living with dementia but without a diagnosis, around the world. The tests work by measuring three different biomarkers – P-tau217, GFAP and NfL – which are found in the brains of people living…

BRACE scientists awarded funding for innovative dementia research 

The Hospital Saturday Fund have awarded £10,000 to support a groundbreaking study into brain ageing and genes that could advance drug development. This donation bolsters a grant of £56,000 from BRACE Dementia Research.  Dr James Murray and his team believe a new approach could address a major problem: why promising dementia drugs keep failing in clinical trials. …

Santa came early – £120k from Capital One

Santa really has come early this year! Thanks to the incredible efforts of the Capital One UK team, more than £120,000 has been raised and donated to BRACE since 2024 – including a generous donation of £55,500 this month alone. From climbing mountains and canoeing across lakes, to selling computer screens, hosting coffee mornings, donning…

Christmas jumpers for Mum

Eight photos of Zoey wearing different Christmas jumpers.

This December, Zoey O’Neill is remembering her fantastic mum, Christine, by wearing a different Christmas jumper each day to raise funds for dementia research. Zoey’s story “This all started as a way of cheering myself up. At the end of 2022, my mum died from dementia. After the funeral, I was stuck in that strange…

BRACE partners with dementia-friendly restaurant

A table with a formal fish dish, BRACE leaflets and drinks.

In October, BRACE partnered with care home provider, Oakland Care, on the launch of the UK’s first dementia-friendly community restaurant at their Hyllden Heights care home in Kent. Known as ‘Kentish Kitchen’, the fine dining restaurant is designed to serve people and the families of those who may be living with dementia or memory impairment.…

Capital One Race Against the Lakes

A big group of people from Capital One in front of a lake.

On a wet weekend in September, BRACE charity partners, Capital One, took on a ‘Race Against the Lakes’ challenge. The team spent two days taking part in scavenger hunts, canoeing across lakes, hiking more than 20 km through the Lake District’s stunning but unforgiving terrain, crossing the Honister infinity bridge, and tackling mountain biking trails…

Thank you and farewell

Chris Williams is stood to a lecturn giving a speech.

Chris Williams has taken the decision to step down from his role as BRACE CEO. On behalf of everyone at BRACE, we thank him for nearly four years of dedicated service, during which he led the charity through two of its most successful years. In 2023 and 2024 alone, the charity raised almost £3 million.  …

Early Alzheimer’s test detects memory decline, from home

Dr Stothart and a research volunteer are sat on a sofa. The volunteer has the Fastball cap on and is taking the test.

A BRACE-funded research project has shown that the Fastball EEG test can be used in patients’ homes for the first time. A simple brainwave test developed at the University of Bath has been shown to detect signs of memory impairment linked to Alzheimer’s disease, years before a diagnosis is typically possible. Fastball is a three-minute…

BRACE Ambassador, Beth Britton, awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours list 2025

Beth is sat down and is talking in to a microphone

Beth Britton, BRACE ambassador, a former carer to her father who had vascular dementia for 19 years, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list 2025. Since Beth’s father died in 2012 she has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of dementia, challenge misconceptions and stigma, educate, change and challenge dementia services in…