Set up a regular card donation here and help fund the next breakthrough in dementia research now.

You can also set up a regular gift by:

• Setting up a standing order through your bank account. Please contact [email protected] for our bank details.
• If you have a Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) account you can set up a regular donation to BRACE through their website.
• Calling 0117 414 4831 with your card details.
• Filling out and returning one of the paper donation forms received in the post, ensuring you tick the regular gift option and including your card details.

Even small donations add up over time.

When you become a BRACE Champion you will receive:

• A letter of thanks and welcome from the team
• EXCLUSIVE access to the BRACE Champions Bulletin - a quarterly newsletter with direct updates from the labs and clinics
• Access to free tours of the South West Dementia Brain Bank
• A discount code for our online shop 
• A BRACE pin badge to wear with pride
• A BRACE pen

Long term impact

Dementia research takes time. By giving to BRACE over a longer period there is a higher chance that any breakthrough that occurs will have been partly funded by you. Your gift can last the length of one or more studies, or at least one stage of it. 

Better financial planning

With a stable income, we can make informed decisions about which projects to fund and for how long. This stability is crucial in our search to find a cure for dementia.

No missed opportunities

Last year we received grant applications costing £3 million and could only award £700,000. Your sustained support will mean we can say yes to more research projects.

You can be behind the next breakthrough.

Regular givers have helped BRACE fund:

• Important trials to get an Alzheimer’s disease drug (galantamine) clinically approved. 
• Over 140 research projects into Alzheimer's, Lewy Body, Fronto-temporal, Vascular and other types of dementia.
• A dementia research nurse supporting people living with dementia to take part in research studies. 
• Improving MRI equipment to detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier. 
• Developed an assessment tool that is used worldwide in the diagnosis and monitoring of dementia. 
• Research into less well known and researched areas of dementia such as emotional processing, movement and balance problems, and quality of life. 
• The Brain Centre - BRACE made a major contribution to the cost of developing the Bristol Brain Centre at Southmead Hospital, a world class clinical research centre.  
• The South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB) - an important platform for both UK and international dementia researchers providing tissue samples for thousands of researchers each year. 
• More than 50 PhD students, ensuring the future of dementia research.   
• A pilot project that developed the world's first early Alzheimer's EEG test. It is so successful the NHS are now investigating for their use.