Aviva Community Fund provided £2,887 of match funding
Alzheimer's disease and dementia support
Bath, England, United Kingdom
Aim
An internationally renowned centre for people with conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, RICE’s income has plummeted; urgent support is vital
Based in Bath, since 1987 we have treated thousands of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other related conditions through our memory clinics, including Sir Terry Pratchett, who was a great supporter of RICE and our research to improve diagnosis and treatment of dementia, as well as other ways of helping people with dementia and their loved ones. Many of our patients are over 70 and most are vulnerable so we can only make contact with them at present remotely, by phone or video link. Our research projects have almost all come to a halt, together with the associated income and fundraising at present is generally more difficult.
It will take time for older people to recover their confidence when things improve and our research is likely to be limited in the coming months, as therefore also will be our income. With a reduction in usual income of more than 60%, this will likely lead to redundancies for expert and irreplaceable clinical and research staff.
Professor Roy Jones, Director of RICE since it began in 1985 says: “The coronavirus tragedy has particularly affected older people and their families. It would be a double tragedy if the very existence of RICE and its work to improve life for people with conditions like Alzheimer’s disease were also threatened. Even losing some of our expert staff would diminish our ability to progress our work, so obtaining financial support to help us through this difficult time is absolutely vital. More than 30 years of care and research is threatened so please help RICE if you can. Thank you.”
We have reduced our expenditure where possible but are still worried that we won't have enough income to see us through the pandemic to pay for the staff who are still working and unavoidable office costs. All the money donated here will go to keeping RICE here for our patients.
This project successfully funded on 22nd July 2020