Alzheimer's Society

Two women at the 2025 Pennington Flash Memory Walk

Borough dementia fund-raiser returns this weekend

The Companion Cafe has moved to a new location

Community cafe relocates to new venue

Pupils of St. Peter's Primary School, Hindley

Cakes, kindness, and crime-solving: QUEST Trust Schools rally for dementia chari...

Teamwork in action Home Instead team proudly joined forces with the Alzheimer’s Society to raise awareness and vital funds. Home Instead Wigans Team players, Catherine (left) and Louise (right) shown heling and attending.

Home Instead Wigan raises over £550 for Alzheimer’s Society at community fundrai...

Tens of thousands of people in Greater Manchester had a dementia diagnosis through the NHS as of July

Tens of thousands diagnosed with dementia

A flashback to last year's Memory Walk at Pennington Park

Bid to break fund-raising record with latest Memory Walk

My brave mum battling alzheimers and cancer

5 marathons, 5 days, 131 miles: Fighting Alzheimer's for mum, one step at a time

Students gather with representatives from Millennium Care, Happy Smiles CIC and the Alzheimer's Society.

Care provider launches outreach programme

The numbers of people diagnosed with dementia has soared.

Signs of dementia as NHS urge families to look out for these symptoms

Jenny Heyes

Jenny's skydive for Alzheimer's Society

Cup of tea

Raise a cuppa for charity this National Tea Day

Be Well co-ordinators Tracy Lamb (left) and Bev Baldwin (right) with Councillor Chris Ready at Pennington Flash

New venue for dementia fund-raiser

First Response Finance Raises Over £76k for Charity in 2023

First Response Finance Raises Over £76k for Charity in 2023

Lakeview care home, in Leigh, has embodied the spirit of Christmas with an array of events

Wigan borough care home spreads Christmas cheer with array of activities

Darryl Atherton cared for his wife Susan after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

Grieving Wigan man shares toll of dementia on wife who 'loved Christmas'

People gathered at Haigh Woodland Park for the annual Memory Walk

Tenth anniversary charity walk held for Alzheimer's
Wigan poeple gathered to remember loved ones lost to Alzheimer’s disease and to raise money for charity to continue research and care.
Matt Pennington

IN PICTURES: Haigh Woodland Park 10th annual Memory Walk

The then Mayor Coun Marie Morgan and Sky Sports rugby league presenter Phil Clarke get the 2022 Memory Walk underway at Haigh Woodland Park

Memory Walks to help families affected by dementia

Team at the summit of Ben Nevis

Staff at Wigan care home provider scale new heights

Charities have called on the Government to improve diagnostic rates for dementia

Nearly a third of suspected dementia cases in Wigan lack a formal diagnosis

Coun Chris Ready (centre) and Pauline Blackie of Alzheimer's Society (holding bucket, front left) with fundraisers at last year's Pennington Hall Park Memory Walk

Memory Walk celebrates its 10th anniversary

Ted Dakin with one of his books

Wigan author offers his services as a public speaker

IN PICTURES: Memory Walk returns to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society

Senior Carer at Ash Tree House residential and dementia care home in Wigan, Caroline Knowles, tackled the April Squat Challenge to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.

Wigan senior carer takes on April squat challenge for Alzheimer’s

Ryan Jones was sponsored to run a marathon in full kit.

Hindley firefighter gifts over £30,000 to Dementia UK

Libby Langham

Wigan personal trainer's charitable mountain to climb

Friends prepare for their long march

Wigan friends take on 13-mile Lakes trek for charity
A group of Wigan friends are trekking 13 miles along Lake Ullswater to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
Charles Graham

The number of people with demential is spiralling

Cash fears growing over rising cases of dementia in Wigan

10,000 care homes with older residents have now been offered a Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

A Covid vaccine has been offered to all care home residents in England - what ha...

EastEnders and Carry On star Dame Barbara Windsor has died, aged 83

Care home residents will be able to join family and friends over Christmas - but...

Lisa Nandy MP

Lisa Nandy MP: Help bring families back together

Experts have warned that, without visits, elderly people could lose the will to live (Photo: Shutterstock)

Experts warn a blanket care home visiting ban 'could risk premature deaths'

Julian Pletts, from Parbold, is kayaking coast to coast across the countrys canals to raise money for Alzheimers Society

Pals paddle coast-to-coast to raise money for dementia charity

The lockdown has left a quarter of adults thinking they have no real friends

Susan and Denis Ratcliffe

Wigan fund-raiser bakes cakes for charity helping her through second family Alzh...

Teacher Sue Pilkington is walking five miles every day in June

Wigan teacher walks five miles every day to raise money in memory of her mother

Maureen Hibbert with her bake

Neighbours raise hundreds for charity with bake off competition

Mount Everest base camp

Everest beckons for charitable Wigan climbers

This is how to pledge your time in support of GMB’s 1 Million Minutes campaign

Staff and children at Little Acorns Nursery in Atherton have raised 2,000 for Alzheimers Society

Wigan nursery’s charity feats

Wigan dementia patients are at increased risk of stroke from antipsychotic drugs

Wigan dementia patients at risk of stroke from antipsychotic drugs

These lanyards are bright green in colour and decorated with a sunflower design (Photo: RNIB)

This is what it means if you see someone wearing a sunflower lanyard

Margaret, Heidi and Pauline Blakie of Wigan Alzheimers Society (centre

Kind-hearted Wigan pensioner used a milestone birthday to raise hundreds for cha...

Last year saw the highest number of deaths for a decade

Dementia kills one in 10 of us, shock new figures show

The team from Prosper Wealth Management

Wigan business took on Three Peaks challenge for Cancer Research and Alzheimer's...

This is why your hearing could indicate if you have dementia

Ted with one of his books

Wigan writer to support dementia charity with charity reading event

Dame Barbara Windsor and Scott Mitchell, as Mr Mitchell has urged people to check for the early signs of dementia in loved ones on Valentine's Day

Dame Barbara Windsor's husband urges people to check loved ones for signs of dem...

TfGMs fund-raising committee

Wigan charities celebrate transport body funding

Dame Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor's husband says he 'can't leave her by herself anymore'

Jane Holgate's swimming challenge

Swimmer from Wigan makes charity waves

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Alzheimer's protein study welcomed by experts

Keeping an active mind can help to reduce decline in thinking skills

People who do daily crosswords or puzzles have sharper brains in later life

Eileen at Everest Base Camp

Sister scales new charity heights

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