Race Against Dementia

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With generous support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society, and Race Against Dementia.

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So one in three people born today is estimated will die with dementia.

[music] That's Molly Huggins from the charity Race Against Dementia.

They take a Formula One mindset to the search for a cure.

It's super interesting, and we'll hear from her in a bit.

It also takes funding.

But we can't afford to move at such slow speeds.

As Cesar has highlighted very clearly, we need to take action now, and that is where Race Against Dementia comes in.

At Race Against Dementia, we back really early, uh, dynamic researchers.

No, it's really good.

And the other thing that I did in, in, uh, a little bit of research before speaking to you today, uh, was to just check in with the, uh, NAPA Racing Race Against Dementia auction site.

Uh, because of course you do amazing stuff, Steve Richardson, and, and e- everyone involved, uh, does amazing stuff, uh, when we go to Knockhill every year with the, with the race suits, the car liveries, the helmets this year, the Joe Tanner, uh, uh, painted helmets.

Um, and they're all being auctioned off and, and your Knockhill helmet's doing pretty much all right.

The merch looks very good to, for fans to, to buy into.

And of course, we've got ac- various activations throughout the year.

We have the Race Against Dementia, which is, you know, means a lot to a lot of us.

We've got, a lot of the team have got family members that have suffered with dementia, unfortunately.

It features the signatures of all 21 living Formula One drivers champions.

And this is in aid of Race Against Dementia, which is the charity that was founded by Sir Jackie.

And it gives the chance to win a replica of of this helmet, plus a VIP trip for two to the season finale in Abu Dhabi.

The prize includes flights, luxury accommodation and VIP paddock access.

And every entry helps fund Race Against Dementia's work to accelerate research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dementia.

Entries are £25 or $34 if you're stateside.

And we'll pop the link into the, that will include the full details, TNCs.