Host a tea day for alzheimers society
Wicklow GP and columnist Dr Ciara Kelly of RTE’s Operation Transformation has teamed up with Evelyn Swan, a dedicated Volunteer and Richard Dolan, a long-term carer to launch this year’s Alzheimer’s Tea Day charity fundraiser in aid of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI).
Alzheimer Tea Day, which is held on May 7th is the largest annual fundraising campaign in the ASI calendar.
Now in its 21st year, the fundraiser has seen thousands of people host tea parties in their homes, offices and schools raising vital funds for the ASI which provides essential support to the 48,000 people and 50,000 family carers living with dementia in this country. All money raised locally will stay locally. All donations made at each local Tea Day event will go towards maintaining services in the local community.
Dr Ciara Kelly said: 'I'm delighted to support Alzheimer’s Tea Day. Alzheimer’s dementia is becoming more and more common in our communities with prevalence rates set to treble in a generation - this campaign helps raise vital funds and awareness of a condition that affects so many families.'
Since the very first Alzheimer’s Tea Day in 1994 over €7M has been raised and gone back into supporting local communities. ASI is the national leader in understanding and providing dementia-specific supports and services. Each year the ASI provides more than one million hours of community-based dementia-specific care throughout Ireland.
CEO of the ASI Gerry Martin said: “Last year Alzheimer’s Tea Day raised €430,000, thanks to our wonderful Tea Day hosts and all those who attended and supported events around the country. From this campaign we have made a real and lasting difference to the lives of people in local communities living with dementia. Alzheimer’s and dementia touches almost every family and every community and all funds raised by Alzheimer’s Tea Day locally stay local and help to support vital lifelines for people such as Day Care, Home Care, Family Carer Training and Dementia Advisers.”
For more information or to register for Alzheimer’s Tea Day fundraising packs, visit www.teaday.ie or call 1800 719 820.