MONEYSUPERMARKET ANNOUNCES CHARITY OF THE YEAR 2012
Our local community is very important to us and as a result we actively support numerous charities in the local area, having one main sponsored charity each year. All of our team get the chance to vote on our charity of the year and we strive each year to offer them support both through our fundraising efforts and our hands on approach to helping out.
But that's not all - Moneysupermarket.com matches all of the funds we raise and the result can make a huge difference to our charity of the year.
We are pleaed to announce our charity of the year for 2012 is Alzheimer’s Society.
Alzheimer’s Society is the leading support and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers. There are currently 750,000 people living with dementia in the UK, yet dementia still remains in the shadows. With this figure set to rise to over 1 million people by 2021, it has never been more important for the work of the Alzheimer’s Society to take place.
Alzheimer's Society has a network of 260 service centres across the UK offering over 2,000 services. They are dedicated to the care and research of dementia and they:
Provide direct support for people with dementia and their carers through our national & local services
Give information and education to people with dementia, carers, health care professionals
Raise awareness of dementia to remove the stigma still attached to it
Campaign for the rights and welfare of people with dementia and carers
Invest in research into the cause, cure, prevention and care of dementia.