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HERALD staff joined hundreds of people from Harlow and Sawbridgeworth as they took part in the fifth annual Memory Walk in aid of the Alzheimer s Society. The charity believes it raised at least £5000 from the fund-raiser in Harlow Town Park, which attra...
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11:30 - 09 September 2008
ESSEX County Council leader Lord Hanningfield visited Harlow on Friday following an invite from Conservative parliamentary candidate Rob Halfon. The aim of the visit was to lobby support for two Harlow charities: the Alzheimer s Society and the Constructi... Full Story »
17:32 - 30 July 2008
THE Harlow Alzheimer s Society has welcomed the news that a new drug could be twice as effective as other dementia treatments. Scientists found that Rember targets a protein in the brain which breaks down nerve cells and reduces brain function, causing Al... Full Story »
17:43 - 15 July 2008
MY NAME is Bill. I have dementia and it s working for me, said the guest speaker at the annual open meeting of the Harlow branch of the Alzheimer s Society. Former Royal Marine Bill Wilson was diagnosed with Alzheimer s in 2003. He accepts he has demen... Full Story »
16:21 - 07 July 2008
MORE than £3000 was raised at the Harlow Alzheimer s Society golf day on Friday. The event, at Canons Brook Golf Club in Harlow, was a great success, raising both awareness of the illness and money towards supporting the charity s work. Chairman of the... Full Story »
10:48 - 01 July 2008
PEOPLE in the town are being urged to find out more about dementia during an awareness week starting on Sunday. The Harlow branch of the Alzheimer s Society will be holding a tea dance on Wednesday for people who currently use its rest-a-while service, t... Full Story »
12:56 - 10 June 2008
THE Harlow Alzheimer s Society is preparing to tell the Government that current provision for people with dementia and their carers is just not good enough. The society will hold a day of action next Friday (June 20) to highlight the injustice of charging... Full Story »
17:16 - 28 April 2008
CAN you recognise the symptoms of dementia? Don t assume you re just getting older, dementia is an illness that requires a lot of professional support and advice, the Harlow Alzheimer s Society warned this week. The branch is particularly concerned by the... Full Story »
Dear Essex County Council,
I support the Herald's campaign for more council funded residential beds for people in Harlow with dementia. I agree that there are not enough for about 1000 Alzheimer's sufferers. I call on you to press forward with trying to secure more provision for people with dementia and their families.
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