Andrew Jones MP is calling on residents of Harrogate and Knaresborough to walk for a world without dementia as part of the Alzheimer’s Society’s biggest annual fundraising event.
The walk is taking place at Valley Gardens, Harrogate on Saturday 10 September 2016 at 2pm.
The walk includes two laps of a 0.8 mile route around Valley Gardens with the aim of raising as much money as possible for Alzheimer’s Society.
- Andrew Jones MP’s Memory Walk 2016
- Date of walk: Saturday 10 September
- Time: 2pm
- Place: Valley Gardens, meeting at Main Gates by Pump Room Museum
Andrew Jones MP said:
Last year’s event raised nearly £2,000. It was the first event of its kind in Harrogate. This year we are aiming to be bigger and better with more people doing the walk and a target of £5,000. Our aim is that arm in arm, step by step and pound by pound, we can walk to raise money for services and vital research.
Memory Walks are the Alzheimer’s Society’s flagship fundraising events taking place across England, Wales and Northern Ireland this autumn. The event in the Valley Gardens is a collaboration between Mr Jones, the Alzheimer’s Society and Harrogate Borough Council. Last year’s event saw Emmerdale’s vicar, Ashley Thomas join Andrew to start the walk.
The money raised will help fund research to find a cure for dementia as well as funding services for people living with the disease.
Text ‘AJMP77 £10’ to 70070 to donate £10. Donations are also open online at justgiving.co.uk/harrogatememorywalk2016.
If you’d like to find out more about Andrew Jones MP’s walk, you can contact him on 01423 529614 or via email andrew.jones.mp@parliament.uk
You can pledge cash or register to take part in the walk by visiting the Memory Walk section of Mr Jones’s website at www.andrewjonesmp.co.uk
Video of the walk last year
