Pharmacy Daily | Ride to remember gets on the road

LAST Fri, 25 cyclists started on their gruelling nine day, 1,450km ride from Bondi Beach to the Barossa Valley, to raise awareness and funds for research into a cure for dementia.

The Bondi2Barossa Ride to Remember is staged by the Dementia Research Community.

Dementia is the second leading cause of death of Australians and the leading cause of death among women.

There are 487,500 Australians currently living with dementia and this is set to increase to 1,076,000 by 2058, and there is no cure.

The Dementia Research Community (formerly known as Bondi2Berry) brings together dedicated people with a common goal - to raise awareness of dementia, and to fundraise to help find a cure.

Since an inaugural one-day ride from Bondi to Berry in 2016, Dementia Research Community has raised over $1.2m and funded five vital research projects in search of a cure.

This year's ride will allow funding of a sixth research project; one that is being run by Dr Kristie Stefanoska out of Flinders University focused on a tau-associated factor to enhance memory function and prevent neuronal cell death.

Co-founder Nick Young is looking forward to engaging many local communities on route through school visits and meet and greets.

"This is the third multi-day ride we have organised, and it is certainly the biggest.

"We are looking forward to getting on the road and visiting some amazing places to help raise awareness of dementia.

"We are riding to remember our loved ones who have passed away from dementia" said Young, who is riding in memory of his father who passed away less than a year ago after an 11-year battle with dementia.

"As always, we are especially grateful to all our participants and volunteers, with special acknowledgment to our platinum partners Wilson Asset Management, Oni Group and Gresham.

"As well as our gold partners Innovync, Mettle and Twilight Aged Care, and all our event partners for helping to make this event possible."

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