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Angela Rippon backs dementia carers appeal as donations reach £120,090
Angela Rippon has backed a dementia carers appeal after donations passed £100,000 in its first week, saying carers need more emotional, physical and financial support. The funds will start pilot sessions for courses intended to ease isolation and help carers understand their rights and available services.
Donations have reached £120,090, enough to fund nearly 3,000 places on six-week Dementia Carers Together courses run with the Alzheimer’s Society and Mail Force. The organisers say substantially more is needed for a national rollout. Rippon, whose mother had vascular dementia, and carer Emma Ruscoe both urged continued support for families affected by the condition.
In short
- Dementia appeal donations reached £120,090 in a week.
- The money will fund pilot carer-support courses.
- A national rollout needs substantially more funding.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Caring Mail readers hit first dementia appeal target: Angela Rippon backs Mail campaign as funds raised pass £100,000 in just a week”.