Alzheimer Scotland

09 October 2026 PM Andy Burnham announces £48 million to “defeat” dementia

Alzheimer Scotland welcomes the commitment from Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make dementia research a priority, as he announced a £48 million industry partnership to speed up the search for a cure.
Mr Burnham, whose f...

8 October 2026 Door-to-door fundraising

Alzheimer Scotland are very proud of the support that we have built over the years and the many different ways that we, and our supporters, raise funds. However, there are some fundraising tactics that we do not believe in, or take part in.

Our stance on d...

£80 million challenge targeting faster and better dementia diagnosis launched The Dementia Challenge

The Dementia Challenge is accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies and practices that will diagnose and predict how the disease will progress.

Nine new technologies, including fast...

Alzheimer Scotland Ambassador Professor Tara Spires-Jones launches new book on dementia

Tara Spires-Jones is the Professor of Neurodegeneration and the Director of the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh has recently published a book with Oxford University Press, Fighting for our Minds: The Neuroscience of Def...

Finding the right technology for people with dementia – how ADAM can help

Our ADAM platform is here to help people with dementia and their families find technology that can help in their daily lives

One of the biggest misconceptions is that a dementia diagnosis automatically means the end of...