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The Lewy Body Society, a charity dedicated to tackling the second most common form of dementia, has announced the latest recipients of its grants programme. The charity is awarding three grants totalling £314,000 for projects at the University of Cambridge, Newcastle University and Imperial College London.
These grants take the total research funding issued by the charity to over £1 million, since it supported its first PhD student in 2007. All of the charity’s funding is received from voluntary donations and earned income, and it receives no statutory funding.
The Lewy Body Society is now seeking applications for its next round of funding. The charity will consider any application that is relevant to Lewy body dementia, and applicants from UK institutions can apply for project funding, or to fund PhDs or fellowships. In this funding round, the society has up to £500,000 to allocate and will aim to fund 2 – 5 projects.
Jacqueline Cannon, Chief Executive of the Lewy Body Society, said:
“Most of our funding comes from people directly affected by Lewy body dementia, through fundraising events, funeral donations and buying Christmas cards and badges. We would like to thank every single one of them, as they are making a real difference to improving the awareness and understanding of this difficult disease.
“Lewy body dementia is the second most common form of dementia among older people, affecting around 130,000 people each year. Yet it is not well known and our clinical understanding of the disease is less developed than that of other conditions.
“Through our grants programme we are working with dedicated experts across the country who are striving to find better ways to identify and treat the disease in future. We would like to encourage any researchers who may be interested in applying for a grant to get in touch.”
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