The Alzheimer's Research Trust is the UK's leading charity dedicated to funding research to find effective treatments for Alzheimer's and related diseases. The work we do has never been more vital. 163,000 new cases of dementia occur in England and Wales each year - one every 3 minutes but sadly there is no cure.

• For every person with dementia only £61 is spent on UK research, compared with £295 for every cancer patient.
• The Alzheimer's Research Trust has to turn down three out of every four applications for research funding.