{"id":67375,"date":"2022-11-15T16:50:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=67375"},"modified":"2022-11-15T19:22:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T19:22:12","slug":"two-life-long-friends-raised-over-500-for-alzheimers-society-in-memory-of-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/11\/15\/two-life-long-friends-raised-over-500-for-alzheimers-society-in-memory-of-loved-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Two life-long friends raised over \u00a3500 for Alzheimer\u2019s Society in memory of loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Helen Brunsdon and Susan Davies held a Christmas craft fair in Llandaff North to raise money after their loved ones passed away with dementia<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Two life-long friends raised \u00a3545.50 in memory of loved ones who passed away with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by holding a Christmas craft fair in Llandaff North Community Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Brunsdon and Susan Davies, both 54, used their craft hobby to raise money for the Alzheimer\u2019s Society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen, of the St Mellons area of Cardiff, lost her brother David to dementia last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David, who was 56 when he passed away, \u201cwas involved in so much before the illness took him\u201d, Susan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan\u2019s mother, Anne Tuesley, passed away earlier this year at the age of 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMum was 82 so it was almost expected, but David was a hell of a shock as he was only in his 50s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two friends wanted to do something after both being affected by Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI said ‘what can we do?’ and we said ‘okay, we’ll organise a craft fair’,\u201d Susan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She continued: \u201c<\/strong>So we just thought we can do something and we’ve been fortunate today, haven’t we? We’ve been really lucky. People have been really supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Helen and Susan were pleased with how the community has rallied around them for the fundraising. Many of their friends and family were supporting them at the fair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan said: \u201cI’ve got to be fair, everybody has been really supportive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were lucky, we’ve had loads of volunteers to do the teas and coffees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Helen and Susan\u2019s lives became affected by the disease, they realised how many other people they knew had been affected by Alzheimer\u2019s in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe both realised how many people we knew that had been affected,\u201d Susan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen commented: \u201cIt\u2019s surprising how many people it actually does affect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two friends believe that it would make a difference if people helped in small ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan commented: \u201cThe more aware people are, the more likely they are to contribute and hopefully some day they’ll be able to do something about it. If five of us did it and we all raised \u00a3200, that’s \u00a31,000.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The money raised from items such as teas, sweets and raffle tickets will all be donated to the Alzheimer\u2019s Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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