The first World Alzheimers Month will take place during September 2012 with awareness raising events taking place worldwide.

Named after neurologist Alois Alzheimer, the disease causes progressive damage on the brain. The theme for World Alzheimer’s Month 2012 is ‘Dementia: Living together’. Activities will focus on reducining the stigma which is associated with dementia and making communities more dementia-friendly. Activities during the month will include educational seminars, workshops and social events for people with dementia and their carers.

The Alzheimer’s Society has organised mutiple ‘Memory Walks’ to raise money towards the work of the Alzheimer’s Society in that specific area. For more information see their website http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/.

The London 2012 Paralympic Games have begun in earnest and the University of Greenwich is playing a role at the heart of the action.

The Games, which include four days of equestrianism at Royal Greenwich Park, will see university staff and students involved from the start, helping the event live up to its billing as one of the most spectacular and inspirational sporting occasions to take place in the UK.

As an official host venue for the Olympics and Paralympics, the university continues to be at the centre of the sporting action this summer, with the Students’ Union providing facilities to support equestrian, running and shooting events in Royal Greenwich Park.