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Metro Lifeline 2026

This year, Metro has chosen to support Alzheimer's Society, a charity that supplies vital support to people navigating the daily challenges of life with dementia. Find out more about the charity – and our fundraising hike in the Cotswolds in June – in the articles below.

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Angie sitting in a garden with her mum

Dementia has devastated our family - this is why I still have hope

Health August 11, 2026 By Sarah Ingram
Hayley and her dad when she was a child. He wears a stripy green and white tshirt. Hayley has blonde hair and they are both outside.

Police found my dad walking down a motorway sliproad – it's overwhelming looking after him

Families August 24, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

'The men I care for forget me, but I don't forget them'

Lifestyle July 9, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

Metro Lifeline: ‘I want to do something to honour Mum because she suffered so much'

Lifestyle June 15, 2026 By Claie Wilson
Left: Colin, smiling at the camera; right: Jane (standing) with her arms around Colin (seated) (Picture: Jane Jennings)

When my husband started repeating himself, I knew something was very wrong

Health June 1, 2026 By Jane Jennings

'When my mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer's I couldn't face telling her the truth'

Lifestyle May 17, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

'My husband aced the memory tests - but I knew it was dementia'

Health April 26, 2026 By Sarah Ingram
Allen Palmer in a pub garden drinking a pint of guinness on a sunny day

'Dementia doesn’t have to be a death sentence - we made the best of Dad’s final years'

Lifestyle March 18, 2026 By Sarah Ingram
James and his dad, after completing a 10k race. James wears a blue cap with an adidas logo, and Fred, his dad, wears a red t-shirt. They both wear medals, and smile directly at the camera.

‘Even when Dad was diagnosed with dementia, running was one thing we could still share’ 

Families February 23, 2026 By Isabel Fraser
Chris Snell Alzheimer?s Society

I rebuilt my relationship with my dad - then he was diagnosed with dementia

Health February 19, 2026 By Sarah Ingram
Jenny's mum, Laura, holding Jenny as a baby. Laura wears a patterned black and white floral dress and Jenny wears a white dress with a pink overlayer. The background is lots of dark green foliage.

The sign that made me realise at 21 that I had to put mum into a care home

Health February 11, 2026 By Sarah Ingram
A helping hand. Volunteering and senior care.

Britain's hidden crisis: The toll of sandwich carers

Families February 7, 2026 By Claie Wilson
A gloved hand holding a petri dish, over a brain MRI scan.

A world where dementia no longer devastates lives is 'finally within reach'

Health February 2, 2026 By Professor Gordon Wilcock
Tiktoker captures nan's dementia journey

I shared my nan's dementia journey on TikTok to help people - then trolls deepfaked her

Health January 26, 2026 By Amy Gaffney
Natasha Young - Forget Me Not campaign

The GP thought my 51-year-old husband had depression until he started forgetting things

Health January 19, 2026 By Natasha Young
Chloe Aldred - My dad's beloved dogs knew he had Alzheimer's before he did

I found Dad washing the car with a paintbrush. His dogs knew exactly what was happening

Health January 19, 2026 By Chloe Aldred
Andre Yarham smiling in a photo wearing a hat.

Britain's youngest dementia sufferer dies aged 24 and donates brain to science

UK January 7, 2026 By Molly Lee

‘My mum was told her dementia symptoms were down to menopause’

Health January 5, 2026 By Sarah Ingram
A loving hug at home

Every 3 minutes someone in the UK develops dementia - here's how you can help them

Lifestyle January 27, 2026 By Isabel Fraser

Thinking of signing up to Metro's Lifeline challenge? Here's everything you need to know

Lifestyle April 9, 2026 By Claie Wilson