The son of the late East Hull MP and Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is running the London Marathon to help increase funding for Alzheimer’s Research UK after his father lived with Alzheimer’s disease.
David, 54, who is the founder of Hull PR and social media consultancy Larkin PR, has already raised more than £3,000 for the UK’s leading dementia research charity.
He said: “If nothing changes, 1 in 2 of us are going to be affected by dementia either by caring for somebody with the condition, developing dementia ourselves, or both.
“I've been one of those 1 in 2.
“I'm running the London Marathon in memory of my late father John Prescott who lived with Alzheimer's and wanted to raise some money and awareness of the great work Alzheimer’s Research UK is doing."
People can donate by going to David’s JustGiving page at www.davidprescott.co.uk
David, 54, who is the founder of Hull PR and social media consultancy Larkin PR, has already raised more than £3,000 for the UK’s leading dementia research charity.
He said: “If nothing changes, 1 in 2 of us are going to be affected by dementia either by caring for somebody with the condition, developing dementia ourselves, or both.
“I've been one of those 1 in 2.
“I'm running the London Marathon in memory of my late father John Prescott who lived with Alzheimer's and wanted to raise some money and awareness of the great work Alzheimer’s Research UK is doing."
People can donate by going to David’s JustGiving page at www.davidprescott.co.uk
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00:00So I've just finished training for my London Marathon run which is two weeks
00:03today thanks to everyone who's sponsored me so far for Alzheimer's Research UK in
00:07memory of my late father it means an awful lot to me and I'm training five
00:12times a week and running every other day so if you haven't sponsored me yet and
00:16want to help you find a cure for dementia you can click on the link or go
00:19to davidprescott.co.uk and this keeps me going so this is the sign for the
00:25Woodford Centre where I've been training and open by my father on that day on the
00:31date the 27th of April which is the same day as the marathon so hopefully that's
00:35a sign have a great day and thanks for your support