Join Dementia Research celebrates 10-year anniversary

ByCommunity Team

Join Dementia Research (JDR) has celebrated its 10th anniversary. 

JDR is a nationwide online and telephone service that makes it easier for people to register their interest in volunteering for dementia research studies. Anyone, with or without dementia, can register as a volunteer. Find out more about Join Dementia Research here: https://www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk. 

To mark their 10-year anniversary, JDR has run a campaign called ’10 reasons to be hopeful’ featuring daily mini blogs on key advancements in dementia research.  

Read more about ‘10 reasons to be hopeful’ here: https://news.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/10-reasons-to-be-hopeful-for-the-future-of-dementia-research/

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