Two teenagers of Ilcley go from the Huber Bridge to Havort for charity

A teenager, which takes place 80 miles (128 km) with his school friend for charity with dementia, said when his grandmother no longer recognizes him, it “hit him like a train.”

In 18 -year -old Charlie Wilson, three grandparents died after he was diagnosed with dementia and hope for greater support for the families who have been injured.

Friends from Ilcley in Western Yorkshire went from Hamber’s bridge in Hessley at 06:00 GMT and plan to finish the trip to Havort for four days.

Charlie said: “I want to raise awareness of more dementia education – it is much more than just a little forgetful.”

Charlie’s grandmother was diagnosed with a condition when she was 83 years old, and one on his side affects her injury to her husband, Grandpa Charlie.

“They are married for 50 years, and it just completely ended the marriage.

“My grandmother had to put in the house, and she didn’t know why,” he said.

Charlie added, “This is probably what the most influenced me.”

His grandfather was also diagnosed with dementia at the age of 83 and died two years later in the care home.

“And it was with my grandmother that he injured him that he ended there to live there,” Charlie said.

“The pain of losing my grandparents through another is unthinkable.”

In addition, his grandparents died when Charlie was four after diagnosing pneumonia that contracted for dementia.

“I have always been surrounded by dementia, and it has significantly affected both sides of my family.

“It was a 10-year process with my NANA, so I was always around him, and I saw what an impact it had on my family and their mental well-being,” Charlie said.

“I think that in 2023, dementia was the greatest killer of people in England, so it is clear that it should have some education or counseling to help people understand what is really going on,” he added.

Charlie and his friend Ollie Cliff, who also lost his grandfather with dementia, we plan to pass 20 miles on the first day, 30 – on the second, 20 day after the recipients of the school Ilkli and the local community were invited to make the last 10 with them .

Ollie said, “I wanted to support Charlie on his journey because I feel that people with dementia need more support than they can always get.”

While the couple has raised more than £ 2000 and all the money is going to dementia.

When walking Charlie and Oli, they even plan to view A-level.

Charlie is studying politics and Ollia studies philosophy, so they will have some “good chats,” he said.

Despite the fact that his grandmother’s personality “shifted” when she had dementia, she returned to the “brilliant” for the last six months of her life, Charlie said.

He wants to remember his grandparents as they are to drink tea, giving him and sister a pound for sweets and running around the park.

Charlie added: “No one should suffer the loss of loved ones more than once.”

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