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Will, you can help secure the future of Lancaster students and research. </p> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/alumni/giving/IMG_0124.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" > </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section>  <section class="features bg-none"> <div class="anchor" id="d.en.373804"></div>  <div class="grid-container"> <ul class="feature-row features-3 "> <li class="feature"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/giving/defying-dementia/" class="feature-link"> Defying Dementia </a> </h2> <p>Defying Dementia is a community supported campaign tackling the big threat presented by Alzheimer's Disease.</p> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" 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Excellence, you can support Lancaster University Management School, our students and researchers, across a number of projects.</p> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/alumni/giving/LUMSIIEpages.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" > </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="heading bg-secondary-red text-left" data-magellan-target="d.en.373933"> <div class='anchor' id='d.en.373933'></div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell small-12 "> <h2>Support from Overseas </h2> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="accordion-panel accordion-panel-refresh layout-container bg-none" id="accordion-397059" > <div class="anchor" id="d.en.397059"></div> <h2 id="accordion-heading-397059" class="hide"> accordion</h2> <div class="accordion bg-secondary-red" role="region" 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class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/behind-the-scenes-of-our-defying-dementia-research"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/dd-lab-tour-638780732824614851.jpg?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.47%2c0.40' alt='A group of people in a laboratory looking through a microscope' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">Behind the Scenes of our Defying Dementia Research</h3> <p>The Defying Dementia team recently hosted an insightful lab tour and talk event at Lancaster University. Chaired by Dr Ed Parkin, the event offered attendees a unique opportunity to explore the innovative dementia research being conducted at the University.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/the-defying-dementia-student-society-turning-action-into-impact"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/1000030810-638780721859090933.jpg?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.67%2c0.53' alt='A group of runners in the sports hall dressed in Christmas outfits ready to begin the Santa Dash' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">The Defying Dementia Student Society – turning action into impact</h3> <p>Our Defying Dementia Student Society are raising vital funding and awareness of dementia through their creative and inspiring programme of activities.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/music-with-a-mission-how-one-donor-is-making-a-difference-for-dementia-research"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/mark-and-team-638780717436508258.jpg?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.40%2c0.59' alt='Supporter Mark Simpson sitting at a table with members of Lancaster University's philanthropy team' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">Music with a Mission - How One Donor is Making a Difference for Dementia Research</h3> <p>Mark Simpson has been running ‘The States’ since 2018, a fundraising gig in support of Defying Dementia in memory of his mother. </p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/promising-first-in-alzheimers-drug-development-1"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/anthonyaggidiscomposite-1-638634660598752958-638780699140261414.jpg?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.50%2c0.50' alt='On the left is an image of the brain of a fruit fly, on the right is an image of Dr Anthony Aggidis.' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">Promising 'First' in Alzheimer’s Drug Development</h3> <p>An international team of researchers led by Lancaster University have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr Edward Parkin comments on a potential therapy, the origins of which lie with one of the co-founders of Defying Dementia, Professor David Allsop.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/lancaster-universitys-pentland-centre-for-sustainability-in-business-awarded-1million-funding"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/untitled-1400-x-558-px-638754973811870932.png?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.50%2c0.50' alt='Stephen and Andy Rubin, pictured among a gallery of art; and Professor Jan Bebbington from Lancaster University Management School who is smiling as she leans against a wood paneled wall' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">Lancaster University’s Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business awarded £1million funding </h3> <p>The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, a leading research centre at Lancaster University, has received a further five years of funding from the Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust. </p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/scholar-spotlight-isobel-ba-hons-english-literature-and-history"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/scholar-spotlight-min-638684067005332248.jpg?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.67%2c0.50' alt='Students outdoors' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">Scholar Spotlight: Isobel, BA Hons English Literature and History</h3> <p>Philanthropy touches many lives at Lancaster and has a profound impact. For our students, it can transform their learning journeys. Here to tell us about her time at Lancaster and what her philanthropic award meant to her is Isobel, a recent graduate of the School of English Literature and Creative Writing.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/sustainability-achievements-with-green-lancaster"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/ecohublea-1green-lancaster-638684056740514446.jpg?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.52%2c0.43' alt='An image of the campus EcoHub' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">Sustainability Achievements with Green Lancaster</h3> <p>Our Friends of Lancaster University in America are philanthropic supporters of a diverse range of projects at Lancaster, one such area being ‘Green Lancaster’. The collaborative partnership between the University and the Students Union delivers a series of projects that bring the entire campus community together to work on innovative ideas that promote healthy and sustainable lifestyles.</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <a href="/giving/news/unlocking-potential-with-the-power-of-philanthropy"> <div class="card-image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src='https://cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk:443/img/cwip/cisweb.lancaster.ac.uk/EventsMedia/ribble-valleycompressed-638684033224798288.jpg?mode=crop&width=550&height=300&center=0.68%2c0.43' alt='A group of young people sitting on grass' /> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3 class="title">Unlocking Potential with the Power of Philanthropy</h3> <p>Thanks to donor support of scholarships and prizes, together we can empower our students by reducing financial barriers, recognising academic excellence and boosting motivation and confidence. 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