There's nothing special about me, but it might help to know a little bit about my background.

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I was born in 1954 and grew up in Clapham, South London. I married Pam in 1975 and joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1976, spending the next 18 years working at home and abroad as an aircraft technician.

I moved to Northampton on leaving the RAF and studied for an HND in Business Information Systems, which opened the door to a later career as a technical author and Senior Consultant in Information Systems.

For the last 10 years before my retirement, I worked as a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) in the Kingsthorpe and St David's area of Northampton.

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• I have 2 daughters and 7 grandchildren

•  I have a measured IQ of 153 and was a member of MENSA for over 30 years.

• I have type 2 diabetes

• I have Alzheimer's disease. I was diagnosed with Young Onset Dementia on 11th January 2019.

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I am living well with dementia...

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Since my diagnosis I have radically changed my lifestyle and habits, and I am now a very busy man.

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• I am a peer trainer with the NHFT Recovery College, and co-create and co-present workshops on Comedy for Recovery and an Introduction to dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment.

• I work with the Alzheimer's Society Data Team to help make their systems more accessible.

• I am a fundraiser, a public speaker and a motivator.

• I am on a number of steering groups, including the 3 Nations Dementia Working group (3NDWG), the Northamptonshire Dementia Action Forum (NDAF), The DEFINing Young Dementia group (DEFINYD) and the SPIN Dementia Network Plus (SPIN-D Network+).

• I also engage in academic and clinical research studies and trials.

 

I am always pleased to lend my voice to any dementia-related project.