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Metro Lifeline 2026

This year, Metro has chosen to support Alzheimer's Society, a charity that supplies vital support to people navigating the daily challenges of life with dementia. Find out more about the charity – and our fundraising hike in the Cotswolds in June – in the articles below.

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Allen Palmer in a pub garden drinking a pint of guinness on a sunny day

'Dementia doesn’t have to be a death sentence - we made the best of Dad’s final years'

Lifestyle March 18, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

‘Even when Dad was diagnosed with dementia, running was one thing we could still share’

Families February 23, 2026 By Isabel Fraser

Chris Snell Alzheimer?s Society

I rebuilt my relationship with my dad - then he was diagnosed with dementia

Health February 19, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

Jenny's mum, Laura, holding Jenny as a baby. Laura wears a patterned black and white floral dress and Jenny wears a white dress with a pink overlayer. The background is lots of dark green foliage.

The sign that made me realise at 21 that I had to put mum into a care home

Health February 11, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

A helping hand. Volunteering and senior care.

Britain's hidden crisis: The toll of sandwich carers

Families February 7, 2026 By Claie Wilson

A gloved hand holding a petri dish, over a brain MRI scan.

A world where dementia no longer devastates lives is 'finally within reach'

Health February 2, 2026 By Professor Gordon Wilcock

Tiktoker captures nan's dementia journey

I shared my nan's dementia journey on TikTok to help people - then trolls deepfaked her

Health January 26, 2026 By Amy Gaffney

Natasha Young - Forget Me Not campaign

The GP thought my 51-year-old husband had depression until he started forgetting things

Health January 19, 2026 By Natasha Young

Chloe Aldred - My dad's beloved dogs knew he had Alzheimer's before he did

I found Dad washing the car with a paintbrush. His dogs knew exactly what was happening

Health January 19, 2026 By Chloe Aldred

Andre Yarham smiling in a photo wearing a hat.

Britain's youngest dementia sufferer dies aged 24 and donates brain to science

UK January 7, 2026 By Molly Lee

‘My mum was told her dementia symptoms were down to menopause’

Health January 5, 2026 By Sarah Ingram

A loving hug at home

Every 3 minutes someone in the UK develops dementia - here's how you can help them

Lifestyle January 27, 2026 By Isabel Fraser

Thinking of signing up to Metro's Lifeline challenge? Here's everything you need to know

Lifestyle April 9, 2026 By Claie Wilson

The Malvern Hills; Worcestershire; Cotswolds

Looking for a New Year challenge that's actually achievable? We've got just the thing...

Lifestyle January 27, 2026 By Isabel Fraser

A picture of Ali, next to a picture of him standing in the street with his mum

Ali went for a walk to clear his head - but what happened next is a mystery

UK October 25, 2025 By Sarah Ingram

A picture of Ali, next to a picture of him standing in the street with his mum

Ali went for a walk to clear his head - but what happened next is a mystery

UK October 25, 2025 By Sarah Ingram

A confident mid adult woman looks away as she maintains the lead in a bike race for charity.

Pedal power: Test your endurance skills in cycling challenge at iconic British venue

Lifestyle July 12, 2025 By Saffron Leggatt

The grainy 70s photo that could help police solve a missing person case

UK May 22, 2025 By Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Metro’s Lifeline challenge on the Isle of Wight raises over £33,000 for Missing People

UK May 21, 2025 By Kirsten Robertson

Karen Bone and son Matt Bone stood together in a field. They have their arms around each other.

‘I mourned for my son twice - it’s been a rollercoaster of hope and loss’

UK May 3, 2025 By Josie Copson