Bondi2Berry: Ride to Remember
Now celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the Bondi2Berry Ride to Remember, hosted by the Dementia Research community is one of Australia’s leading charity cycling events dedicated to raising funds and awareness for dementia research.
Each year, over 300 riders and event crew complete the 155-kilometre journey from Bondi Beach through the Royal National Park, Wollongong, and Kiama, before crossing the finish line in Berry, all to help fund vital research into dementia prevention, treatment, and care.
Innovync is proud to be a major sponsor of the event for the 10th year running.
We are riding to raise awareness of dementia
Co-founders Nick and Pierre, Innovync’s Managing Director, have first-hand experience with the disease. Both of Nick’s grandmothers passed away after suffering from dementia and Nick’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2011 and sadly passed away in Aug 2022. Pierre’s mother was diagnosed in 2015 and also sadly passed away in 2019.
Their personal experiences, as well as those of many of their close friends, prompted the guys to use their passion for cycling to raise awareness and funds to help find a cure for this terrible disease.
Since then, the Dementia Research Community has raised over $1.9 million, directly funding 10 Australian research projects through its dedicated grants program. The charity’s mission is to break the stigma, start conversations, and fund the science that will one day lead to a cure.
Leading cause of death
Dementia is now the leading cause of death in Australia, affecting more than 433,000 Australians, a number expected to reach 1 million by 2065 without breakthroughs in research.
Australians living with dementia
There is an estimated 459,000 Australians living with dementia and without a medical breakthrough, the number of people with dementia is expected to increase to 590,000 by 2028 and 1,076,000 by 2058.
Rising cases of people with Dementia
Currently an estimated 250 people are joining the population with dementia each day. The number of new cases of dementia will increase to 318 people per day by 2025 and more than 650 people by 2056. Three in 10 people over the age of 85 and almost one in 10 people over 65 have dementia
The Bondi2Barossa Ride to Remember
Through Bondi2Berry and its sister events, including multi-day rides like Bondi2Barossa, Bondi2BlueMtns, and Bondi2Brighton, the Dementia Research Community continues to push forward, one kilometre at a time.
