Tennis for Race Against Dementia is a not-for-profit initiative founded and launched by Darren Burgess in September 2021, in partnership with Tennis Scotland, to increase access to tennis for people aged 50 and over, and to improve healthy cognitive ageing. The design of the next phase of the Tennis4RAD programme, to clubs across Scotland from summer 2022, is being led by Kris Soutar, Tennis Scotland's Senior Consultant.
The aim of the Tennis for Race Against Dementia programme is to:
Tennis4RAD is committed to supporting the work and research of Sir Jackie Stewart's Race Against Dementia to find a breakthrough in the prevention or treatment of dementia, by both fundraising via our tennis fitness sessions and raising awareness of the charity.