Dementia Friendly Horsforth

We were honoured to have been recognised in a ceremony at the Civic Hall by the Lord Mayor of Leeds Eileen Taylor earlier today. Two of our members were in attendance for the ceremony and to pick up the certificate.

2019 dates for your diary:
13th June - Cupcake Day
1st August-31st October - Memory Walk Season.
... 21st September - World Alzheimer's Day
6th November - Alzheimer's Society 40th Anniversary
6th December- Elf Day
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Horsforth's Dementia Action Week has been a great success
We are pleased to have achieved the following stats:
8 Events... 10 Group members organised and led events 200 attendances/ interactions with the public 25 new Dementia Friends created** 2 new window stickers awarded** 7 partner organisations involved
Many thanks to Horsforth Town Council, Horsforth Community Hub, Morrisons, Horsforth Live at Home, Memory Support Services, Cragg Baptist Church, St Margarets Church, Grove Methodist Church, and all the individuals in those organisations, and others, who have helped make Dementia Action week a success.
More importantly a big thank you to all those who attended our events to learn how you can help to improve the lives of those around you living with Dementia.
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Great turn out of about 50 people for showing of "Still Alice" at the Grove Film Club. Thanks to the Grove Methodist Church, Film Club crew, and audience for making this a fitting climax to Dementia Action week in Horsforth. #DAW2019

Our thanks to everyone who attended 'The Last Memory' play production this evening. An audience of around 40 people enjoyed a moving and thought-provoking performance from the cast of Talking Stock. Our thanks to Horsforth Town Council and St Margaret's Church for their support in making this happen #DAW2019

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fb id=10157069900429647&id=8270524646 With right support, it is possible to live well with Dementia.

Thank you to those attending our Dementia Information Session this morning at Central Methodist Church. We are pleased to report that we made 6 new Dementia Friends.

Next Week is Dementia Action Week https://www.facebook.com/8270524646/posts /10157071547529647/ this may be of help to anyone who is concerned about a loved one and not knowing what questions to ask.

Dementia Friendly Horsforth is pleased to announce that our Dementia Champion on Horsforth Town Council will be Cllr Jude Arbuckle. We look forward to welcoming him to our next meeting.

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A reminder of the play The Last Memory, written by Alan Stockdill to be performed at St Margaret's Church at 7pm on Thursday 23rd May 2019 as part of Dementia Friendly Horsforth's programme of Dementia Action Week events.N.B: The play will now take place in the Church itself and NOT the Parish Centre. It's a free event and we hope to see you all there.

https://www.facebook.com/alzheimerssociet yuk/videos/324153034915175/

Some photos of our stall at Horsforth Farmer's Market on 4th May. It was great speaking to all who came by to see us.

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We will be at Horsforth Farmer's Market from 10.30am today. Please feel free to drop by and see us to find out more about what we do.

May be of interest to some Alzheimers Society Cup Cake Day 13th June 2019 https://www.facebook.com/8270524646/posts /10156951790729647/

https://www.radiotimes.com/…/vicky-mccl ure-my-dementi…/amp/… We're pleased to see this programme will air on BBC 1 on 2nd May to raise awareness of Dementia.