Bit of a grey day for the launch our newest community group today - a fortnightly walking group for people living with dementia and family carers in East #Wiltshire. But there'll be good cheer and the joy being together in nature - whatever the weather! beyonddementia.org.uk/community-gr...

In honour of our 400th follower today @librariesconnected.bsky.social here is a fantastic bit of work we were proud to be involved with @readingagency.bsky.social Books and resources around living with #dementia available free at your local #library readingagency.org.uk/get-reading/...

Do join us for this fab webinar! 👇🏼 I'm hosting and very much looking forward to hearing from (and moving with!) Joe and Tony from Burns Gym. A super, free learning opportunity for everyone #socialcare #healthcare #dementia #ageing #fitness #movement

We're recruiting a new Head of Comms and Fundraising. Join us in Wiltshire and help shape the future of our lovely charity. www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/head-of-comm... #commsjobs #charityjob

🧠 BRACE invites dementia researchers to a free conference on 20 Nov in Bristol. Talks from @lizcoulthard.bsky.social & Dr Vesna Vuksanovic, posters, and networking from 1–5pm at the BAWA Club. #DementiaResearch #Neuroscience www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/brace-...

'It makes you feel useful again.' Huge thanks to Brenda for the warmth, love and generosity of spirit she brings to our community groups in North Wiltshire, and for sharing her #volunteer story @chipptowncouncil.bsky.social

Dementia care is all about the face-to-face, but sometimes desk research/online tools help people experiencing #dementia and families in #Wiltshire find the extra connections they need. Our online Support Village will always be a work in progress - tell us what we've missed bit.ly/4lY9ut9

Never too old for a disco! We had a great boogie at #OldSilkWorks first 70s-inspired disco - complete with DJ, bouncer on the door, mocktails and the lovely company of Warminster School kids, who also lent their disco lights. Groovy time had by all! #dementiacare #livingwell

Many congratulations to Ali Baker who lives with early onset dementia and last week jumped out of a plane to support others affected. Ali, diagnosed at 56, and friends Charley & Hannah skydived to raise £1,600! Read more about Ali's determination to keep doing what she loves best at bit.ly/4a9F8z2

Huge thanks to everyone who walked or helped out at A Walk to Remember at Bowood House. Sunday was a brilliant day out in beautiful North Wiltshire countryside, raising much-needed funds for dementia care and support. We're doing it all again in September! Please join us 👉https://bit.ly/4l3EYxN

A spot of line dancing for energy then a first aid session for our North Wiltshire #volunteers. It was lovely to get the team together💕 #volunteer #dementia #Wiltshire

Dorothy and Joy get stuck in to making #VEDay lunch at #OldSilkWorks, yes Spam and mash is back on the menu for the day 😋 #wartimememories #dementia

Our new memory group is underway in #Warminster. The weekly Tuesday group will be a mash-up of our most popular activities - Music for the Mind, Movement for the Mind, a memory cafe, plus plenty of chat, experience-sharing and mutual support along the way! #dementia #musicforthemind

Nothing goes to waste at Corsham Memory Shed! An offcut of MDF became a handy notepad to jot down those all-important tea and coffee orders. Our new #memoryshed opens this month in #Calne - can't wait to get busy there too. www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/activities-m... #keepingactive #dementia

This sounds brilliant - good wishes to everyone involved!

Some runaway piglets provided extra entertainment at Kennet Muddy Boots group's visit to The Farm at Avebury. An excellent spring trip for the group who love being out 'on location' in Wiltshire.

Another inspiring #UnderstandingDementia workshop! Thanks to everyone who came to Frances' session at Giffords Surgery in #Melksham, part of our ongoing efforts to create #dementiafriendly communities across #Wiltshire. Thanks to @TNLComFund for funding this work.

Devizes Town Band spring concert is 2 weeks away and I'd love to see you there from my place in the band, on bass clarinet. We are raising funds for @alzheimerssupport.bsky.social and that's another great reason to come! Tickets are only £10, get yours here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/devizes-town...

🎨 The 2025 Dementia Community National Art Competition is open! 🖼️ We invite people living w/ #dementia & carers to submit paintings, drawings or sketches: buff.ly/zWu7hSz 🎟️Tickets for the Creative Dementia Conference (3/6, 2025, Bristol): buff.ly/PHcYzKN

Yesterday we celebrated and wished a happy retirement to our longstanding head of day care Grant Newton. He has led our four day clubs with vision, compassion and an unwavering belief in the person behind the #dementia. Wishing all the best for a happy retirement, Grant, Higby and Dottie 💕

We're starting TWO new weekly groups for people living with #dementia in #Wiltshire this month 🎉 Singing, exercise and conversation at Warminster Memory group bit.ly/3QWFPTJ and a chance to revive practical skills at Calne Memory Shed bit.ly/4jiRPLp #keepingactive #community

Lovely to meet the spring lambs this week! Being out in nature is a tonic for all but especially beneficial for people affected by #dementia. All thanks to everyone at The Piggery for making members of Kennet #MuddyBoots group so welcome🌱🐑

Our dementia advisers provide personalised support, advice and guidance to people affected by #dementia in #Wiltshire. And they get out to groups too, meeting the people we support more informally and having some fun together. Here's new adviser Kelly getting stuck in at #MovementfortheMind 🤸‍♂️

Huge thanks to @wiltsfreemasons.bsky.social who are giving £60,000 to #OldSilkWorks club over the next 3 years! And lovely to welcome John, Des and Paul to found out what the donation means to club members, staff and volunteers. bit.ly/4hw7xkO

We support 2,500 people affected by dementia every year. We know how our amazing staff bring happiness and empowerment, reduce isolation and restore dignity. So we're proud to be part of #ProvidersUnite day of action. It is time for change, for investment and for policy makers to #ValueSocialCare

Good luck to everyone at #ProvidersUnite march today, including our own senior manager Monique Bentley. Social care matters - it brings joy, security and comfort to the most vulnerable, but Government actions are putting our sector at risk. Social care is a right not a privilege! #WeValueSocialCare

If you are interested in dementia and the thoughts, concerns and rights of people living with dementia please follow @innov-dementia.bsky.social - wonderful resource and place to share 😊

More creativity from members of our art group in Chippenham 👏🎨

Sobering reading from @dementiacarers.bsky.social A national strategy for unpaid carers, including routine contingency planning, is so urgently needed.

We are very pleased to be able to announce that our next training programme will run over four Wednesdays starting on 5th March 2025 and ending 26th March 2025. The four sessions will run between 11:00 – 13:30GMT with a short comfort break.

Our latest #intergenerational partnership kicked off with a skittles match between #OldSilkWorks members and the Year 6s from Princecroft primary who will visit the club each week. Fab to see the generations connecting!

We recruiting a full-time Carer Coordinator to work with unpaid carers of people with #dementia in #Wiltshire. It's an exciting new role within the Carers Together Wiltshire partnership, helping carers to access services, support and advice. Apply or find out more at bit.ly/4jiowcE

Great resource here - thank you @madlinsudn.bsky.social 😊

'My journey with dementia had begun long before my official diagnosis'... Ali Baker on coming to terms with early onset #dementia @gailgreg.bsky.social @bethyb1886.bsky.social @dementiacommunity.bsky.social @reminduk.bsky.social www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/blog/i-wont-...

Our groups in #Wiltshire this week. Keeping active and making new connections are so important and lovely to see everyone again after the break. www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/this-weeks-e...

Merry Christmas from Roger, support worker Georgie and Coco the cat 😘

Our next webinar, Holidaying with #Dementia, is on 14 January, 2025 at 2-3pm. Speaker: Carol Sargent Attendees will gain strategies to create enjoyable getaways and embrace new experiences. Book For Free: https://buff.ly/49WhwOf Our Webinar Schedule: https://buff.ly/3Bvsm13

Huge thanks to everyone who has donated so far - it means a lot to have your support and every gift has twice the impact so even more valuable to our work. Double donations are live until Christmas Eve!!

'I love going to #ScotsLane. It’s a break from the boredom of home, a joyful place where I meet new people, a new bunch of friends given to you.' Derek on how the #Salisbury day club has made life easier for him and his wife Monica. #dementia #community www.carechoices.co.uk/blog/dementi...

Expressing concerns on BBC over the increased National Insurance costs coming for charities delivering vital public services for disabled people. Need: - fair pay for social care - Government fully funding services - fundamental review of adult social care funding www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's absolutely the right decision, but we're so disappointed Bath Christmas Market is called off tomorrow due to #StormDarragh. We had the charity chalet for one day only, to sell gifts handmade by volunteers to raise essential funds. Now what to do? Few pics of past years to cheer us up!

Dogs are a daily presence in our day clubs in Wiltshire, but it's not often we are visited by a donkey. Needless to say, a hit! Huge thanks to Kelly's Donkeys and dear, patient Dermot 💕 #animalassistedactivities #dementiacare #OldSilkWorks

Welcome to ReMind UK, an independent charity delivering expert diagnosis, research and support for people affected by dementia. We're focused on brain health, early diagnosis of the disease and researching better treatments. In other words: getting ahead of dementia. Find out more: www.reminduk.org

We rely on fundraising and are thrilled that, thanks to the generosity of our charity partners, donations will be doubled this month! Any gifts will have twice the impact this #Christmas so please support us if you can🙏🎅 bit.ly/4givCeG #dementia #Christmasappeal #doubledonations

Congratulations to Phil Horton and Susan Dixon, who have each clocked up 20 years as support workers. Thank you for making life richer for people affected by dementia, for always seeing the person first and for continuing to be be such an important part of our team 💙

Coming up at 9.45, our BBC Radio 4 show is being repeated this month. Dementia: Unexpected Stories of the Mind is a five-part series about rare dementias. Extraordinary interviewees, remarkable stories. #frontotemporaldementia #dementia #neurology @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social

Members of our Memory Shed were commissioned by Corsham Town Council to make bird and bat boxes, with extras to sell for funds at Bath Christmas market. Fab example of a proactive local council working with us to help retain skills, build friendships, support nature and do some good 😊

We're on the BBC explaining what the autumn budget means for our #dementia #charity in #Wiltshire. BBC News - Wiltshire charity 'will cost £200k more to run' after Budget - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good read on the benefits of volunteering alongside people with dementia. And love the positive photo ❤️ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

My latest blog, you are welcome to read and share😊 
Sleep is supposedly a natural part of life, well it was until dementia struck! dementiaalzheimers.home.blog/2024/11/18/d...