Unleash your imagination and explore creative storytelling and playfulness at our new FREE intergenerational storytelling workshops alongside a professional storyteller. 📚✨ Email [email protected] for more information and to book a place.

Unleash your creativity at our FREE over 50s intergenerational art sessions this Autumn! 🎨 Please email [email protected] to book a space or for more information.

Georgie has volunteered with us over the past year at our therapeutic gardening sessions at Lawrence Hill Health Centre. She is now headed off to do some travelling and we would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ for everything she’s done! aliveactivities.org/get-involved...

It's incredibly tough right now for charities like ours. Receiving no government or public funding, we rely on donations to keep our vital services alive. Light up later life with us by donating today or sharing our appeal: aliveactivities.org/get-involved...

We have received an Award of Excellence as Number One Charity of the Year for Older People at the 2025 E2 Media Awards! 🏆 Coinciding with the anniversary of our founder, Tim Lloyd-Yeates, who passed away ten years ago, we opened the trophy on his memorial bench at our dementia-friendly allotment.

Some of the kind messages sent from older to younger LGBTQ+ people from our intergenerational letter exchange project! ❤🌈 Our Letters To My Younger Self project fosters magical intergenerational connection through writing letters, sharing poems, making drawings and even creating music playlists.

The fantastic folks at Womble Bond Dickinson are cycling 77 miles as part of Bike Bath on the 15th June to raise money for Alive. Please sponsor them if you can here: www.justgiving.com/page/wbd-sum... Wishing our cyclists the very best of luck - thank you so much!

On the first day of Dementia Action Week, we held our annual Cuppa for a Cure at the Alive Allotments to raise money for vital dementia research ☕🪴 Our hot drink & cake sale, alongside Alive's plant sale, raised £100 to help fund vital dementia research! 🍰 #Cuppa4aCure buff.ly/X8XDfv3

We’re thrilled to announce the return of our Toddlers That Came To Tea intergenerational tea parties at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. There are still spaces left for the party in June, so email [email protected] for more information and to book your FREE space.

A fantastic morning at in Chepstow last week, distributing 50 free Athens and Budapest Tabletop Travels boxes. We had a jolly time and it was so great to be part of such a busy and well attended coffee morning. Discover more about the sensory travel boxes here: www.tabletoptravels.co.uk

"We need to talk about dementia more." In light of #DementiaActionWeek, our CEO Isobel Jones shared a story about her recent opportunity to raise dementia awareness outside of work: at her local rowing club. Have a read here: aliveactivities.org/we-need-to-t...

Our second Let's Talk Dementia event with Bristol Dementia Action Alliance and @alzheimersbrace.bsky.social was a brilliant opportunity to highlight dementia and to show the support, advice and care that is available to those affected by it. Read more: aliveactivities.org/lets-talk-de...

Community Call Out! We’re looking for donations of baby blankets, baby mats and bunting to support our wonderful Lullaby Circle project: bringing together babies and care home residents for sessions of singing and cuddles. Find out more here: aliveactivities.org/lullaby-circ...

Talking on air about the benefits of technology and dementia, it was great to hear our CEO Isobel Jones on Radio Bristol last week. Listen to the full feature here: aliveactivities.org/tech-dementi...

Did you catch us on The One Show? Our Hoppiness Project with @hellobrigstow.bsky.social hit the small screen this week. Be sure to watch it on iPlayer here: aliveactivities.org/hoppiness-th...

This week marks one year of our film with England football players, raising awareness of dementia. Partnering with @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social and Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, we invited players to try on the Empathy Suit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0L...

🍻 Cheers to 100 years 🍻 The Hoppiness Project will see our residents brew a centenary beer from hops grown at our retirement villages and care homes. In collaboration with @aliveactivities.bsky.social and local brewers, the project promotes healthy ageing 👉 www.stmonicatrust.org.uk/our-expertis...

We are a young at heart bunch at the Bristol Dementia Meeting Centre Thursday Club, and this week we spent the morning reminiscing about the games we used to play as children. Wyn showed us how to do a Cats Cradle and we had a fun time getting all tied up in knots!

It was brilliant to see the BBC coverage of our Lullaby Circle yesterday. Filmed at Deerhurst Care Home, it was a great chance to share how truly magical these sessions are at connecting parents and babies with care home residents for moments of joy and togetherness. Just look at those smiles!

Let's Talk Dementia, is back in Bristol on Saturday 17th May! Join us plus @alzheimersbrace.bsky.social and BDAA on the day where you will find dementia specialists giving short talks, meet knowledgeable exhibitors, and join engaging sessions for people living with dementia.

Another fantastic Caring UK Conference at the Webbington Hotel! Delighted to be invited back, see old and new friends, and share the importance of meaningful activity. #CaringUKConferences #CharityConference

A HUGE thank you to the amazing Leonora Fox, daughter of one of our Dementia Meeting Centre members, who is running the @manchestermarathon.bsky.social next month to raise vital funds for our dementia-friendly activities. Please support her with whatever you can: www.justgiving.com/page/leonora...

07861 385 543 is our new number! To get in touch with us, you can call or email us at: 📞: 07861 385 543 💌: [email protected] 🔗: www.aliveactivities.org

Carmel and Abi have been spreading Alive love throughout our community this week, chatting to people at the Stockwood Dementia Awareness Day and BS3 Carer's Day in Bedminster. Be sure to come say hello if you see us out and about!

Join us at the Bristol Royal Infirmary for monthly intergenerational tea parties! This opportunity is for young people aged 5 and under with their grown ups alongside patients at the BRI. Starting March 2025. If you would like to book your FREE place, please email: [email protected]