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Dementia Friendly Swansea Virtual Meeting Notes July 2021
Dementia Friendly Swansea - Meeting Notes 01/07/2021 10:00-11:00 Chair: Nick Johnson; Secretary: Hannah Davies; Treasurer: Wayne Dyer 1. Apologies : Hannah Davies 2. Website The website is useful for directing people to information and advice points Group members to...
New Sporting Memories Club to Open in Ynystawe
Ospreys in the Community and the Sporting Memories Foundation are opening their new club in Ynystawe on Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Help Shape The Future Of Swansea Carers Centre
Are you a carer in Swansea who has ideas on how services could be improved? Here's your chance to help shape the future of Swansea Carers Centre. They are looking for Carers to join the Carers Forum and contribute to the development of services for Carers in Swansea...
News & Articles – July 2021
Every month Dementia Friendly Swansea aims to highlight important stories about dementia that are in the news. Links are provided for your reference only and are not an endorsement from or representative of the views of Dementia Friendly Swansea. We hope that you find...
Dementia Friendly Swansea Virtual Meeting Notes June 2021
Dementia Friendly Swansea - Meeting Notes 03/06/2021 10:00-11:00 Chair: Nick Johnson; Secretary: Hannah Davies; Treasurer: Wayne Dyer There was a problem starting the zoom meeting so a new meeting ID was issued, my apologies as I know some people were trying the first...
New Dementia Group Opens In Loughor
Now that lockdown restrictions are lifting it's time to start looking forward to meeting up in groups once again. If you live in Loughor or the surrounding area then you might be interested in a new group that was launched in May to coincide with Dementia Action Week....
Swansea Direct Payment Forum
The next meeting for the Swansea Direct Payment Forum is scheduled for Friday 2nd July at 10.30am and will be meeting every 4 weeks thereafter. If you haven’t been before and would like to be included in the circulation list please get in touch (details below)....
Carers Week Activities With Swansea Carers Centre
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don't think of themselves as having caring...
Carers Awareness Week Events – June 2021
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don't think of themselves as having caring...
Carers Wales Launch New Listening Support Service
Carers Wales have launched a new emotional support service for unpaid carers to help combat isolation and the unrelenting toll of the pandemic. Research carried out by Carers Wales has found that unpaid carers across Wales have been left exhausted and socially...
Forget Me Not Clubs & Musical Memories Choir Updates
Two very popular groups for Carers and people living with dementia in the Swansea area are the Forget Me Not Clubs and Musical Memories Choir. And now that Government Covid retrictions are easing it means we can start meeting up again. The details are as follows:...
Top 5 Dementia Apps On ORCHA
With a wealth of information out there, it can be difficult to know where to find the most accurate and helpful advice to support you to live well. That’s why Home Instead have teamed up with ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications) to...
Dementia Carer Virtual Drop-In
The Carers Dementia Service provides personalised, ongoing support for carers of someone living with Dementia or awaiting a diagnosis for Dementia. Every Tuesday between 2pm and 3.30pm they hold meetings via Zoom. To take part all you need to do is contact them for...
Dementia Friendly Swansea Virtual Meeting Notes 29th April 2021
Dementia Friendly Swansea Virtual Meeting Notes 29/04/2021 09:30-10:15 (1) The attendees of the meeting agreed that we would carry out actions each month to help those people living with dementia in Swansea and their loved ones. We will maintain the website to be a...
Forum Meeting Minutes – 5th December 2018
Dementia Friendly Swansea Forum Meeting Minutes - 5th December 11am-1pm, Swansea Waterfront Museum Download Minutes in PDF format Attendees: Ben Ruddle* (DFS Chair), Wayne Dyer (DFS Treasurer), Keith Jeavors (Swansea Fundraising Group), Sue Coleman (ABMU HB), Dan...
Dementia Friendly Swansea Forum Meeting Minutes 24th September 2018
Dementia Friendly Swansea Forum Meeting Minutes 24th September 2018 Canolfan Gorseinon Centre Attendees Ben Ruddle - (Chair) - Home Instead Senior Care Wayne Dyer - (Treasurer) - Compass Will Writers Marcia Vale - Alzheimer's Society Helen Hunter - Red Café Amanda...
Next Forum Meeting Set for 24th September
We have finalised a venue for our first new Swansea Dementia Friendly Forum meeting that will take place on 24th September. The venue will be at the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre. The meeting will start at 10.00am but the tea and coffee will start to flow for 9.45am....
AGM & Consultation Event – Give Us Your Ideas
The AGM is coming up on the 19th July at the Waterfront Museum in Swansea. This year, we will be sharing space with the 50+ Network. Both AGMs will be kept strictly to reports and officer nominations to a 45 minute max time cap. We will break for drinks, then get...