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Whats On This Week at Dementia Hwb
This is what's on at the Hwb this week 26th September - 2nd October 2022. The Hwb is back to opening from 11am - 3pm. For information finding and support, drop in for a chat about questions you may have on memory issues or dementia. This week's schedule of...
Dementia Friendly Swansea Forum Minutes September 2022
Dementia Friendly Swansea Forum Minutes from September 2022 including the latest updates from Dementia Hwb
Dementia Friendly Swansea Forum Minutes 6th July
Dementia Friendly Swansea Forum Minutes from July 2022 including the latest updates from Dementia Hwb
Dementia Friendly Swansea Meeting Notes May 2022
Dementia Friendly Swansea Meeting Notes from May 2022 including the latest updates about Dementia Hwb
Dementia Hwb Job Vacancies
Join the team at Dementia Hwb Swansea! We have vacancies for the following positions Telephone Support Safe Haven Carer Telephone Hwb Support Location : Dementia Hwb, Quadrant Centre, Swansea 28 hours a week, Monday to Sunday, to be job shared £10/hr + pension if opt...
Dementia Hwb Opening At Tesco Llansamlet
Dementia Hwb is pleased to announce the opening of another branch, this time at the Community Room, Tesco, Llansamlet. The first Dementia Hwb, located in the Quadrant Shopping Centre, Swansea, is handy for people to drop in whilst in the City Centre, we are well aware...
Free Bespoke MP3 Players For People With Dementia from Purple Angels
We don't have to look far for research confirming that music is good for people with dementia. Local to Swansea there are groups specifically for music, including the Musical Memories Choir and Singing for the Brain. What happens though if you are not able to get out...
Big Thank You to Superstar John for Raising Money for the Dementia Hwb
A big thank you to John, who ran a 5K race and donated £200 of his fundraising to the Dementia Hwb! John is from Gendros, he loves Swansea city football club and spending time with his family. John said My niece who is studying health and social care told me about the...
Learn to Tango and take a Pottery Class with Swansea Carers Centre
Pottery Class with Raku Firing Could you be the future winner of The Great Pottery Throw Down? Could your creations drive Keith to tears against a cool mod soundtrack? This is where it could all begin. Start or continue your journey to Great Pottery Thrown Down...
Dementia Friendly Swansea July Meeting
*********PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING WILL NOW BE TAKING PLACE ON ZOOM ONLY******* Email jude.dale@dementiafriendlyswansea.org for the link Join us in person or online for the next Dementia Friendly Swansea meeting next week. University of Wales Trinity Saint David...
Running Swansea Half Marathon Fundraising For The Dementia Hwb
Hannah Davies, founder of Dementia Friendly Swansea, is putting on her running shoes and doing the JCP Swansea Half Marathon on 12th June to raise funds for our Dementia Hwb in Swansea. With £1,200 we will be able to purchase a CANTAB Mobile licence to be able to...
Dementia Hwb May Review
The Dementia Hwb in Swansea’s Quadrant shopping centre has been open for 5 months and we are now seeing trends in the visitor data as well as finding our place in the city centre community. May's Visitors In May there were another 216 visitors, so we maintain around...
Dementia Carer Coffee Group In Llansamlet
Support groups for carers looking after a person with Dementia or someone showing signs of Dementia are incredibly important. They enable attendees to receive information, have a cup of tea and a chat, and/or provide support to other carers. The tireless work of the...
Carers Week Celebration Events
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" (Carersweek.org). The event runs between the 6th and 12th June 2022 and...
Swansea Carers Centre New Carers Connect Activities
Here are details for some of the Swansea Carers Centre Carers Connect activities Georgia and El are scheduling for the next few months. To find more activities visit the What's On section on the Swansea Carers Centre website. Theatre trips to see La Traviata at the...
Dementia Hwb News 3 Months Open and April Review
Now the Dementia Hwb in The Quadrant shopping centre in the centre of Swansea has been open for 3 months, we have had 559 recorded visitors needing support in a variety of ways, some of these have been considered crisis cases by Healthboard and experienced Third...
Dementia Friendly Swansea Annual Report 2021-2022
Presented at Annual General Meeting 13th April 2022 By Secretary Hannah Davies Secretary’s Report The past year has seen Dementia Friendly Swansea (DFS) develop into a much more serious co-production of all organisations across Swansea, helping much larger numbers of...
Dementia Friendly Swansea AGM 2022
Join us for the first AGM since lockdown in 2020 for Dementia Friendly Swansea. University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) are kindly hosting us at their IQ campus on Swansea Waterfront, Kings Road, Swansea SA1 8AH. You can join us in person or online via MS...
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