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Carers Centre Mind, Body & Spirit Project Activities for Autumn/Winter
The Carers Centre Swansea's Mind, Body & Spirit Project has FREE training opportunities coming up for unpaid and family carers! Here's what's on for August and September 2021 Beach Labyrinth with Alex Waters Meet by Secret on Thursday 30th September at 1.30pm to...
Social Care Reform Urgently Needed
Nigel Hullah, Human Rights campaigner and Chair of 3 Nations Dementia Working Group shares his views on social care provision. This piece of work was originally done for the 3 Nations group. "Despite 12 green and white papers and five independent commissions over the...
2 Vital Dementia Services Closed In Swansea In Less Than A Year
Swansea has always been a progressive city when it comes to dementia. In 2014, The Alzheimer’s Society recognised the work of the Swansea Dementia Supportive Community forum by recognising it as the first Dementia Friendly City in Wales. The Ambulance Service in...
Swansea Carers Centre Dementia Carers Meet Up for World Alzheimer’s Day
Swansea Carers Centre Dementia Carers Meet Up for World Alzheimer's Day The 21st of September is marked around the globe as World Alzheimer's Day, to raise awareness of Alzhiemer's disease and related dementias. To also dispell myths and stigmas about the condition...
Forgetful Friends Loughor Meet Up 16th September
Forgetful Friends Coffee Group in Loughor September Meet Up The next Forgetful Friends Coffee Group meeting is on Thursday 16th September between 11am and 12.30 pm at Loughor RFC, The Villa Belgrave Road, Swansea, SA4 6RF. If you're looking after someone with Dementia...
Listening to people aged 50+ Swansea Council Consultation
Swansea Council are currently running a consultation on 'listening to people aged 50+ in Swansea'. While this survey isn't specificly about dementia and healthcare, there are options to give feedback from Quesions 6 to 11 on how to improve life for the over 50s in...
Musical Memories Choir News
Musical Memories Choir for people living with dementia and carers is starting back at Linden Church, West Cross, Swansea on Friday the 3rd September. There will be two opprtunities to join them. One at 11am and one at 1pm. The 11am session will be recorded so that...
Carers Centre Mind, Body & Spirit Project Activities for August and September
The Carers Centre Swansea's Mind, Body & Spirit Project has FREE training opportunities coming up for unpaid and family carers! Here's what's on for August and September 2021 Carers Walking Group These groups will be held by Stuart who runs Tread Gower. Planned Walks...
Come For A Walk – Connecting People to the Outdoors
Walking outside has many health benefits and as we have seen over the past year, it is a form of exercise that was the most accessible for people when gyms and sports clubs closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately not everyone is able to get outdoors due to...
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...