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Dementia Friendly Swansea July Meeting

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...

Dementia Hwb May Review

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

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 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

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

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

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

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...

The Wave’s Dementia Awareness Week

The Wave’s Dementia Awareness Week

The Wave Dementia Friendly Swansea has teamed up with The Wave for their Dementia Awareness Week from the 21st to the 28th March. The aim of the campaign is to let people in the Swansea area know that if you are affected by dementia in anyway, you are not alone. There...

World Delirium Awareness Day in the Dementia Hwb

World Delirium Awareness Day in the Dementia Hwb

World Delirium Awareness Day World Delirium Awareness Day is on Wednesday 16th March. Organisations use this date to bring awareness to a common serious condition that remains relatively unknown to the general public. What Is Delirium? Delirium is an acute confusional...

Dementia Carers Count Live Online Learning

Dementia Carers Count Live Online Learning

Dementia Carers Count are a UK-wide charity with a focus on family carers. They have a Virtual Carers Centre which offers a range of information and advice for carers. The online information and support availbe on the VCC is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week....

The Dementia Hwb Swansea First Month Summary

The Dementia Hwb Swansea First Month Summary

The Dementia Hwb has now been open for 1 month in the former Thornton's shop in The Quadrant. We have managed to staff it and to be open every single day 11:00-15:00, with the exception of Friday 18th February due to Storm Eunice. During these hours we have helped...

Dementia Hwb Swansea Now Open in the Quadrant

Dementia Hwb Swansea Now Open in the Quadrant

Swansea Dementia Hwb opening Saturday 29-01-2022 On Saturday 29th January a unique pop-up information centre is being launched by a group of volunteers in The Quadrant in Swansea. It is a 5 week trial led by voluntary group Dementia Friendly Swansea in co-production...

SCVS-Microenterprise-Projects

SCVS-Microenterprise-Projects

The latest new from SCVS (Swansea Council for Voluntary Service) is that they have had some additional funding within the Microenterprise Project for unpaid, family carers. The project creates local services to support people in Swansea to remain in their own homes....