Jenny Fisher The Barking & Dagenham Volunteering Bureau has hosted a Dementia Friends information session at headquarters to enable dedicated volunteers to become Dementia Friends. Seven volunteers attended the training session led by Emdad Rahman. Joan Brandon from Barking & ...

At Christmas, people spending time with family or friends whom they haven’t seen for a while are likely to notice changes that could be signs of dementia. However, research results revealed on 23rd December by the Alzheimer’s Society show that ...

TV’s Ruth Langsford hosted 600 guests at the Alzheimer’s Society’s dementia-friendly carol concert on 15th December, raising over £23,000 for the Society. This brings the total amount raised by Carols by Candlelight London to £59,000 over the last three years. ...

Reseach carried out by the Alzheimer’s Society shows that 850,000 people in the UK have a form of dementia – with one new person being diagnosed with the condition every three minutes. The Society champions the rights of people living ...

By Jenny Fisher The Newbury Park Islamic Cultural Centre held a Dementia Friends Information session to highlight the effects on dementia on people’s lives and how people living with dementia can be supported to live well. The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia ...

Essex County Cricket League Premier Division champions Scintilla CC are supporting Dementia Awareness Week. The team posed for a picture with their Dementia Friends badges and information leaflets to highlight the cause. Club Captain Ahmed Choudhury said: “Dementia affects young ...

#DoSomethingNew!  Life doesn’t end when dementia begins – as public health staff from Tower Hamlets Council will try to show you during the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Awareness Week, which runs from 17th to 23rd May. Doing something new could be ...

Popular television personality and resident house doctor on This Morning Dr. Ranj Singh has joined the Dementia Friends Campaign to help raise awareness of dementia among South Asian communities. The Dementia Friends campaign aims to give people an understanding of ...

Public Health England and a leading health charity have joined forces in a new campaign to tackle one of the biggest health issues facing England and a growing issue for ethnic minority communities. The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends initiative aims ...

LONDON BANGLA COMMENT: A spirit of constructive governing broke out at Tower Hamlets Council on 27th July 2022 – the first scheduled full Council meeting since the election (the AGM in May dealt only with formalities). It was so different ...