#FaithinPartnership Week

11th – 15th September 2023

See what happened during our week celebrating and championing cross-sector working!

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Resources for Dementia Action Week

…With information about dementia itself, why churches should engage with people who have dementia, and steps to take to become dementia friendly, this is a useful and authoritative resource. From Alzheimer’s Society, the Dementia Guide contains all the basic information someone might need to know about dementia. It is available…

Nominations for the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friendly Awards are now open

Is your organisation doing great things to be dementia friendly? Alzheimer’s Society’s 2018 Dementia Friendly Awards recognise, celebrate and promote the inspirational achievements of those uniting to making a real difference to people living with dementia. This year’s awards will celebrate individuals, organisations and communities leading and inspiring a change…

Dementia

…from different traditions are tackling these issues and becoming dementia friendly. We have also built a collection of resources about dementia suitable for faith communities. Let us know if you have good practice or resources on faith and dementia to share. Our work on dementia builds on our Friendly Places…

PHE dementia resources

Faith, mental health and dementia

…host) and to have healthy lifestyles – which again help reduce the risk of dementia and of course of many other diseases They can raise awareness about dementia – and especially of the important new message that there are many aspects of dementia that are preventable It’s fantastic that people…

Dementia Friendly Awards highlight role of faith

…to see the profile given to his work to make every church in Cumbria dementia friendly by 2020. Over 100 ‘Dementia Enablers’ have been trained in 85 locations across the region, and their job is to take the lead in making dementia everyone’s business within their church community. This is…

The Power of Music Fund: People living with dementia

…with dementia and their carers. While dementia is a progressive condition without a cure, music can improve mood, offer opportunities for self-expression and creativity, strengthen personal relationships, and reconnect people to those they love. Research suggests that engagement with music can offer significant social, emotional and cognitive benefits for people…