As part of Championing Social Care’s Care Home Open Week partnership with The Utley Foundation’s Music for Dementia campaign, a limited number of free tickets are being offered to care staff for the nationwide tour of Matt Seager’s award-winning play, ‘In Other Words’. ‘In Other Words’ explores the transformative power of music to help reconnect…
Nigel Hullah’s death has been announced by the 3 Nations Dementia Working Group (3NDWG). You can read the announcement here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340138552838718/permalink/2702852643233952/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=xix5r6Dx8rnITqVn Nigel chaired the 3NDWG and the statement from Julie Hayden says: “Nigel was an inspiration to us all and worked tirelessly to make dementia a priority for decision makers at a UK level, national…
Leena Jassi, a researcher at the University of Bath, is looking for participants for a survey into the experiences of dementia caregivers from minority ethnic groups in the UK. To participate you should identify as being from a minority ethnic group, live in the UK and care for someone (defined as supervision, emotional and physical…
The British Red Cross are running free ‘Supporting Connections’ workshops to explore and discuss how to spot the signs of loneliness and help participants to develop skills to support people experiencing loneliness. The workshops are aimed at organisations, professionals and volunteers who work with people who might be experiencing loneliness. They are delivered online or…
The Young Dementia Network has created two animations to raise awareness of young onset dementia and specifically the challenges younger people face when living with dementia. The animations feature the thoughts of people with young onset dementia and their family members gathered via a 3-question questionnaire. They are entitled ‘Share your experiences of young onset…
PREDICTOM, an international research project on early dementia detection, is looking for secondary and tertiary care physicians to share their clinical experiences of diagnosing and supporting people who present with potential dementia symptoms. The aim of PREDICTOM is to improve clinical practice guidelines and understand implementation barriers and enablers. The PREDICTOM survey will take around…
Rare Space, a new venture from Rare Dementia Support (RDS) designed to celebrate the creative and cultural lives of RDS members, is inviting more people to get involved with this work. The Rare Space team say: “Rare Space combines individual stories, group projects, creative research and activity suggestions, hoping to inspire creativity and reflection within…
Christians in Care are running free End of Life Care Training for care workers. Led by Lucy Honeysett, Lead Coordinator of Christians in Care, this interactive online training covers: The training has a certificate on completion and, with limited places available, the March and May 2025 dates are already fully booked. Places for 9 October…
Social Prescribing Day, the annual celebration of the people, organisations and communities who make social prescribing happen, is again aiming to raise awareness of what social prescribing is, how it works and how it changes lives. Social Prescribing Day has been running since 2019 and unites thousands of local, national and international organisations, link workers,…
‘Who Cares?’, a song recorded to raise awareness of social care, has been released by the Independent Care Group. Sponsored by Hempsons and with all proceeds from the song going to The Care Workers Charity, the video features people working in social care, people who draw on care and support and their families. The lyrics…