SCIE launch Social Care Impact Awards 

The Photobook Project, a Community Interest Company that supports people living with dementia to document, share and celebrate their experiences and perspectives through the lens of a single-use camera, has published its 2-year Impact Report.   The report details the key achievements and approach of the Photobook Project and shows how it links to the Five…

The NHS Talking Therapies Positive Practice Guide for Older People (2024) has been published by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists (BABCP), Age UK, the Mental Health Foundation and NHS Talking Therapies services.  The guide is intended to be a resource for therapists who work with older people, and aims to address the…

Carers UK has launched awards to recognise and celebrate unpaid carers.  The awards, which are part of Carers UK’s 60th anniversary year celebrations https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/carers-uk-celebrating-their-60th-year-in-2025, have ten categories to recognise the work of individuals, local groups, networks and employers who support carers through their actions and/or practices.  Nominations opened on Tuesday 29 April 2025 and close…

Supersense Technologies is looking for people living with dementia to pilot their SenS2 hub, which is one of the shortlisted technologies for the Longitude Prize on Dementia https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/finalists-longitude-prize-announced.  The SenS2 hub is described as a unique monitoring system which works without cameras or microphones, and can help a person living with dementia to retain independence and…

The Lewy Body Society has celebrated five years of funding Rachel Thompson’s role as the UK’s first Consultant Admiral Nurse for Lewy body dementia.  Jacqui Cannon, CEO of Lewy Body Society, says:  “We are so proud to have been funding this vital role for five years, it feels like a real milestone in the care of such a…

50 challenges in 500 days: How do you raise more than £11,000 for Alzheimer’s research?  If you’re Shelle Luscombe, who has just turned 50 herself and lives in south-west London, you get friends, family and strangers to set you 50 challenges which you have to complete in 500 days in exchange for a donation.  Among…