Skills for Care is again running ‘Celebrating Social Care’ throughout April.
This campaign showcases the fantastic contributions of individuals working in numerous roles across social care.
Skills for Care is encouraging everyone to share stories, shoutouts and celebrations. You can find out more here: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-events/Spotlight-on/CelebratingSocialCare.aspx
Working with Dementia Network Plus is being launched on 26 February 2025. Working with Dementia Network Plus aims to address social and financial inequalities for those affected by dementia in employment. The Working with Dementia Network Plus team want to build a network of people to support their work including those with lived experience of…
A new film about dementia has premiered at London film week. Starring Stephanie Beecham as Peg, W4 Films ‘Grey Matter’ explores the challenges and triumphs of living with dementia and the changing relationship between a grandmother and her teenage granddaughter. Dementia research charity, BRACE, is being supported by W4 Films https://www.w4films.co.uk. Director, Arabella Burfitt-Dons, says of this…
Skills for Care has dedicated April to Celebrating Social Care, their yearly campaign to highlight the great work being done in the sector. Skills for Care has run this campaign every year since 2022, and encourage participation from across the social care sector. You can find out more and get involved here: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-events/Spotlight-on/CelebratingSocialCare.aspx
Tony Jameson-Allen and Chris Wilkins, co-founders of the dementia reminiscence charity Sporting Memories, have been awarded MBEs in the New Year Honours. They started the charity in 2011 and there are now more than 100 Sporting Memories clubs supporting older people across England, Scotland and Wales. Wilkins, CEO of Sporting Memories, said the clubs used…
Guidance for care homes on nutrition and hydration has been produced by apetito. The company says that its new free guide contains lots of useful information and guidance on best practice in catering for residents with dysphagia, dementia and allergies while also maintaining the quality and appeal of meals. The Guide to Catering for Specialist…
People affected by dementia are joining forces across the globe in a campaign for change called “Let’s Reimagine”, launched by the pressure group Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice. It aims to challenge the “biomedical and institutional approaches” to dementia policy and practice, which the international coalition says lead to fear, stigma and hopelessness….