Beyond Dementia

Head of Communications and Fundraising A fantastic opportunity to join our award-winning charity in a senior management role.

We're recruiting a new Head of Comms and Fundraising.
Join us in Wiltshire and help shape the future of our lovely charity.
www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/head-of-comm...
#commsjobs #charityjob

BRACE Conference 2025 - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER Join dementia researchers at the free BRACE Conference on 20 Nov, 1–5pm in Bristol. Talks, networking, posters, and research into early diagnosis and dementia.

🧠 BRACE invites dementia researchers to a free conference on 20 Nov in Bristol. Talks from @lizcoulthard.bsky.social & Dr Vesna Vuksanovic, posters, and networking from 1–5pm at the BAWA Club.

#DementiaResearch #Neuroscience

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/brace-...

'It makes you feel useful again.'
Huge thanks to Brenda for the warmth, love and generosity of spirit she brings to our community groups in North Wiltshire, and for sharing her #volunteer story
@chipptowncouncil.bsky.social

Dementia care is all about the face-to-face, but sometimes desk research/online tools help people experiencing #dementia and families in #Wiltshire find the extra connections they need.

Our online Support Village will always be a work in progress - tell us what we've missed bit.ly/4lY9ut9

Never too old for a disco!
We had a great boogie at #OldSilkWorks first 70s-inspired disco - complete with DJ, bouncer on the door, mocktails and the lovely company of Warminster School kids, who also lent their disco lights. Groovy time had by all!
#dementiacare #livingwell

Many congratulations to Ali Baker who lives with early onset dementia and last week jumped out of a plane to support others affected. Ali, diagnosed at 56, and friends Charley & Hannah skydived to raise £1,600!
Read more about Ali's determination to keep doing what she loves best at bit.ly/4a9F8z2

Huge thanks to everyone who walked or helped out at A Walk to Remember at Bowood House. Sunday was a brilliant day out in beautiful North Wiltshire countryside, raising much-needed funds for dementia care and support.

We're doing it all again in September!
Please join us 👉https://bit.ly/4l3EYxN

A spot of line dancing for energy then a first aid session for our North Wiltshire #volunteers. It was lovely to get the team together💕
#volunteer #dementia #Wiltshire

Dorothy and Joy get stuck in to making #VEDay lunch at #OldSilkWorks, yes Spam and mash is back on the menu for the day 😋

#wartimememories #dementia

Our new memory group is underway in #Warminster. The weekly Tuesday group will be a mash-up of our most popular activities - Music for the Mind, Movement for the Mind, a memory cafe, plus plenty of chat, experience-sharing and mutual support along the way!

#dementia #musicforthemind

Board with names and coffee orders pencilled on it

Group of older men with their coffees

Collection of mugs filled with tea and coffee

Nothing goes to waste at Corsham Memory Shed! An offcut of MDF became a handy notepad to jot down those all-important tea and coffee orders.

Our new #memoryshed opens this month in #Calne - can't wait to get busy there too.
www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/activities-m...
#keepingactive #dementia

This sounds brilliant - good wishes to everyone involved!

Thank you!! Sounds like a brilliant session 🎶

Some runaway piglets provided extra entertainment at Kennet Muddy Boots group's visit to The Farm at Avebury. An excellent spring trip for the group who love being out 'on location' in Wiltshire.

Group of six men and women smiling and holding 'I understand more about dementia' signs. Pictured indoors in a GP surgery premises.

Another inspiring #UnderstandingDementia workshop! Thanks to everyone who came to Frances' session at Giffords Surgery in #Melksham, part of our ongoing efforts to create #dementiafriendly communities across #Wiltshire.
Thanks to @TNLComFund for funding this work.

Devizes Town Band spring concert is 2 weeks away and I'd love to see you there from my place in the band, on bass clarinet.

We are raising funds for @alzheimerssupport.bsky.social and that's another great reason to come!

Tickets are only £10, get yours here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/devizes-town...

Thank you Sarah on bass and to everyone in the band. The concerts are always so enjoyable- and we love having your support 🎶 💙

🎨 The 2025 Dementia Community National Art Competition is open! 🖼️
We invite people living w/ #dementia & carers to submit paintings, drawings or sketches: buff.ly/zWu7hSz

🎟️Tickets for the Creative Dementia Conference (3/6, 2025, Bristol): buff.ly/PHcYzKN

Yesterday we celebrated and wished a happy retirement to our longstanding head of day care Grant Newton. He has led our four day clubs with vision, compassion and an unwavering belief in the person behind the #dementia. Wishing all the best for a happy retirement, Grant, Higby and Dottie 💕

We're starting TWO new weekly groups for people living with #dementia in #Wiltshire this month 🎉

Singing, exercise and conversation at Warminster Memory group bit.ly/3QWFPTJ and a chance to revive practical skills at Calne Memory Shed bit.ly/4jiRPLp

#keepingactive #community

Lovely to meet the spring lambs this week!
Being out in nature is a tonic for all but especially beneficial for people affected by #dementia. All thanks to everyone at The Piggery for making members of Kennet #MuddyBoots group so welcome🌱🐑

Our dementia advisers provide personalised support, advice and guidance to people affected by #dementia in #Wiltshire. And they get out to groups too, meeting the people we support more informally and having some fun together. Here's new adviser Kelly getting stuck in at #MovementfortheMind 🤸‍♂️

Thank you Wiltshire Freemasons Wiltshire Freemasons have donated £60,000 to support Old Silk Works club for three years.

Huge thanks to @wiltsfreemasons.bsky.social
who are giving £60,000 to #OldSilkWorks club over the next 3 years! And lovely to welcome John, Des and Paul to found out what the donation means to club members, staff and volunteers.
bit.ly/4hw7xkO

We support 2,500 people affected by dementia every year. We know how our amazing staff bring happiness and empowerment, reduce isolation and restore dignity. So we're proud to be part of #ProvidersUnite day of action. It is time for change, for investment and for policy makers to #ValueSocialCare

Social care deserves recognition and respect and it's time for policy makers to acknowledge its true value. It's time for the Government to engage in a meaningful dialogue about the impact of the Budget and ensure fair pay and sustainable investment in care services. #ValueSocialCare #ProvidersUnite

Good luck to everyone at #ProvidersUnite march today, including our own senior manager Monique Bentley. Social care matters - it brings joy, security and comfort to the most vulnerable, but Government actions are putting our sector at risk. Social care is a right not a privilege!
#WeValueSocialCare

If you are interested in dementia and the thoughts, concerns and rights of people living with dementia please follow @innov-dementia.bsky.social - wonderful resource and place to share 😊

More creativity from members of our art group in Chippenham 👏🎨

Sobering reading from @dementiacarers.bsky.social
A national strategy for unpaid carers, including routine contingency planning, is so urgently needed.

We are very pleased to be able to announce that our next training programme will run over four Wednesdays starting on 5th March 2025 and ending 26th March 2025. The four sessions will run between 11:00 – 13:30GMT with a short comfort break.