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Newsletter Spring 2011
Newsletter January 2015
‘People with dementia don’t have a big ‘D’ on
their foreheads … you don’t know who is who.
You quite naturally start to chat with whoever is
next to you’ - Madeleine
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Editor’s Highlights
And it is the same in the world
of young onset dementia.
Radio4 breakfast news carried
a report on frontotemporal
dementia a few weeks ago.
I’m sure a few years ago the
story would not have made it
onto the news. The House of
Lords event in December will
have informed MPs of the
issues of YOD. I was at the FTD
conference in October, and
the sense of hope that a
treatment was on the way
was very evident. There is a lot
of research into identifying the
illnesses, and understanding
what is happening and how
to help people coping with
the effects.
Living with young onset
dementia is never going to be
fun. But like clear, blue skies in
winter, there are things that
make it more tolerable; some
are described here.
An evening at the Café. A walk
with friends. A visit from a
support worker. Assistance in
staying on work.
The Books on Prescription
scheme described here has
at least one book specifically
on dementia affecting
younger people.
Good luck to the National YOD
Network, and how appropriate
that YDUK has had a great part
in setting it up. I am sure the
team will not take their eyes
off the ball of the individual
support that can make such a
difference to how tolerable
living with YOD can be. In the
wonderful words of the Turtle
Song, making our choice to
belong together.
Happy Spring, everyone.
Helen Beaumont
Editor
Hi Everybody
I hate winter: getting up in the dark, going home in the dark, almost
always being cold. But it has its good points – bright, sunny summer
days never seem as bright or as clear as winter days with the sun
shining on new snow. And we are over the worst. The days are
noticeably longer now, and signs of spring are around in bulbs
pushing up. The changes are slow, but happening.
Events & activities All of our social events and activities in Oxfordshire for younger
people with dementia, their family and friends are listed on our
website and the enclosed Events flyer. Put the dates in your diary!
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Direct Line
Hurrah for the passion, energy
and determination that inspires
us when we look each other in
the eye, listen to the reality of
life with young onset and
decide to change things.
And thinking about inspiration,
a powerful source is the person
living everyday with the
condition. There are
opportunities to broadcast
powerful personal messages -
from talking to a friend about
the impact of YOD, to social
media, writing, presenting and
educating others, and by living
by example which so many of
the people we know with
young onset dementia do.
Within our team we are taking
a close look at how we
support people with personal
experience to share their
thoughts, shape both YDUK’s
services and influence wider
society. Benefits all round of
course, including for the
person with dementia.
After contributing to the young
onset gathering, ‘Jacqui really
seemed to come alive and it
was fabulous to witness. Still on
a high when I saw her today!'
Jen, YDUK support worker.
More of that then please!
Tessa Gutteridge
Director
‘A breath of fresh air’. A glorious thought at any time of the year?
And a description of our recent gathering of people living or
working with young onset dementia.
In the words of Eloise and Christian, our Italian colleagues who
made a special trip to join us - ‘Your highly inclusive approach to
living well with dementia is for us a breath of fresh air - so much so
that we are now committed to setting up a similar organisation in
our community’.
2014 conference delegates brimming with ideas
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Young Onset Support
Welcome to Liz and thank you
Yvonne, Tanya and Sean
YDUK is delighted to welcome
Liz Greenlaw as a One to One
support worker. She comes
from a social work background
and has personal experience
of supporting someone with
dementia. It is great to have
her as part of the team.
But we are very sorry to lose
Yvonne, Tanya and Sean.
Yvonne Longstaff has worked
for us as a One to One support
worker for four years and gave
great support to a number of
people in that time. We’ll miss
her and we wish her all the
very best. Good wishes also go
to Tanya Beechey, who joined
in September but has decided
to move on.
Sean Hodgson is also moving
on and will be leaving in
February. He has been the
Coordinator of our Café and
socials which have been such
great events through the year.
A real highlight was Sean and
his daughter entertaining us
with their music. Again, we wish
him well.
Dementia Congress 2014
Brighton
What an event! Three days of
talks and workshops with over
50 poster displays and stalls
giving information about so
many different products and
services to enable people with
dementia to live well. Phew, it
was hectic!
What made all the difference
was the voices of people with
dementia being heard
throughout the Congress and
especially those of people with
young onset dementia. They
loudly and clearly wanted
good quality support
accessible to all, and to be
actively involved in
developing such support.
Next year the Congress will be
in Telford - anyone interested
in going?
Kicking the Bucket – a festival
of living and dying
Oxfordshire’s unique festival
ran for a second time this
autumn with one session
focusing on the end of life
Living well with dementia means
different things to each of us
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issues facing people with
dementia. The room was
packed as Dr Jennifer Bute,
who is living with dementia,
spoke of what she wanted at
the end of her life.
She was accompanied by a
GP and a solicitor who both
gave their views, as well as by
John Killick who enables
people with dementia to
express themselves through
poetry. It raised so many issues
– and none were resolved – but
it was a valuable opportunity to
think about how best to support
people living with dementia at
the end of their lives.
The Nosebag café generously
donated the proceeds of the
week’s cake sales to YDUK.
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
FTD is a complex condition
which has a huge effect on
every aspect of daily life. It
has long been a frustration that
FTD is not covered by health
funding (Continuing Health
Care, CHC) as it isn’t regarded
as a complex health need.
Miranda, Peter’s wife is
spearheading a campaign to
get this reassessed. She has
gathered information and
stories from several other
people living with FTD in her
area to present to her MP and
to Baroness Sally Greengross.
The Baroness’s response was
very supportive, she said,
‘I agree that more needs to
be done to support people
with dementia, both with
regards to CHC and more
generally. The APPG (All-Party
Parliamentary Group) on
Dementia aims to hold the
Government to account for
the dementia services they
provide and to campaign for
more and better dementia
care … I will ... happily raise
the issue of CHC in the House
of Lords to get a response
from the Government.’ This is
good to hear and let’s hope
the Government’s response is
supportive too.
Keeping YOD on the agenda
Diane Garfield reports on a
YOD awareness event at the
House of Lords on p15.
Anna Eden
Support Services Manager
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Family Support
DESK courses Recently Emeline and I sat in
on a DESK course (Dementia
care: Essential Skills and
Knowledge). The free course
attracted a variety of people
including family, friends and
neighbours of people
diagnosed with dementia.
The three-hour sessions
covered a range of topics
including information about
different dementias and what
we know about the brain;
understanding behaviour,
improving communication and
exploring changing
relationships with someone
with dementia. We joined in
some exercises that gave real
insight into someone living with
dementia and how to help
them live well. Catherine, who
ran the course, has a wealth of
knowledge and experience
and both Emeline and I found
the course very useful.
There will be further courses
throughout 2015 at various
locations including Witney,
Kidlington and Didcot. For
more information email [email protected]
or phone Catherine Arakelian
on 07751 809271
Anna McNally
Family Service Support Worker
Carers’ Call to Action
Conference Emeline and Anna were also
the YDUK reps at the Carers’
Call to Action (CC2A)
Conference.
There was a wide range of
speakers, followed by a round
table exercise to create our
own services and present a
Dragons’ Den style pitch!
The CC2A supports the needs
and rights of family carers
living with someone with
dementia. They have created
five aims and a 20-point
checklist of what services and
support should be available. If
you would like to know more,
or want to sign up to CC2A, go
to the website www.dementiaaction.org.uk/
carers
Dementia Equity Toolkit Available soon - for every
health and social care
services commissioner - clear
information on inequality issues
within dementia, young onset
included. YDUK contributed so
watch this space for progress.
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Socials
band to get us all on our feet
in February.
As some of you know, I will be
leaving YDUK after February’s
Café. I have enjoyed running
these lively evenings and hope
you have enjoyed the events
we have put on. There’s still
lots to do before I go though!
Sean Hodgson
Café & Socials Coordinator
PS Here’s a sneak preview of
the musical entertainment
coming to the Café in the next
few months.
February - Square dancing
night with Cornucopia
March - Irish night with Mark
Chilvers
April - Rock ’n’ Roll with Elvis
May - The Shapes
June - Phil’s disco
For dates see the enclosed
Events flyer.
Many people come to the
Café every month and it is
always good to see new
faces. We celebrated in style
at our Christmas Party with
over 75 people coming to eat,
drink and dance. It was great
to see so many people
enjoying themselves!
The Café food has continued
to be a hit. In October I tried
the world’s easiest yet gooiest
sticky toffee pudding and
people are still begging me for
the recipe ... so I’ll see what I
can do.
Each month there are different
performers and recently, as
well as some favourites
returning, we enjoyed a new
act called Gilmour and Jaz, a
jazz-rock singer/guitarist duo.
They enjoyed performing for us
and would like to come again.
We already have a full
programme planned for 2015
including a square dancing
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Dr Louise Ritchie, Research Fellow at West Scotland University,
shares early findings from a study on dementia in the workplace.
Little is known about the experiences of people who develop
dementia whilst in employment. The University of the West Scotland
is currently working on a two-year UK-wide research project funded
by the Alzheimer’s Society to try to understand more about the
employment related experiences of people with dementia.
The research is ongoing, but we’d like to share five of the
emerging findings.
1 People with dementia CAN and DO continue to work
post-diagnosis
We were pleased to find that of our 13 case studies, 8 people
continued to work post-diagnosis. 2 A good support network is important
A strong support network was important to support continued
employment, providing information to enable the person with
dementia to continue work. 3 Dementia awareness is essential
In some cases, workplaces held dementia awareness sessions for
employees. Workplace representatives reported that it helped
them to understand dementia and how to support their colleague. 4 Employers need support as well
For all the employers interviewed, it was the first time that their
organisation had experience of an employee developing
dementia. They all wanted to do their best however, many felt
ill-prepared and unsure where to get further support. 5 In some jobs continued employment may not be possible
For some, continued employment was not possible. The majority of
these cases involved jobs where there could be an impact on the
health, safety or wellbeing of the person with dementia, the
workforce or the public.
Get in touch
To find out more, or to participate in the study, please get in touch
through the website or email [email protected]
(This was adapted from a blog posted on 6 November 2014 at
www.alzscot.org/talking_dementia)
Dementia in the
Workplace
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Turtle Song
In the autumn, Turtle Song brought together a group from YDUK
with music students from Oxford University, to write and
perform songs. They were led by Carolyn von Strumm and
Jon Petter. Over nine Friday mornings, music was played, songs
created and learnt with dance steps to go with them. It was highly
ambitious and hugely enjoyable. Twenty people were involved
and the final performance was a triumph. A DVD will be produced
for all those involved.
‘Give me the gentleness to overcome stigma
The sense of humour to avoid humiliation
The patience to master memory
And the diligence to energise apathy.
‘Finding our voice, making our choice to belong together,
Living our life with our heads held high!
Finding our song, moving along with our hearts together
Living our life with our heads held high!’
I think this could become the YDUK anthem!
A big thank you to all
involved and especially
Turtle Key Art, The Royal College of Music, English Touring Opera
and the music students. I know that so many people who were
part of it all were very sad at its end.
Anna Eden
Support Services Manager
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Fundraising News
What a way to finish the year!
Frilford Heath Golf Club has
raised a staggering £14,600 for
YDUK after choosing us as their
club charity of the year for
2014. Members, sponsors,
friends and neighbours took
part in golfing and social
events throughout the year,
including a coffee morning
held by Gwyneth and John
Goss which raised £2600 alone.
Special thanks go to club
captains Gordon Neilson and
Mo Seaward for all their hard
work and to everyone at
Frilford Heath for their support
and generosity.
Do you have links to a sports or
social club?
Could you put YDUK forward
as charity of the year at your
local sports club or gym? Or
do you have friends or family
that might put us forward at
theirs? The money that Frilford
Heath Golf Club has raised
could keep our Café running
for about two years; support
like theirs is invaluable. I would
love to hear from you.
helenlerwill@
youngdementiauk.org
What a year 2014 was for
YoungDementia UK. Our
fundraisers are a busy bunch –
cycling to Paris, baking cakes,
holding garden parties and
tennis tournaments … the list
goes on! A big thank you to
everyone who supported us
last year and also to all of the
Purple Angels for making the
year so special - more on them
in the next issue.
In fine voice to raise £700!
Blue skies greeted us for carol
singing in chilly Wallingford
where wonderful local choir,
Cat’s Chorus, kept us all in
tune (mostly)! Doug and
Graham did a fabulous job of
organising the event and
mobilising a superb army of
collectors. Meanwhile Anna
and her singers took a rather
warmer tack in East Oxford -
singing in pubs to bring the
regulars some Christmas spirit!
Hello, I’m Helen, Community
Fundraising Manager for YDUK
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Volunteer Profile Hi, my name is Lorraine and I
have been a YDUK volunteer
for over three years. I came
here from South Africa in 2002.
I worked in dementia homes in
Wales and Oxfordshire until I
retired in December 2013.
In October 2014, I married
Vaughan who is a Trustee of
YDUK. It was from Vaughan
that I first heard about YDUK
and volunteered to help.
Café nights are fun. The role of
volunteers ranges from
decorating the hall, setting
tables, preparing and serving
food, and - the highlight of
any evening - washing up!
It’s great to be part of YDUK,
and to meet you all at the
Café and other social events.
Lorraine Billings
Volunteer to raise funds As well as their paid work for
YDUK, our staff team often
volunteer both their time and
effort to raise funds or help
at events.
Jen raised £750 running the
Oxford Half Marathon, inspired
hugely by the people she
supports and those who lined
the route to cheer her on. She
has vowed to do it again next
year, even faster, but for now
wants to thank everyone who
sponsored her this year.
Meanwhile, Rachel and her
family ran the Brighton Colour
Run. Rachel says thoughts of
the people she supports
spurred her on but her boys,
Fin and Jacob, just
enjoyed running under the
arches of coloured
powder at every kilometre.
’It’s often called the
happiest 5k run on the
planet’ said Rachel, ‘and
we definitely think it is!’
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Team Member Profiles
Mark & Helen
I joined YDUK as the One to
One Service Coordinator in
September 2014. I work three
days a week and manage the
One to One support in Oxford
and the north of the county.
I have a mental health nursing
background and also worked
as a lecturer in further and
higher education, teaching
health and social care, before
joining YDUK.
When I’m not working for
YDUK, I’m usually writing
learning materials for a book
or course, playing football for
West Oxford dads, making
bread for a local deli or trying
to persuade my children that
it really is bedtime!
Mark Walsh
One to One Service
Coordinator
Soon after I first saw the advert
for Community Fundraising
Manager, I read a piece in our
village newsletter about how
YoungDementia UK supports a
local family. I thought then
‘I would love to work for a
charity like that’.
I’m based near Chipping
Norton and have two small
children who don’t really
understand what fundraising is,
or why I appear now and then
with bags full of money. I’m
just waiting for them to tell
their friends that Mummy’s
a burglar!
I love to get outdoors with the
family as much as possible –
walking, cycling or camping
and I can’t resist the odd
music festival or two over the
summer months.
Helen Lerwill
Community Fundraising
Manager
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YDUK Like Minds
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YDUK Like Minds Groups Like Minds groups give people
with young onset dementia an
opportunity to meet informally,
make friends and offer each
other support.
Our Like Minds groups are
funded by The Dementia
Engagement & Empowerment
Project (DEEP). This project
aims to give people living with
dementia across the UK
opportunities to put forward
their suggestions for service
developments and activities,
or to contribute to other topics
of interest.
Our groups meet once a
month for coffee, chat and
friendship in Oxford, Abingdon
and Banbury. Sometimes we
have special events or visitors.
A new group is planned for
Witney in 2015 - if you’re
interested contact Mark Walsh
for details.
Dementia Alliance International DAI is a non-profit group of people with
dementia from the UK, USA, Canada,
Australia, Germany and other countries
that seek to represent, support, and
educate others living with the condition.
DAI members facilitate and provide online
support groups for people with dementia
through Facebook and Zoom (online video conferencing). For
more information, visit the DAI website where you can become a
member, sign up for their newsletter and get updates on
forthcoming online webinars, Memory Cafés and more. http://www.dementiaallianceinternational.org/
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National YOD Network
Launched
Making it happen – the
National Young Onset
Dementia Network London, close to Big Ben: 17
passionate individuals decided
the time was right to bring this
Network into being. In fact,
time was pressing and change
urgently required. Individuals
like Keith, Rosemary, Sandy
and Richard live every day
with the impact of young
dementia. They are willing to
spend their precious time
contributing to the Network
steering group. They will keep
us connected with their reality,
where there is no clocking off
at 5.00pm.
The point is to improve the lives
of people living with YOD.
We’ll harness passion, energy,
experience and knowledge
to ensure we do just that.
Effective connections with
people with personal and
professional experience of
YOD will be forged. And we
will use these connections to
break down the barriers to
living fully.
People describe bleak
situations where there is little
or no support. We want good
information and support for
everyone with young onset
dementia and their families
regardless of where they live
across the UK.
In the words of Chris, living with
YOD, ‘we want a brighter
future’.
More details soon.
Tessa Gutteridge
Director
Some members of the National YOD Network Steering Group
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groups at UCL (Myrtle Ellis Fund
and Frontotemporal
Dementia Support Group)
that provide support for
younger people diagnosed
with dementia.
Diane Garfield
Founding member
Myrtle Ellis Fund
Memoria In November, Re-live
presented a powerful
theatre production entitled
‘Memoria’ exploring the com-
plexities of life with dementia.
People living with a dementia
diagnosis, family members and
professional carers shared their
stories with a live and online
audience. Karen, diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s at 51, said,
‘For younger people you’re
told you can’t work. There’s
nothing. Here, I’ve made new
friends and my voice is heard.’
http://www.re-live.org.uk/
House of Lords Tea On 9 December, Baroness Sally
Greengross hosted afternoon
tea in the House of Lords to
raise awareness of YOD
amongst politicians and
representatives from various
medical and social care
spheres including opticians,
occupational therapists, nurses
and social workers.
Speakers focused on the
problems such as getting a
diagnosis, day-to-day living,
and the tough decisions that
must be taken along the way.
People with YOD face a lack
of provision tailored to their
specific needs. Financial
support is a minefield of
extensive form-filling for review
by social care professionals
who do not understand the
challenges being faced and
therefore refuse access to the
appropriate levels of support.
It is hoped that policymakers
will use the materials shared at
the event to inform their work,
raising awareness and
ultimately allowing people with
dementia and their families to
choose their preferred caring
environment - whether it’s at
home with reliable and
consistent care-workers or in
care homes catering for YOD.
The event was organised by
the charitably funded support
Baroness Greengross and guests
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YDUK Homes
YoungDementia UK Homes is
now working with the Rushy
Bank Partnership to seek
planning permission for a
mixed-housing development
which will include our
pioneering supported living
facility off the Burford Road
in Charlbury.
The development will provide
30 homes as well as Homes’
blueprint facility for people with
young onset dementia.
Homes’ decision to become
part of the Rushy Bank project
follows concerns raised about
our previous choice of site west
of the cricket club. We took
these concerns very seriously
and, though we felt they could
be mitigated, we decided it
was worth taking advantage
of this new opportunity to
place our development within
a lively community-focussed
housing scheme.
Architectural plans for the
Homes’ facility have been
slightly reconfigured to fit our
allocated area of the site, but
the overall space and size of
rooms has not changed.
The Rushy Bank Partnership has
consulted local residents about
the plans and Frequently Asked
Questions are available on the
YDUK Homes website.
The application will be
submitted to West Oxfordshire
County Council by the end of
January 2015, with a decision
expected before Easter.
Jane Norman
Director, YDUKH
Cwmgelli Lodge - a real alternative
to an older person’s care home
Cwmgelli Lodge is a flagship development for younger people with
dementia, located in the Cwmgelli area of Blackwood, Caerphilly.
The Seren Group, working in consultation with the Alzheimer’s
Society, meets regularly with their review panel of younger people
with dementia. The panel have already influenced the design, name
and colour schemes at Cwmgelli Lodge, which is expected to open
in summer 2015. For further information contact
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Books - on prescription
The Reading Agency, along
with the Society of Chief
Librarians, has been looking at
services and activities public
libraries provide for people
with dementia and their
carers. Their work has led to
the Public Library Dementia
Offer and the national launch
of the ‘Reading Well Books on
Prescription for dementia’
scheme at the end of January.
With help from dementia
healthcare experts, people
with dementia and carer
groups, 25 books have been
selected that provide support
and advice for people with
dementia and their carers.
Health professionals will be
able to prescribe books from
the list for patients and the
titles will be available free to
borrow from public libraries. For
more information go to http://
readingagency.org.uk/ adults/
news/reading-well-bookson-
prescription-
dementiascheme.html
One not to miss! ‘Welcome to Our World’ is not
just another book about
dementia, it is really quite
unique. The eight contributors
have one thing in common.
They all have a dementia
diagnosis - the majority young
onset. However, there the
similarity
ends as
their lives
have all
been so
different.
‘I had to write clearly and
succinctly. I so enjoyed the
experience and hearing other
people’s stories. We hope, in
reading the book, you will
derive as much satisfaction as
we did writing it’.
‘I wasn't sure writing would be
my thing, but after the first day
I was hooked. I enjoyed …
other people’s stories and
writing my own’.
‘When I wrote my introduction
the book was unfinished, no
wonderful piece from Jo
Brand, and the writers were all
busy on their contributions,
superbly supported by their
student buddy. But I just knew
that we had something
special. When I held the
finished book I was proved
absolutely right’.
Keith Oliver, Chris Norris,
Chris Ryan - authors with
young onset dementia
Welcome to Our World costs
£5 from Waterstones or can be
bought via the Alzheimer’s
Society online shop.
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Research Request
Sheffield University
research project:
children and young
people who have a
parent with dementia
About 10 years ago, when my
children were 15 and 13, their
father began to behave oddly.
Over six months or so we
noticed changes in personality
and behaviour, and, after a
lengthy and convoluted
process, young onset
dementia was diagnosed.
Experiencing and observing
how my children lived with and
tried to make sense of their
dad’s behaviours led me to
propose this research project,
entitled ‘The perceptions and
experiences of children and
young people who have a
parent with dementia’.
We are asking children and
young people from 7 to 25 to
tell us their stories of living with
a parent with dementia. Our
aim is to produce a variety of
resources to help other
youngsters in this situation.
If you, or someone you know,
might be interested in taking
part please email me,
Pat Sikes, University of Sheffield
Roger’s Walk & Talks People with dementia don't
have a big 'D' on their
foreheads so when you go on
a Walk & Talk, you don't know
who is who, which I really like.
There's no stress. It’s not formal
or over-organised and as you
walk along you quite naturally
start to chat with whoever is
next to you. You may end up
in a really serious discussion or
you can just chat about the
weather or the countryside.
The walks are long enough to
enable you to talk to different
people or to walk on your own
if you want some peace. I've
been with and without my
husband, who
has dementia,
and enjoyed
both times.
Roger, the
organiser of our
walks is lovely -
so a big hurrah
to him for
organising them!
Madeleine Stewart
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And finally ...
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Wheels for All Following on from Nick and June’s story in the summer
issue, Mark Walsh is looking for people who would be
interested in joining him at Wheels for All Oxfordshire
which provides inclusive cycling opportunities. By using
specially adapted cycles and trained leaders, the activities are both
physically and mentally stimulating and most importantly, fun for everyone
involved! Participants can try out a wide range of bikes, build their
confidence, socialise and have fun! If you are interested, please contact
Mark at [email protected] or find out more about
Wheels for All at www.oxfordshiresport.org/wheelsforall
Need a holiday? Fancy a touring break? Dementia Adventure tell us
they have just the opportunity for you.
‘Jesse Reed and our luxury VW Caravelle are at
your disposal. Your next adventure starts here!
Whether it’s a week in the Cotswolds or a city break
in Dublin, we can tailor a trip that works for you’.
The open road awaits! For more details go to the
Dementia Adventure website.
Moving Music Concerts Jacqueline du Pré Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford, OX4 1DX
Tuesday 10 February 2015
11.30-12.30 (refreshments from 11.00am)
Radley College Musicians
2.00-3.00 (refreshments from 1.30pm)
Magdalen College School musicians & Christine Cairns leading songs
People living with dementia and their family, friends & carers welcome
Entry £5 inc refreshments - carers free
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