Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer's Society initiative about increasing awareness of dementia and creating a more dementia friendly community. I'm a volunteer "Dementia friends Champion" so I've been trained to deliver the awareness sessions.
The session will last about 30 minutes, maybe a bit longer depending on how much discussion there is / how many people are interested. The idea is to learn a bit about what it's like to live with dementia and then think of a personal action that you can take to help - e.g. being more patient with people you come across who might have dementia or visiting someone you know with dementia. You play bingo and get a badge
If anyone is interested but can't come then you can also become a dementia friend by watching an online video. The video doesn't go into as much depth so they also send you a booklet.
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/WEBA ... jdC7tLhDcs
Hope to see some people tomorrow!
Gemma
