Stories

• “I could see the joy, but also the other emotions…the struggles, the fear, the anger.”

  07 Jan 2022

  Julie’s passion is photography, and recently she has been illustrating dementia through her work - her images representing the struggles felt by those living with dementia and their families. Today... Read more

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• ‘It’s my ambition to help people’

  06 Jan 2022

  

  101-year old Dabirul Choudhury OBE is the UK’s oldest Dementia Frie... Read more

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• How to be dementia-friendly this festive season

  01 Dec 2021

  

  Whether planning activities and celebrations at home or looking for... Read more

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• "They both put their knowledge as Dementia Friends into action, with the best possible outcome."

  08 Oct 2021

  Today we’re sharing this inspiring story of how on-call firefighters Steve Faircloth and Jonathon Vincent won a Special Performance Recognition Award from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service for t... Read more

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• "Mum is doing her darnedest to live well with dementia."

  10 Sep 2021

  We love this story of Lyn who is living with dementia and determined to keep doing the things she loves. Here, we hear from Lyn’s daughter Sarah about Lyn’s life, and how she's found a way to h... Read more

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• Daddy Who Am I Today? A poem.

  28 Aug 2021

  Daddy Who Am I Today?

  By Leah Gardner

  Daddy who am I today? Am I your little girl, or my mother tell me please?

  I’ll be whoever you remember, if it... Read more

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• "It was time to pick up the baton and go for it again." Returning to face-to-face Sessions

  30 Jul 2021

  Like many of us, Champion Gina had missed holding face-to-face Dementia Friends Sessions while restrictions were in place during the pandemic. Recently though, she was able to hold an in-person Ses... Read more

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• Hidden behind a disease - a poem by Becky Bishop

  08 Jul 2021

  Hidden behind a disease

  I was once vibrant and full of life but all that has now changed

  I’ve become more forgetful and no longer remember peoples names

  I used to be able t... Read more

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• “I realised that the way we were treating customers with dementia wasn’t quite right."

  24 Jun 2021

  Hear from Ying To, Branch Manager at TSB Bank, and Dementia Friends Champion, about how learning about dementia equipped branch staff with a better understanding of the things they could do to help... Read more

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• A different holiday - a short story

  17 Jun 2021

  

  It takes quite a while for 56 people to get off a coach, stretching... Read more

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