Stories

• Champion Experience: Caroline Laurent

  02 Apr 2019

  Champion Caroline Laurent shares her expert tips for getting more people to your Sessions, working with young people and being adaptable.

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• Champion experience: Maggie Marsden

  08 Mar 2019

  Dementia Friends Champion Maggie Marsden shares some wise advice for other Champions out there:

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• Meet Madge, our 105 year old Dementia Friend!

  22 Feb 2019

  Sue Beer is a Dementia Friends Champion and delivers Sessions to her colleagues and residents of the care home in Manchester where she works. Sue says that the... Read more

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• Song in a supermarket

  14 Feb 2019

  Karen from Lincolnshire became a Dementia Friend at work and then just three days later encountered a couple in the supermarket who looked like they needed a bit of help. Karen tells us the stor... Read more

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• Champion Experience: Joanie Beale

  31 Jan 2019

  Joani Beale has been a volunteer Dementia Friends Champions since 2016. Here she tells us why she's passionate about reaching young people with Dementia Friends (and she gives us her top tip... Read more

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• An absolute star

  17 Jan 2019

  It so lovely to hear how inter-generational exchanges can create smiles all around. Here's a wonderful example:

  
  

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• A real treat

  10 Jan 2019

  Understanding a little about dementia can really make a great impact on someone's day to day life. Here's a great example of this in action.

  
  

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• Meet Chris Maddocks

  17 Dec 2018

  What is it really like to receive a diagnosis of dementia? And what happens next?

  Let us introduce you to Chris Maddocks who is living with dementia. Chris shares with us her honest experienc... Read more

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• Universal Children's Day

  20 Nov 2018

  Today is Universal Children's Day and we'd like to highlight the amazing work being done in Costa Rica, the first country in Latin America to implement Dementia Friends. 13 year old Demen... Read more

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• Inspector Neil Taylor reaches 500 Dementia Friends!

  16 Nov 2018

  Neil is a Dementia Friends Champion, Inspector for West Yorkshire Police and Chair of Dementia Friendly Todmorden. He finds the three roles complement each other saying “I am very proud of being a ... Read more

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