Dementia Friends Champions are ‘doing something new’ this Dementia Awareness Week - running the first ever 24 hour marathon of back-to-back Dementia Friends Information Sessions! Sessions will run in shops, shopping centres, libraries, fire stations, nature reserves, cafés, gardens, hospitals and police stations from 22 to 23 May, to help people understand what it might be like to live with dementia and the actions they can take.
 
Lots of the Sessions being run during #DF24 are private but here is a list of those that are open to the public.  So if you want to help make your community more dementia friendly then book onto one of the following Sessions.
 
Friday 22 May

10:00
10:00 - Kingston Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
10:00 - Alzheimer's Society Stone Lane, Worthing, West Sussex
10:00 – Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne
10:00 – Birtley Community Fire Station, Birtley, County Durham
10:00 – Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottingham
10:00 – Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Chesterfield
10:00 - Bluebird Care, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
10:00 - North Lincolnshire Homes Customer Centre, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
10:00 - The Old Schoolhouse, Knowsley, Merseyside
10:00 - Letchworth Library, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
10:00 - Barclays Bank, Crawley, West Sussex
10:00 - Central Community Centre, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
10:15 – Witherneas Leisure Centre, Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
10:15 - The White Swan, Sandhurst, Berkshire
10:30 – The Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
10:30 – Sun Alliance House, Swansea
10:30 – Croydon Clocktower, Croydon  
10:30 – St Matthews Church, Croydon
10:30 – The Dorford Centre, Dorchester
10:30 – Braemer Lodge, Salisbury, Wiltshire
10:30 - Maryport Library, Maryport, Cumbria
10:30 - Office 10 (Safestore), Bristol, Somerset
10:30 - 34 Heskin Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire
10:30 - Bexleyheath Parlour, Bexleyheath, Kent
10:30 - St Martin's Hospital, Bath, Somerset
10:45 - Portsmouth, Hampshire (Private Session)

11:00
11:00 – Wombourne Fire Station, Wombourne
11:00 – Marie House, Oldham
11:00 – Wallsend Customer First Centre, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
11:00 – Carville House, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
11:00 – Parkside Community Hub, Chelmsford, Essex
11:00 – Huntingdon Library, Cambridgeshire  
11:00 – Woodpeckers, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
11:00 - Helena Partnerships, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside
11:00 - Clevedon, North Somerset (Private Session)
11:30 – The Norfolk Hospice, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
11:45 - The Lincolnshire Carers and Young Carers Partnership, Navenby, Lincolnshire

12:00
12:00 – The Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
12:00 – WRVS Centre, Crawley, West Sussex
12:00 – North Middlesex University Hospital, London
12:00 - Dobbies Garden Centre, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside
12:30 - Hamworthy Library, Poole, Dorset

13:00
13:00 – Stretford Mall Conference Room, Manchester
13:00 - Merton Dementia Hub, Mitcham, Surrey
13:15 - Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Chesterfield (Private Session)
13:30 -  The Lincolnshire Carers and Young Carers Partnership, Navenby, Lincolnshire
13:30 – Flitwick Village Hall, Flitwick, Bedfordshire
13:30 - Richmond Adult Community College, Richmond, Surrey

14:00
14:00 – Codsall Library, Codsall, Staffordshire
14:00 – Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool
14:00 – East Herts Council Offices, Hertford, Herts
14:00 – Clayton Green Library, Clayton le Woods, Preston
14:00 – Marie House, Oldham  
14:00 – Solihull Library, Solihull, West Midlands
14:00 - The Vaults, Faversham, Kent
14:00 - Helena Partnerships, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside
14:00 - Pemberley House, Basingstoke, Hampshire
14:00 - Northumberland Heath Pop in Parlour, Erith, Kent
14:00 - Elephant Yard, Kendal, Cumbria
14:00 - Maids Morton Hall, Maids Morton, Buckinghamshire
14:00 - 44 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hampshire
14:30 - Sun Alliance House, Swansea
14:30 – Otley Core Centre, Town Centre Offices, Otley, West Yorkshire
14:30 - New City Medical Centre, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

15:00
15:00 – Norwood House, Saxmundham, Suffolk
15:00 – Claydon House, Lewes, East Sussex
15:00 – Whitecliffe House, Blandford Forum, Dorset
15:00 - The Muse, Brecon, Powys
15:00 - Elephant Yard, Kendal, Cumbria
15:00 - Kew House Care Home, Wimbledon, London
15:30 - Bradbury Centre, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
15:30 – Potton Library, Potton, Bedfordshire

16:00
16:00 - Highclere House, Weymouth, Dorset
16:15 – City Lit, London
16:30 – Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancashire
16:30 - County Hall, Hertford, Hertfordshire

17:00
17:30 – Clayton Green Library, Clayton Green, Lancashire

18:00
18:00 – Rosetti House, Frome, Somerset
18:30 - The Sanctuary, Watchet, Somerset

19:00
19:00 - York, North Yorkshire (Private Session)
19:00 - Camberwell, London (Private Session)

20:00
20:00 - Southwark, London (Private Session)

21:00
21:00 - Peaslake, Surrey (Private Session)

22:00
22:00 - London (Private Session)

23:00
23:00 - Kent (Private Session)

24:00
24:00 - Dulwich, London (Private Session)

Saturday 23 May

01:00
01:00 - Leeds, West Yorkshire (Private Session)

02:00
02:00 - Manchester, Greater Manchester (Private Session)

03:00
03:00 - Tesco, Addlestone, Surrey

04:00
04:00 - Tesco, Addlestone, Surrey

05:00
05:00 - Tesco, Addlestone, Surrey

06:00
06:00 - London (Private Session)

07:00
07:00 - London (Private Session)

08:00
08:00 - London (Private Session)

09:00
09:00 - Cwmbran Community Hall, Cwmbran, Torfaen
09:00 - Tower Bridge, London