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Spike Milligan bench at Stephens House
Members enjoyed musical entertainment today with Moshe. As usual Moshe interacted with members and got them singing and dancing. As it was a warm sunny afternoon all members took advantage of this and we all decided to walk to the Spike Milligan bench outside and had a group photo. It was an enjoyable session. Group…
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West Lodge Hotel Afternoon Tea and Live Jazz
Members enjoyed an afternoon out today at West Lodge Hotel for an afternoon ‘Ritz style’ tea which included various sandwiches, and cakes. Members first received their complimentary drink of Prosecco or orange juice and were then shown into ‘The John Evelyn Suite’ which was a beautiful room with a conservatory looking out onto the gardens.…
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Elstree and Borehamwood on 8th August
Lisa stepped in today to run the session with Sasha the Rotary Club President of Elstree and Borehamwood as Pat and Sandra were away. It was also a pleasure to see the Elstree and Borehamwood Town Mayor Eric Silver attend the session. Lisa gave members a quiz to start called ‘Odd One Out’ which was…
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Our first YouTube Video
This video was taken by the students led by Matt Dowse of National Citizens Service – NCS. They made it as part of their team challenge to record a Dementia Club UK session at Hendon Town Hall and Finchley Memorial Hospital in the North London borough of Barnet.
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The Fremantle Trust sponsors Dementia Club UK
As mentioned in the previous article, Anne Duggan, Family Liaison Manager from The Fremantle Trust invited me to attend one of The Fremantle Trust care homes – Apthorp care home at Nurserymans Road Brunswick Park Road N11 1EQ on Thursday 3rd August 2017. Dementia Club UK are delighted to have recently received a proposal from…
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Sponsorship from the Fremantle Trust
Today at the Finchley Memorial Hospital we had a big crowd even though it was a rainy dull day. We had a few visitors; David Rose from Rotary Club of Radlett visited for the 2nd time and also brought with him Kathy. Valerie Chodosh from Rotary Club of Golders Green came with her granddaughter Saskia…
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Borough Commander of Barnet London Fire Brigade visits Dementia Club UK
We were privileged that Steve Leader Borough Commander of Barnet London Fire Brigade came to give us a presentation about fire safety, the do’s and don’ts and he also talked a little about the Grenfell Tower fire. Steve emphasised the importance of fire alarms in the homes and how they should be tested every 2…
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NCS at Hendon Town Hall
The students of National Citizens Service (NCS) were already waiting for me at the Town Hall entrance when I arrived. We took some group photos outside before going in. They helped me take all my bags in and I showed them the council chamber which really interested them and were taking photos as they each…
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National Citizen Service at FMH
Today was a very busy session at Finchley Memorial Hospital, we also had 15 students from National Citizen Service ‘NCS’ visit. They came with film cameras and video equipment to show members and also to build a rapport so that they could create a short documentary/ promotional video to be used on the Dementia Club…
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Elstree & Borehamwood – 25th July
Tuesday saw another exciting afternoon at DCUK Fairway Hall. We gained a few more members 19 members and 9 volunteers. We welcomed the Woodmen Brian and Nick Male (past Rotary club President of Elstree & Borehamwood) entertaining us with 60s music. Brian and Nick entertaining us with 60s music Sarah led the exercises. Our Town…