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I was invited by The Rotary Club of Radlett as a guest speaker to talk about Dementia Club UK at The Aldenham Social Club, Church Lane, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, WD25 8AY. I was greeted by members and introduced to The President of the Rotary club Mr Clive Daley. It was a pleasure to meet everyone and…

Dr Angela Parker one of our Trustees for Dementia Club UK was instrumental in organising through the Church committee of Christ Church, Church of England parish church in Waterfall Road, The Green Arnos Grove Southgate N14 7EG a fundraiser lunch in the Church House hall. The committee choose different charities and decided on this occasion…

Dementia Club UK had a stall today at the garden fete at Stephens House & Gardens. It was a warm muggy cloudy day but lots of people attended and it was lovely to also see many Dementia Club UK members. There were many interesting stalls selling various items. There was also the Barnet Band group…

Our visit to Kew Gardens was very successful. The weather was just right. It was slightly cloudy but there was no rain and it was warm. A couple of the members unfortunately were unable to go because of health issues so Annette and Melvyn came. Our BCT buses and drivers Reg and Brian were fantastic…

We had a University student today – Zhiyuan Lin. He was interested to visit Dementia Club UK as he is studying medicine at Cambridge University. He interacted with members asking various questions for his report and was also very helpful in the session. Dementia Club UK chair exercises at Finchley Memorial Hospital The session started…

The Launch of the Dementia Club UK on Tuesday 11th July 2017 from 2pm to 4pm at Fairway Hall was a great success attracting about 70 visitors. It is a partnership with the Rotary Club of Elstree and Borehamwood – Councillors, Rotarians and volunteers. CEO DCUK, Lisa Rutter gave a welcome speech and greeted the…

We had a special visitor today, the Master of The Guild of Freemen of the City of London Mr Peter Allcard. Members were delighted to meet him and were also impressed with his badge on ribbon. Peter Allcard the Master of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London and Rotary Club of Golders…

On Thursday 6th July Lisa and Mark attended Sasha’s handover dinner at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. This was the handover from Nick Male President of Rotary Club of Elstree and Borehamwood to Sasha. We were privileged to be able to park in the VIP car park close to Dame Judy Dench’s reserved car space. It…

We were entertained this afternoon by James Le Bec and his music as well as our usual games, dancing and singalong. Singalong and dancing at Sha’arei Tsedek Dementia Club UK One of our volunteers celebrated a “special” birthday recently and provided cake and biscuits for the group We had a short quiz about Wimbledon and…

We had a small group of members today but this was a really unusual and exciting session. I had no volunteers but I was grateful for a couple of the carers helping with the teas. Thank you to James and Jackie. We started with a musical quiz which got all members singing and then the…