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Dementia Club UK is working towards a new partnership with Rotary Club of Elstree and Borehamwood. Today was the first session which saw 10 new members. Fairway Hall Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council Inside Fairway Hall We also had some visitors, Cllr Eric Silver Deputy Mayor of Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council, Nick Male President…

We held a Dementia Awareness Day for the third year at Brent Cross Shopping Centre during national Dementia Awareness Week. We were pleased to share our tables with Polly Frayne and Alison Hibbard from Alzheimer’s Society and Mark Robinson from Age UK. We thank them for their support. Some of our volunteers and carers attended…

Haven Bistro & Bar in Whetstone sponsored Dinner for Dementia Club UK We were delighted that Julius the owner of the The Haven Bistro & Bar in Whetstone sponsored a dinner with entertainment for guests of Dementia Club UK. We were entertained by singer James Bernard who sang Frank Sinatra ballads. We would like to thank…

We had 6 new members today as a result of the Dementia Awareness day (the previous day at Brent Cross Shopping Centre). Lisa brought the bag of ‘goodies’ from Boots at Brent Cross and arranged them on a table. There were a selection of cloth shopping bags, men’s wash bags, ladies hand bags and lots…

Dick reciting some stories about when he was a Registrar We had a talk today by Dick Selby a Rotarian from The Rotary Club of Golders Green. He told some real life funny stories about a few of the marriages he performed when he was a registrar. There were some interesting questions from members and…

Today’s session at the FMH we had 4 staff from Barnet Council Volunteering. We had; Caroline Thornton, Brendon Steinhardt, Katie Wood & Pawan Dhande. They interacted with all the members helping throughout the session. I was very grateful for all their help. Serious darts playing The session was very busy. We did some singing with…

The Mayor of Barnet’s Gala charity event was on Thursday 4th May at the RAF Museum. Mayor of Barnet, Cllr. David Longstaff welcomes everyone to his Gala I am very grateful to the Mayor for choosing Dementia Club UK as one of his Mayoral charities during his year. It has certainly helped to raise more…

I was surprised to hear today that the hospital porters are not allowed to set up the round tables any longer. I bought the round tables because I wanted to create a café atmosphere. It was very convenient when the porters were setting them up before. The round tables will no longer be used now…

Busy session at Hendon Town Hall today with our special guest Anne Mitchener This was a very busy session as members were very keen to meet our speaker – Anne Mitchener a consultant Neurosurgeon at The London Clinic. Anne talked about the new drugs that were recently announced saying that the research is happening in…