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  • Fresh Quince

    Fresh Quince

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    Our member Karin who lives in Golders Green has a quince tree which is heavy with fruit this year. This coming Saturday and Sunday (10th & 11th October), quince will be available at Rea’s Cafe in Child’s Hill Park in exchange for a donation to Dementia Club UK. There will be a charity bucket if…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 7th Oct 2020

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    We had 24 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave some updates. Our music entertainer James was then ready to start and got everyone singing along straight away. James then had an interesting and challenging music quiz and members today scored 98 with the dice throws. The session then followed with Chair Yoga exercises with…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 6th Oct 2020

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    We had 14 members today and it was a pleasure to also welcome a visitor from The London Borough of Barnet – Steve Bell from the Prevention and Wellbeing Team. Members remembered him as he attended a few times with clients to the dementia clubs before the pandemic. He couldn’t stay for the whole session…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 5th Oct 2020

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    We had 18 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and also welcomed Bob Hollweg – activities coordinator with 10 residents all joined in from Aarundale Manor Care Home. It was a pleasure to welcome them especially as they used to attend the dementia club sessions before the pandemic. Lisa also gave a few updates to the…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 30th Sep 2020

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    We had 22 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and it was also a pleasure to welcome volunteers Annette and Melvyn and also our Trustee Dr Angela. Lisa gave members an update about the Covid-19 virus and also announced the Silver Sunday coming up this weekend and the events listed. Dementia Club UK is also listed.…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 29th Sep 2020

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    We had 17 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and at 3pm started the Karaoke Show. Everyone really looks forward to this especially when they have given some song requests. Sian Kenrick is then ready to start the exercises as soon as the Karaoke is finished. Members really love Sian’s music and the exercises. Today Sian…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 28th Sep 2020

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    We had 18 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and it was lovely to see Laurie again a recently joined new member and another new member today – Bob. It was also a pleasure to welcome Sheila a volunteer from the Rotary Club of Golders Green and also Laurence from the Rotary Club of Hendon. Ian…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 23rd Sep 2020

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    We had 18 members today. Sotiris one of our members was with his daughter Natasha today as his wife was away. He is proud of his daughter especially as she is also an Actor like her brother and she appears in a television series called “What we do in the Shadows”. Sotiris also showed his…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 22nd Sep 2020

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    We had 14 members today and it was also a wonderful surprise to everyone to see Laurie one of our members join for the first time. Laurie never thought that he would do Zoom but with the help of his son and from Lisa it was a pleasure to see him. It was in fact…

  • Vitual Dementia Club session – 21st Sep 2020

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    We had 18 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and announced that today was ‘World Alzheimer’s Day’ Lisa also welcomed Jamie Demetriou the son of Sotiris – one of the members. His wife Rona was away today. It was a pleasure to meet Jamie who is an English Cypriot comedian who recently won 3 BAFTA awards…