Category: Blog
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Baden Powell, John Keble Church Edgware – 3rd September 2019
The meeting on 3rd September at the Baden-Powel Centre , John Keeble Church,was one of fun and laughter. A warm welcome followed by refreshments and a chat was the start of a fun and interactive afternoon. Mabel and Gunam showed us their creative skills with their water colour art. {gallery}BP20190903{/gallery} On Richard’s arrival for his…
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Sha’arei Tsedek – 2nd September 2019
Our monthly Dementia Club UK session was held on the 2nd September at Sha’arei Tsedek Synagogue in Whetstone. Our members were served tea, coffee, yummy biscuits and cake at the start of our session and were happy chatting to each other. The lovely Jane then took an exercise session with our members which they all…
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Waitrose Community Matters – 31st August 2019
Took this picture today which is the last day that Waitrose are collecting tokens. We want to thank Barnet Spires Waitrose and it’s staff for allowing us to be one of the charities for the month of August. Thank you also to Waitrose customers who put their tokens in the Dementia Club UK slot.
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Eversfield Centre, Mill Hill – 30th August 2019
This is one of the dementia clubs which we have taken over from the Alzheimer’s Society and pleased to report that this dementia club has now increased in numbers. Our Rotary Club volunteers from Mill Hill attended – Jeanette and Graham, Jane, Rotary President Desmond and his wife Bobsie and their visitor Ray. We also…
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Hendon Town Hall – 29th August 2019
Another lovely afternoon at the dementia club at Hendon Town Hall. We had a full house with record number of members, guests and volunteers. It was a pleasure to welcome the Rotary District Chair of Nigeria Hauwa Abbas who explained some of the important work Rotary International are doing to eradicate Hepatitis. It is a…
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Finchley Memorial Hostpital – 28th August 2019
A very busy session as usual. Lisa welcomed everyone and introduced 2 guests – a medical student from Cambridge University – Georgia Hui and Eric from the ‘Barnet Walking Football Team’. Georgia was grateful for the opportunity to sit and chat to members and Eric was very helpful throughout the session. We also had some…
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Carlton Court Care Home launch – 22nd August 2019
Today we celebrated 2 launches at Carlton Court Care Home in Bells Hill, Barnet. Carlton Court Care Home is part of the TLC Group. TLC stands for ‘Truth,Love, Compassion’ Lisa was delighted to welcome the residents and families who attended today and also welcomed special guests Lorna Badrick – Chief Operating Officer from TLC and…
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Visit to Bletchley Park – 21st August 2019
The following note was sent to us from one of our members which describes our day out at Bletchley. All of us, members of Dementia Club UK, enjoyed a wonderful day out and lunch at Bletchley Park which played a huge part in the outcome of the war and were given a history of the…
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Finchley Memorial Hostpital – 14th August 2019
We had a very busy session as always. Lisa welcomed members and organised and gave everyone some quizzes and puzzles to do together as a team on each table which they really enjoyed. Lisa then welcomed and introduced members from The Barnet Museum – Mike, Hilary, Claire and Maithri. It was a pleasure to welcome…
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St John’s Parish Centre, Friern Barnet – 13th August 2019
I’m pleased to report that this venue is now getting busier. We had 2 visitors today from Australia (mother and daughter) Whilst in the area they heard about Dementia Club UK and the daughter wanted to visit and bring her mother. As usual members sit and chat over a cup of tea/coffee and cakes and…