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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…

Another pleasant afternoon was spent at Fairway Hall for the Dementia Club UK. We were pleased to welcome 3 new members. A chance to chat over a cuppa with Sasha’s wonderful cakes, challenge the brain with a quiz and exercise with Sara to gentle music. We also had a new volunteer, Paul Tucker who was…

We were delighted to attend the Town Mayor, Cllr. Eric Silver’s Civic festival which was in aid of his chosen charity Dementia Club UK. Borehamwood Brass Band conducted by musical director Derek Holland provided a musical treat at All Saints Church tonight with a full selection of well-known musical numbers. The music played was a…

The longest day and the hottest day since 1976 Members were nicely surprised that Lisa had brought ice creams again. Mariana on the left enjoying her birthday cake We celebrated Mariana’s 83rd birthday in the usual way and then we had a speaker – Mr David Steene, a solicitor who specialises in dementia law and…

Today was a hot summer day and Lisa surprised everyone with some ice creams that were really appreciated by everyone. We then did some singing and one of the carers James decided to show us how to dance ‘The Lambeth Walk’ A few joined in and was great fun. Session followed with Yoga chair exercises…