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Today 12 students from National Citizen Service (NCS) visited us. Ansell Cizic who is a teacher and the student’s team leader told us about NCS. It was a lovely summer’s day so we decided to sit outside for this group photo. Dementia Club UK members with the students from NCS NCS is a programme in…

Moshe Tamir entertaining Dementia Club UK Moshe Tamir entertained everyone today with a mix of different songs in many different languages. Everybody joined in singing along. It was an electrifying session full of fun. Moshe brought the microphone around to some of the members who fancied singing a few words. Anthony joined in for a…

Dementia Club UK members, family and friends attended the House Commons, Jubilee Room at Westminster on 15th June 2016. The Mayor of Barnet, Cllr David Longstaff attended and was delighted to announce his support to Dementia Club UK as one of his chosen charities during his year as Mayor. Geoffrey Horton, baritone singing an aria…

Today Diny one of our carers brought a lot of jewellery she has been making over a number of years. She sold a number of pieces to the members and donated the proceeds to our charity – Dementia Club UK. I am very grateful to Diny and thank her very much. Diny said it takes…

Lorna Parkinson Community Support Officer “Action on Hearing Loss” came to talk to us about our hearing. She said don’t ignore hearing problems, go and speak to your GP first, they will refer you to a specialist. She also offered everyone a free hearing test in a private area which most of the members took…

I am very pleased to report that the Dementia Awareness Day on the 19th May at Brent Cross was a real success. All of our volunteers attended to help with the day. A lot of people approached us to ask questions, to talk about problems they were experiencing and wanted advice and information. People are…

Ionian Clarinet Choir (click on image above to view ICC website) The Ionian Clarinet Choir gave a fabulous concert in aid of Dementia Club UK on Saturday 7th May at St Andrew’s Church in Southgate. Many of our Dementia Club UK members were in the audience and I could see that everyone was immersed and…

Today we had a challenging quiz after a long chat where everyone was getting to know each other better. Exercises followed then lots of games and social activities. Everybody enjoyed the afternoon. Dementia Club UK members enjoying social activities at Sha’arei Tsedek

Helen and Marina showing the members the Zorba Dance steps Introduced for the first time Bingo which everyone really enjoyed, then some poetry reading, exercises which led to the dancing. Finally various activities such as ‘Putting Golf’ and even more dancing by everyone.