Local businesses call for Chesterfield residents to join them to fight dementia
The Chesterfield Dementia Action Alliance is encouraging Chesterfield residents and businesses to become dementia friends.
Scott Golland, Chair of the Chesterfield Dementia Action Alliance said “We aim to make Chesterfield a dementia friendly town, by encouraging the residents and businesses of Chesterfield to become dementia friends. People will learn more about the impacts of dementia and how they can deliver actions, however small, that can make a real difference to people with dementia.
The Dementia Friends Sessions are free to attend and run by alliance members are happening across Chesterfield on the following dates:
- Thursday 5th Nov: Burns Close Community room, Grangewood, S40 2SW. 1-2.30pm
- Wednesday 11th Nov: Loundsley Green Community Trust, Cuttholme Road, S40 4QU. 1 – 2.30pm
- Wednesday 18th Nov: Community Room, Edensor Court, Middlecroft, S43 3NW 6.30-8pm
- Wednesday 23rd Nov: Community Room, Monkwood Road, Newbold, S41 8DG 6.30-8pm
Chesterfield Dementia Action Alliance is a collective of local businesses who have committed to make Chesterfield a dementia friendly. There are 800,000 people living with dementia in the UK now and by 2025 there will be over one million. Dementia is an incurable condition caused by diseases of the brain which over time seriously impairs the ability of someone with dementia to live independently. Symptoms can include severe memory loss, mood and personality changes and behaviour that challenges others such as serious confusion, agitation and aggression. By making a few simple changes within an organisation it can make a big difference to someone living with dementia. It does not have to be an onerous task.
To register for a dementia friends session please visit: www.dementiafriends.org.uk and search for sessions in: Chesterfield OR contact 01246 205016.
