Dementia Friendly North Sheffield Newsletter September 2019

Welcome to the third Dementia Friendly North Sheffield Newsletter, dedicated to sharing news about our efforts to make north Sheffield dementia friendly!

It’s been a busy month and lots of useful links and conversations have been happening.

The big piece of news for this month is that SOAR’s small grant scheme will be opening in the next few weeks, and will include a distinct pot for work around Dementia. Start thinking about what projects you’d like to get started and have a chat with Rosie if this sounds interesting.

Thanks as always for your support. Keep up the hard work and keep spreading the word!

We’ve also now got a Facebook page, so please like and share.

Each People Keeping Well Partnership has a steering group to direct our work and to work towards becoming a Dementia Friendly Community. Please come along and get involved. Please make sure you’ve attended a Dementia Friends Information Session before you attend a steering group.

UPCOMING STEERING GROUP MEETINGS

BURNGREAVE

Wed 2nd Oct
1:30pm – 3:30pm

The Furnival
199 Verdon Street
S3 9QQ

CHAPELGREEN

Dates TBC

Asda Chapeltown
1 Market Pl
S35 2UW

SOUTHEY/
OWLERTON
Dates TBC

Norwood Medical Centre
360 Herries Ave
S5 7HD

FIRTH PARK/ SHIREGREEN

Wed 18th Sept
2:00pm – 3:30pm

Firth Park Library
443 Firth Park Road
S5 6QQ

DEMENTIA FRIENDLY GROUPS

If you’ve got a group and aren’t really sure how to make it Dementia Friendly, or aren’t even sure what a Dementia Friendly group would look like, then get in touch.

If you’re already a Dementia Friendly group, make sure to let us know as we’re currently pulling together a list of Dementia Friendly Groups in the area.

PARSON CROSS DEVELOPMENT FORUM

There’s some great Dementia friendly events coming up at Parson Cross Forum:

OTHER DEMENTIA SPECIALIST GROUPS

Dementia Cafe & Singalong – Wincobank Village Hall (next session Thurs 5th September 2pm-4pm)
Dementia Friendly Bowling Group – Chapeltown Methodist Church (Mondays 1pm-3pm)
Dementia? Welcome! Cafe – The Furnival (Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

You can also now find other services on the Dementia Directory.

The Dementia Directory is now up and running in Sheffield. It’s a tool for people to search for Dementia specific services and support in the area.

Spread the word, and make sure your groups are on there (Rosie has a log in if you need some help putting your services on).

DEMENTIA DIRECTORY

AWARENESS SESSIONS

For more information about these awareness sessions please follow the web links or contact Rosie (rosie.strathearn@soarcommunity.org.uk / 0114 213 4075).

A Dementia Friend is somebody that learns about dementia by attending a 45 minute friendly and interactive Dementia Friends Information Session.

Dementia Friends help by raising awareness and understanding, so that people living with dementia can continue to live in the way they want.

More info

A Dementia Friends Champion is a volunteer who encourages others to make a positive difference to people living with dementia in their community.

They do this by delivering Dementia Friends Information Sessions to raise awareness and encourage other people to become dementia friends.

More info

Each Dementia Star award (Bronze/Silver/Gold) involves attending a 2-hour interactive and experiential training session, delivered by Enrichment for the Elderly.

These bite-sized chunks allow delegates to learn at their own pace. The awards are designed to follow on to each other after each delegate has attended a dementia friends information session.

Upcoming Dementia Friends Information Sessions