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Hi All,


Well it has been an absolute privilege to have represented GreenSquare as your Dementia Champion but all good things must come to an end. I will be continuing to attend meetings and provide dementia advice on GreenSquare's behalf until the change over at the end of March.


I am now going to tell you about some of the exciting things that we are currently doing in conjunction with partner agencies and some of the things we will be tackling further down the line.

On Friday I will be attending the launch of the This Way Forward group that look to support people with mental health issues in their daily life. I will be there to give advice on dementia and signposting those that need to access dementia services. This is run by people with mental health issues themselves and has been supported by the Community Involvement Team led by James Aldridge

Supporting Mental Health in The Forest of Dean

On Wednesday next week, myself and Sian will be attending a meeting on behalf of the Gloucester Dementia Action Alliance with Lisa Saybourn, Customs Relations Manager of Sandfields Care Home about supporting dementia events in Cheltenham. They currently promote dementia awareness with Waitrose and Alex Chalk. This is an opportunity to get a functioning Cheltenham Dementia Action Alliance and with Sarah Davis and Lena Maller supporting my old friend David Edwards of Promedica in setting this up, I have every faith that they will succeed.






Recently I attended the Train the Trainer course at The Pavilion Centre in Cheltenham (all it cost was a catalytic converter) and will receive the award once Tina Kustas of the Gloucestershire Dementia Training and Education Strategy team has seen me carry out a presentation to either new starters or on a GDAA training session. This will now allow me to certificate the sessions that I provide once I'm signed off.


Speaking of the Gloucestershire Dementia Training and Education Strategy team. they will be hosting an event at Black Friars Priory in Gloucester on June the 18th between 1pm and 4:30pm. This time they will be focusing on the links between Dementia and music. There has always been a link between these 2 subjects and it has always astonished professionals as to how powerful this correlation is. Anyone who was lucky enough to attend the A Day in the Life play would attest to how a combination of The Beatles and Frank Sinatra left everyone in the audience a bit misty-eyed.
To illustrate this I have provided a link to one of my favourite YouTube videos at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWn4JB2YLU


And after watching that quite remarkable video, I would think that is the perfect message of hope to leave you all with. Take care, look after each other and in the words of my good friend Porky Pig...