With the colder months approaching, this brings additional challenges and pressures for family carers and people living with dementia. We have Sing-a-Long and Smile sessions, Dementia Friends Webinars, details of our AGM on 1 December at 3.30 pm as well as a Christmas Carol Concert on December 23rd. ..

During Worthing's Mental Health Week at the beginning of October Dementia Friendly Worthing hosted a Q & A with local health professionals in West Sussex. ..

The NHS are urging West Sussex residents struggling with ongoing memory issues to contact their GP for a memory assessment. ..

In response to our open letter to Mrs Amanda Jupp, Cabinet Member for Adults and Health, West Sussex County Council (previous blog post) we publish her answers to the questions, her introduction and the original questions. ..

Following the recent launch of the West Sussex Joint Dementia Strategy 2020-2023, the Worthing Dementia Action Alliance has sent an open letter to Mrs Amanda Jupp, Cabinet Member for Adults and Health, West Sussex County Council. ..

Worthing Mental Health Awareness Week (WMHAW), now in its 8th year, is informative and supporting and all talks, workshops and presentations will be held online via Zoom with many being streamed live on Facebook. ..

Our Autumn Newsletter brings you the latest on Dementia Friendly Worthing. We have launched a YouTube channel where you can catch up on our virtual sessions if you missed them first time around. There are sessions regarding Finance and Scams as well as carers wellbeing and more will be added as we invite specialists to our Zoom presentations.  ..

Dementia Friendly Worthing is continuing to adapt to support people living with dementia and their carers during these challenging times. ..

In our July newsletter you can find out how to join our latest Zoom meetings and how we can support you to access these. ..

We are delighted to share our latest funding news which means that Dementia Friendly Worthing can continue to operate. Successful funding applications to the National Lottery Community Fund and Sussex Community Foundation Trust will enable new initiatives to run supporting local people with dementia and their carers and our local coordinator can be funded until December 2020.  ..