DAA Dementia Action Alliance AUGUST – Dates for your Diary

Monthly Second Edition Thur 1st Visit Lydney with Woolaston Memory Group 2-4 St Mary’s Lydney & Bathurst Park Fri 2nd 10.30 Newent Memory Café Sheppard House Newent GL18 1TL NEW Ladies Lunch Crossroads Care Chepstow Garden Centre NP16 6LF Wed 7th 10.00 - 3.00 Wheels for All Padalabikeaway Cannop Cycle CentreGL16 7EH Fri 9th The Sunshine Girls Ladies Lunch Crossroads Care Chepstow Garden Centre NP16 6LF 2.00 Afternoon Tea & Music Alzheimer’s Soc. Forest Church Hall Drybrook GL17 9LE Sat 10th 10.00-4.00 Charity Bucket Collection Cinderford Coop GL14 2AQ Mon 12th The Friendship Group Outing TBC From Foxes Bridge Centre Cinderford GL14 2LJ 1.00 - 3.00 Gardening Activity & Social Club Newent Library Newent GL18 1AS 2.00 - 4.00 Coleford Memory Café The Church on the Street Coleford GL16 8AR Wed 14th 1.30-3.30 Lydney Memory Café with Ice Cream Van Lydney Community Centre Nass Lane GL15 5AT th Thur 15 10.30 Gentle Walk + Farm Animals Orchard Trust Upper Stowfield GL17 9PD Fri 16th Gents Pub Lunch Crossroads Care Shortstanding The New Inn GL16 7NT Mon 19th 11.00 Friendship Group Summer Party Crossroads Foxes Bridge Centre Cinderford GL14 2LJ Fri 23rd The Forest Belles Ladies Lunch Crossroads Care Chepstow Garden Centre NP16 6LF Sat 24th 1.00 Blakeney Duck Race - Active Living Tombola RECREATION FIELD Blakeney GL15 4EB th Mon 26 2.00 Active Living Tombola @ Free Family Fun Day Coleford Bells Hotel Lords Hill, GL16 8BE Tues 27th 10.30 FOD Memory Café Alzhemer’s Soc. The Old Town Hall Lydney GL15 5DY th Wed 28 2.00 – 4.00 Dogs For Good Drybrook RFC Drybrook GL17 9EU 4.00 – 7.00 Men’s Skittles Group Crossroads Care Oakland’s Club Cinderford GL14 2LJ

The aim of the Forest of Dean District Dementia Action Alliance is to make sure that everyone in the district living with dementia is respected and enabled to continue to enjoy living their lives in their own community as well as possible for as long as possible. To support the wider community to understand dementia and inspire and enable people to do things which contribute to a dementia friendly community.

AUGUST– Dates for your Diary

Weekly Monday 10.30 Seated Exercise Class Goode Court Lydney GL15 5JP 10.30 FOD Walking for Health Parkend. Dean Forest Cycles GL15 4HG 10.30 FOD Walking for Health Foxes Bridge Centre Cinderford.GL14 2LJ 10.45 Active Balance The Memorial Hall Woolaston GL15 6SU 1st & 3rd 11.00-12.30 Singing for the Brain Alzheimer’s Soc Coleford The Main Place GL16 8RH Every other 11-2 Happy Days Group Must Call 0779097894 Sheppard House Newent GL18 1TL 1.15 Active Balance Yorkley Community Centre GL15 4RS Trip on 2nd 1.30 till 3.30 Friendship Group Crossroads Care Foxes Bridge Centre Cinderford GL14 2LJ 2.30 Games Afternoon, dominoes, darts, cards Goode Court Lydney GL15 5JP 3.30 Young at Heart. Bowling, Table Tennis plus Lydney Leisure Centre. Tuesday 10.30 Memories on Toast Toast.Tutshill Chepstow NP16 7BN 10.30 – 12.30 Men’s Club Sheppard House Newent GL18 1TL 10.30 FOD Walking for Health Mitcheldean Well Wisher Café GL17 0SL 12.45 Falls Prevention Class – mainly seated Sedbury Memorial Hall Sedbury NP16 7AQ 1.45 Strength & Balance Seated Exercise Class Sedbury Memorial Hall Sedbury NP16 7AQ 2.00-4.00 Ruspidge Golden Oldies Memorial Hall Ruspidge GL13 3AE 2.00 FOD Walking for Health St Briavels. Assembly Rooms GL15 6TG 2.30 Bingo Goode Court Lydney GL15 5JP Wednesday 10.00 FOD Walking for Health Hartbury Meet Village Hall GL19 3DT 10.00 - 2.00 Cinderford Carers Café FVAF Café 31 Cinderford GL14 2RT 10.30 FOD Walking for Health Coleford Meet The Main Place GL16 8RH 10.30 FOD Walking for Health Community Centre Yorkley GL15 4RS 10.30 FOD Walking for Health Huntley. Huntley Cricket Club GL19 3DT 10.30 Active Balance Coalway The Methodist Church GL16 7JJ 10.45- 12.15 Singing for Fun Methodist Church Chepstow NP16 5DA 1st & 3rd 2.00 - 3.30 Sedbury Memory Café Sedbury Space Sedbury NP16 7AQ 2.30 Indoor New Age Bowling Goode Court Lydney GL15 5JP Thursday 10.00 FOD Walking for Health Meet Chill Out Zone Newent GL18 1AJ 10.00 FOD Walking for Health Sedbury. Meet Sheila’s Shop NP16 7AA 10.15 FOD Walking for Health Bathurst Park Car Park Lydney GL15 5HG 10.30 Active Balance Latchen Rooms Longhope GL17 0PA 2.00 - 4.00 Cinderford Memory Café FVAF Café 31 Cinderford 31 Market St GL14 2RT 2.00 - 4.00 WMG Woolaston Memory Group The Memorial Hall Woolaston GL15 6SU 2.00 FOD Walking for Health Playing Fields Blakeney GL15 4DW Friday 10.00 FOD Walking for Health Bream. West Dean Centre GL15 6JW 10.30 - 12.30 Men’s Club Sheppard House Newent GL18 1TL 1.00 Active Balance Blakeney Village Hall GL15 4DW 2.00 Active Balance The Memorial Hall Newent GL18