Leeswood & Pontblyddyn Age-Friendly Communities Dementia Friendly Communities meeting 12:30pm 6th December 2018 Leeswood Community Centre

1 Attendees: Helen Jones - Older People’s Strategy Coordinator FCC Shereen Devine - Rural Wisdom Project Coordinator Kath O’marah - Resident Jacqui Pattie - Resident Karen Robertson – Resident (& Alzheimer’s Society) Luke Pickering-Jones – Dementia Friendly Communities Lead NEWCIS

2 Background Working towards becoming a Dementia Friendly Community had been agreed as an action within the Age Friendly Community Action plan at the AFC Steering Group meeting in November. Some initial progress has been made through Dementia Awareness sessions:  Bethesda Chapel  Brownies/Guides  Community Café volunteers  Leeswood Women’s Guild Luke had discussed with Jo Lane (Dementia Friendly communities Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Society) the best approach for supporting Leeswood & Pontblyddyn (L&P) to receive Dementia Friends accreditation. The proposed approach would be to link with Mold Dementia Friendly Steering Group, to share knowledge, expertise and resources. This approach would enable L&P to work with Mold communications lead, events lead, etc. and the potential to share funding opportunities/events etc. Mold Steering group will cover Mold Luke to confirm approach and surrounding area including Leeswood & Pontblyddyn, Hope, with Mold SG and identify Caergwrle, Gwernaffield, Cilcain, Nannerch, Sychdyn etc and is representative to attend already reaching out to the wider community, working with Alyn Bank L&P SG meeting. Group to Riding School. identify representative to Luke proposed that a member of L&P attend Mold DF steering group attend Mold SG meeting meetings and a representative from Mold would attend L&P steering (last Thurs each month at group meetings. 5:30pm, Mold Town Hall)

3 Working towards Dementia Friendly accreditation Luke suggested that L&P could begin the application for Dementia Friendly status as a number of actions have already been completed. The on-line application process needs the following information:  Number of people living in the area  Actions already taken  Dementia Awareness sessions held  Links with shops, businesses, school etc

The accreditation process would require the group demonstrates it is working in three action areas e.g.  Dementia awareness  Businesses  Schools, faith groups etc.

Ysgol Derwen has already shown an interest in Dementia Awareness. Bethesda Chapel is looking to hold a further Dementia Awareness Helen to contact session. Other groups could include the Community Council, Community Council Allotments group. Business could include Co-op, local coach Shereen to approach companies (4 Girls, Davies). coach companies and Co-op in Mold was awarded DF accreditation before it closed and progress Dementia Mold Dementia Friendly Steering Group is one of the three supported Awareness sessions with charities through customer Co-op cards. The local Co-op has been Ysgol Derwen. Next approached and is interested in the initiative. Luke added that Liz - Leeswood news article to Rose Co-op Community pioneer is a member of Mold Steering Group raise awareness of Co-op and could potentially provide support engaging with Leeswood Co-op. funding Dementia Friendly Karen is a Dementia Champion and offered to deliver Dementia Mold and L&P working Awareness sessions in the community. towards accreditation. Kath to raise Dementia Awareness at the next Allotments committee Luke to share Liz Rose meeting (March 2019) but will need a brief summary of the session, contact details with Helen examples of what is required from the allotment group, benefits etc. Shereen to pass Karen’s contact details to Joyce The opportunity to do an intergenerational project with Ysgol Derwen (Bethesda Chapel) in a similar vein to projects held in other schools in Flintshire (DF Helen to put a brief sessions in school, workshops, community event) was discussed. together for Kath for This would require funding to support – Luke agreed to look at allotment group meeting in funding availability. March 2019 Luke to look at funding for intergenerational project 4 Dementia Friends sessions Initial focus agreed on delivering sessions to: Shereen/Karen to Bethesda Chapel organize Dementia Ysgol Derwen Awareness sessions Other groups will be approached for Dementia Awareness sessions All to promote open as discussed, with sessions either being offered to groups or invited Dementia Awareness to attend an open session in the community centre sessions when arranged.

5 Future meetings Dementia Friendly progress will be discussed as part of the Age- Helen to schedule monthly Friendly Steering Group meetings. These have been held bi-annually meetings from January to date but monthly meetings will be organised from January 2019 to 2019 progress the Age-Friendly and Dementia-Friendly actions. There was no preference for daytime/evening meeting so meetings in the evening will be held to enable people who work to attend.