Become a Dementia Friend Following Government advice on Covid-19, volunteer Champions had to postpone all their upcoming face- to-face Dementia Friends information sessions. However, Champions are now delivering online sessions that you can attend from the comfort of your home! During this friendly and interactive session you will increase your understanding of dementia, and think about the small things that you can do to make a difference to people affected by dementia in your community. Monday 4 January 2021 4.00pm Tuesday 19 January 2021 6.00pm Saturday 6 February 2021 10.00am Monday 1 March 2021 6.00pm Ilkley & District Wednesday 17 March2021 4.00pm Monday 3 April 2021 1.00pm If you are interested in joining us please Dementia Friendly Directory of Services and Support Covid 19 updates Email: [email protected] Tel: 07936 446097 Website: www.dfia.org.uk 32 Index Page Organisation 3 Background to Dementia Friendly Ilkley Action (DFIA) 4 Dementia Friends 5 Dementia Friendly Businesses and Organisations 6 Abbeyfield the Dales Community Hub 7 Addingham Good Neighbours 8 Alzheimer’s Society 9 Burley in Wharfedale Dementia Action Group 10 Carers Resource 11 Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale 12 Clarke Foley 13 Community Action Bradford & District - Ilkley Office 14 St John’s care and Wellbeing Café 15 Dementia Friendly Ilkley Action - Carers Support 16 Dementia Friendly Keighley 17 Goldies -The Golden Oldies Charity 18 Ilkley & District Good Neighbours 19 Ilkley Community Transport 20 Ilkley Toy Museum 21 Keighley Healthy Living 22 Keighley Memory Club 23 Let’s Sing Together Ilkley 24 Lynfield Mount - Dementia Assessment Unit 25 Pioneer Projects 26 St Mary’s Parish Centre 27 Social Prescribing Service (Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven) 28 The Singing Teapot 29 Wellbeing Café 30 3 Nations Dementia Working Group 2 31 Making the voices of dementia stronger Background The 3NDWG is a working group of people living with dementia across England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Members are based all across the three nations, creating a network of voices on dementia who can lead on regional projects. Our Aims are: • To influence public policies that impact on the lives of people with dementia and their families. • To initiate and deliver specified projects for the benefit of DEMENTIA FRIENDLY ILKLEY ACTION (DFIA) people with dementia. • To advocate for all professionals working in the field to involve DFIA is a small voluntary group of local people who: people with dementia in their work. We wish to contribute to: • Want Ilkley to become a Dementia Friendly Town who people • Improving the lives of those living with dementia. living with dementia and their carers feel happy to be a part of, and know that they can access the support they need and par- • Improving the lives of those who support and care for people ticipate in activities which are meaningful to them, as long as with dementia. possible. • Help the work of professionals and policy makers working in this and related areas. • Aim to reduce the stigma and raise understanding of dementia • Make a positive difference to the lives of people affected by through awareness raising activities, including Dementia dementia. Friends sessions. • Become an advisory and the ‘go to’ group for professionals, the policy makers and anyone seeking input from people media, • Reduce the fear surrounding dementia so more people living with dementia. with dementia are diagnosed earlier in order to receive the • Reduce the prejudice and stigma attached to dementia. support they need and improve the quality of their lives. • Raise public awareness about the needs of people with dementia and their supporters and carers. To achieve this we need to bring together the whole town of Ilkley in • Be a collective voice of and for people with dementia nationally, making a difference to those living with dementia, including families regionally and locally. and carers. 3 Nations Webinars If you support our aims and would like to join us please contact us. A group of people diagnosed with dementia who want to make a difference We need all sorts of help, however much or little time you have we have been running webinars every two weeks on various topics. You can can use your support if we are to make Ilkley a much more dementia view the website here: https://www.3ndementiawg.org/ and sign up to friendly community. receive links on when the next webinars are. They also post the links on twitter -https://twitter.com/3NDWG. Email: [email protected] Or Tel. 07936 446097 ‘These webinars are fantastic, some of the topics covered have been: Crafts for people with dementia in lockdown, positive activity in lockdown, faith and or Community Action, Ilkley Office 01943 603348 dementia during lockdown.’ Ross 30 3 Dementia Friends Organisation: Wellbeing Café Contact name: Address: The Clarke Foley Centre Cunliffe Road Ilkley Postcode: LS29 9DZ Telephone: 01274 586008 (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm) Dementia Friends gives people an understanding of dementia and the small things that you can do to make a difference. Email: [email protected] Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk You can become a Dementia Friend by attending a face-to–face Description of support: Dementia Friends Information session or watch our online video. For people with dementia and their carers, family and friends. The Dementia Friendly Ilkley Action provided free monthly sessions at Wellbeing Cafés enable older people to meet others in a social and the Clarke Foley Centre in the past and hopes to resume these at a relaxed atmosphere. Each Wellbeing Café provides live later date. However, in the meantime there are zoom Dementia entertainment and free refreshments. Friends training sessions available, which you can take part in from the comfort of your own home. Anyone who is becoming a little forgetful and their spouse/carer/friend/family would benefit from coming to our café. We can also provide free private sessions for businesses or Our Wellbeing Café will provide a safe, friendly, warm and organisations in Ilkley, however small or large, for staff and volunteers welcoming atmosphere tailored to the needs of older people. to become Dementia Friends. For more information or to book a session contact details below. You don’t need to book a place, just come along to one of our cafés. If you are unsure if it’s right for you, give it a go, there’s no A Dementia Friend learns a little bit more about what it's like to live obligation and no cost. An Alzheimer's Society support worker with dementia and then turns that understanding into action - anyone attends each café as well as our friendly volunteers. Our support of any age can be a Dementia Friend. worker can offer you range of information to take away or take a referral from you for more depth support work. For more information go to: Email: [email protected] Website: www.dfia.org.uk Covid 19 update….. Tel. 07936 446097 Please contact our duty line 01274 586008 to confirm the cafes have restarted as they are presently closed due to Covid 19. We currently have a monthly zoom café offering a chance to chat and listen to an entertainer. Please contact [email protected] for more information. Telephone Support is currently available to anyone living in the Bradford district. Please contact us on 01274 586008. 4 29 Organisation: The Singing Teapot Ilkley Dementia Friendly Contact name: Emma Gibson Address: 48 Towngate Businesses and Organisations Airedale Shopping Centre Keighley Postcode: BD21 3QE Ilkley's Dementia Friendly Businesses and Organisations : Telephone/fax: 07452 773788 Dementia Friendly businesses and local organisations have taken Email: [email protected] steps to become more aware about dementia and adopt small Website: www.dementiafriendlykeighley.org.uk changes so they can help support their community, particularly those living with dementia and their carers. Description of support: Come to Keighley’s social and singing group for people with dementia and their carers. Please contact Emma on 07971 527525 24/7 homecare Ilkley Playhouse Venue: Shared Church Hall, Market Street, Keighley, BD21 5AD Abbeyfield Ilkley Ilkley Taxis Day and Time: The first Friday of every month 1:30pm - 3:00pm Audley Care Ilkley Ilkley Toy Museum Clevedon Restaurant K. Glazing & Maintenance Ltd Cohens Chemist Ladies in waiting We also meet once a week in a local pub, The Brown Cow. Community Action The Brown Cow is Keighley’s first dementia friendly pub. Landlord MASC Executive Dale Eddison Premier Powers of Attorney and landlady Paul and Emma provide a warm, friendly and helpful Dementia Friendly Ilkley Action Real Food Ilkley CIC welcome giving people living with dementia an opportunity to Right at Home Ilkley, Skipton & Keighley socialise in a safe and supportive environment. The group was Dacre Son & Hartley Santander UK PLC Ilkley originally established to reach out to younger people with dementia, Easy Location Ltd but it is open to everyone. It has been running for over two years Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ilkley SJR Solutions Ilkley with many new friendships forged. Individuals report feeling that they Enable me Skipton Building Society have got their social life back and feel less isolated. HBS Electrical Ltd Soroptimist International of Ilkley The pub is located at the bottom of West Lane in Keighley. Home Instead Specsavers Ilkley Venue: The Brown Cow, West Lane Keighley Ilkley & District Good Neighbours Tesco Ilkley Ilkley & District U3A The Clarke Foley Centre Day and Time: Thursday 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Ilkley Arts The Valley Clinic Covid 19 update: The Singing Teapot is currently on hold due to Ilkley Chiropractice clinic Walker Foster Solicitors Wilkinson Chiropractic, Chiropractors Covid 19 and we don’t have a date for restarting at the moment.