The following self-explanatory email has been received from Nigel Drury, Community Connector at Spelthorne Council and we are pleased to reproduce it here:
“I write to you and some others who have expressed interest in the idea of an organised community-based approach to increasing dementia awareness and helping bring the right help and support to those living with dementia.
“The Shepperton Dementia Action Group with whom I’ve worked is hosting an afternoon event at the Shepperton Village Hall on Wednesday 22nd May (click here for poster). That is to mark the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Action Week and provide the community with the chance to meet representatives of various organisations who are providing help and services to people living with dementia and their families.
“It is also an opportunity to hold a ‘Dementia Friends’ training session, and I would encourage you to pass on the word to those who might be interested in becoming a ‘Dementia Friend’. I attach the leaflet for the event.
“A visit to the Shepperton event by Sunbury folk can be seen as part of the road to the formation of their own group in the near future. Indeed I am now available to be at hand to facilitate that community initiative should there be enough of a collective will – which I believe there is.
With best regards,
Nigel Drury - Community Connector - Spelthorne Borough Council
