Warm Welcome dementia is a group run by the churches in Newport for anyone living with dementia and memory problems. The group has been awarded a High Sheriff of Shropshire Award, given to groups or individuals who have contributed to their local community.
Dementia-friendly Churches Enabler, Sarah Thorpe brings news from the eastern tip of the diocese
Celebration and lamentation in the dementia-friends community before Christmas
Bishop Michael Ipgrave, the Bishop of Lichfield, affirmed that he is “proud to be part of Diocese that takes Dementia-Friendly Church seriouslyâ€, when he spoke at our Dementia-Friendly Churches Zoom Training Day in October 2020.
Developing our Dementia-Friendly Churches Network
An occupational therapist recently asked me a really good question that got me thinking
No service plan should be expected to survive contact with the congregation...
Residential care homes involve a community of residents and relatives, and staff – and Care home communities have been particularly impacted by Covid-19 restrictions.
There are care homes across the diocese and some of these have been particularly hard hit by the Coronavirus...
Challenge and change, conversations and connections
In summer 2018, I led a Dementia-Friendly Churches Training Day in Guernsey. It’s wonderful to hear from St Saviour’s Church there about the next steps they’ve taken
Enlightening session at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
'Eliza Grey' play - helping your church and community to become more dementia-friendly
"All it takes to see we're still us"
More talk, more tables please!
Making sense of an upside-down world
Brave and foolish or a wasted time?
An open letter to those with a sacred vocation
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself
Jeremy Stretton is Dementia coordinator for a church in north Shropshire
14-church landmark in Shropshire
The 14 churches of Ellesmere Deanery have signed up to becoming Dementia-friendly Churches
Interview with the vicar, Revd Maureen Read
Read the experiences of two Dementia-Friendly Church coordinators
Thinking about dementia can be overwhelming, but small steps add up.
Friendly staff in Shifnal
Admin Admiration at GP centres
Among other things, news of a Dementia-friendly 'Songs of Praise' this coming Sunday
Good practice for visiting nursing and residential homes
A post inspired by Josie Edwards, co-ordinator for St Matthew's Church, Donnington Wood with a local residential home for adults with complex needs.
