Engage & Create
Engage & Create is a not-for-profit organisation that uses creativity and conversation to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and those that care for them. Read more »
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Playlist for Life
Being able to respond to music is the one thing dementia cannot destroy. Playlist for Life encourages families and caregivers to create a playlist of personally meaningful music on an iPod for people with dementia. Read more »
Active Minds dementia activity resources
Active Minds produce a suite of activity products to assist people with dementia in leading active, engaging and fulfilling lives – enjoying activities that are meaningful to them. Read more »
Arts 4 Dementia
Arts 4 Dementia helps develop activities at arts venues to re-energise and inspire people in the early stages of dementia and their carers. Read more »
Innovations in Dementia
Innovations in Dementia is a community interest company that works nationally with people with dementia, partner organisations and professionals to develop and test projects that will enhance the lives of people with dementia. Read more »
Ladder to the Moon
Ladder to the Moon provides workforce and service development that enables health and care organisations to develop active, creative, vibrant care services. It uses approaches that incorporate creativity and the arts, and involve staff, older people living with dementia and other long-term conditions, and the wider community. Read more »
Dementia friendly cultural venues in East Cheshire
Cheshire East Council’s Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services are delivering an Arts and Dementia programme as part of its Ageing Well initiative to encourage the development of ‘dementia friendly’ cultural venues. Read more »
Dance movement psychotherapy service in Calderdale
This innovative service involves the use of music, movement, dance, reminiscence and song for older people including those with dementia living in Calderdale. Read more »
The little things that happen
This creative arts project explored aspects of memory and creativity with patients living with various forms of dementia, and in particular Alzheimers Disease. Read more »
Memory Bank
Memory Bank is a reminiscence resource pack which uses archive films to stimulate memories of childhood, growing up, loved ones and family, sense of place, home and work life for people living with dementia. Read more »