Dementia-friendly partnership launched by the South Eastern HSC Trust
The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia NI, local Councils, voluntary and community organisations from across the South Eastern Trust area have established a Dementia-Friendly Partnership.
The partnership aims to work together to enable communities to be dementia-friendly.
The number of people living with Dementia is growing across Northern Ireland.
It is estimated that over 20,000 people are living with the condition and this is projected to double by 2040.
The Dementia-Friendly Partnership will engage with people by using ‘The Big Game’, an interactive engagement tool developed by Ards and North Down Borough Council’s Community Planning Service.
This is the first step in the vital process to seek views, to enable the partnership to prioritise the areas that best meet the needs of people living with dementia.
These sessions will be held in two rooms, close together and will run at the same time.
One engagement session is for people living with dementia and another for Carers of people living with dementia.
The engagement sessions will be on Tuesday 19th September 2023 from 2.30pm – 4.30pm at Lough Moss Leisure Centre, Hillsborough Road, Carryduff, Belfast BT8 8HR.
If you would like to attend the engagement sessions, please book a place, by contacting Sandra Glover on 07525898168 or email:
sandra.glover@setrust.hscni.net.
A dementia-friendly community is a city, town or village where people living with dementia are understood, respected and supported.
In a dementia-friendly community, people will be aware of and understand dementia, so that people with dementia can continue to live in the way they want to and in the community they choose.
Everyone has a part to play and people living with dementia have the most important role in a dementia-friendly community by sharing their experiences.
Everyone can make a difference by making their community dementia-friendly.
The Dementia Friendly Partnership encourages everyone to learn more about dementia and if they are concerned about someone they know to seek further help and advice, by visiting:
