Dementia
Awareness Week
Confronting Dementia
Events from 16 – 22 May 2016
Music, dance, art and storytelling – there’s still
so much that we can enjoy together
#DAW2016
Dementia Awareness Week is a national event that is
held annually to raise awareness and reduce the stigma
of dementia. For someone living with dementia, their earliest
memories can be some of the most long-lasting – our
programme will take you on a journey to times past and
show how much we can all enjoy together. Whether it’s
the experience of trying something new – from singing in
a choir to creating a piece of art – or listening to live music,
watching a film or sharing stories, we can all benefit from
taking part. All the events are free to attend, and open to
everyone – you don’t need to book in advance, just turn
up on the day!
Vintage Tales Art Exhibition
Monday 16 – Sunday 29 May
Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, E17 6DS
Viewing by appointment. Please call 077563 686331.
Throughout the spring we have been running a series of art workshops in
venues across the borough, open to all including people living with dementia.
Drawing inspiration from vintage fashion, participants have worked with artist
Anna Alcock to bring their memories to life.
Come and see the fruits of their labour in this exhibition at Gnome House.
Some items of artwork will also be on display at Leytonstone Library.
Vintage Tales Art Exhibition Launch
Monday 16 May
Gnome House
4.30 – 6.30pm
Join us for a first look at our Vintage Tales
exhibition. Meet and mingle with the artists
who have created the work on display over
a drink and find out more about Dementia
Awareness Week.
Get on Board!
Thursday 19 May
Go to daw2016getonboard.eventbrite.co.uk or call 0208 496 3000
for details of where the bus will be stopping.
Roll up, roll up for our travelling show
starring an original red Routemaster
London Bus! As the bus pulls up a whole
host of activity will spill out. There’ll be a
brand new interactive show with music,
memories and comedy from theatre
company Slap Haddock where you get
the chance to tell your own story.
Auntie Maureen, Gramophone Artiste
Extraordinaire, will be spinning some
tunes and leading a rousing rendition of
the Okey Cokey, and Vestry House Museum will bring some original items
from their collection for you to have a look at. There’ll also be lots of useful
information about services in the borough for older people.
Friday Flicks with a difference
Friday 20 May
Leytonstone Library, Church Lane, Leytonstone, E11 1HG
1 – 4.30pm
Join us for a very special afternoon of Leytonstone Library’s Friday Flicks
Film Club. We’ll be kicking off at 1pm with a game of Juke Box Jury, inspired
by the 1960s music quiz show. Whether you’re young or old, music has the
power to connect us all – come and give your verdict on a mix of classic and
modern tunes.
At 2pm we’ll be screening Ashes in which Ray Winstone plays Frank, a man
living with dementia who is on the run after his son James, played by Jim
Sturgess, springs him from a residential home.
(Suitable for ages 15 and over).
After the film we’ll be running a Dementia Friends Workshop,
see overleaf for more details.
Storytelling time
Saturday 21 May
Children’s Library, Leyton Library, High Road Leyton, E10 5QH
11am – 12.30pm
Come along and hear some amazing stories about the lives of older people in
our community, illustrated with pictures, film and objects from Vestry House
Museum. And if you’re very good maybe someone will read you a story too!
All Together Now!
Sunday 22 May
Walthamstow Town Square,
Walthamstow High St, E17 7JN
12 – 4pm
For the week’s finale we’re filling Walthamstow
Town Square with music, dance, sing-a-longs
and dressing up for everyone to come together
and enjoy! We’ll take you on a musical tour
through the decades with a 50s swing band,
the “King of Rock and Roll” Mr Elvis Presley, and
Michael Jackson.
You can have a go at Tai Chi with Dao Lu CIC,
take part in a workshop with Green Candle
Dance and join in a mass sing-a-long with
theatre company Slap Haddock. Speciallyformed community choir All Together Now!
will be performing for the very first time and
Gigi’s Dressing Room will be bringing an
array of beautiful vintage clothing for you
to try on. Women Over 50 Film Festival will
be screening a selection of their short films
in Walthamstow Library along with vintage
footage of Walthamstow from the Walthamstow
Amateur Cine Video Club. There’ll also be lots of
information and advice from services across the
borough.
So all together now, let’s get ready for a good
ol’ knees up!
Dementia Friends Workshops
Tuesday 17 May, North Chingford Library, 11am–12pm
Friday 20 May, Leytonstone Library, 4.30–5.30pm
Saturday 21 May, Leyton Library, 1.30–2.30pm
We want to make Waltham Forest as Dementia Friendly as possible so why
not become a Dementia Friend? Dementia
Friends is about learning more about
dementia and the small ways you can help.
From telling people about Dementia Friends
to visiting someone you know living with
dementia, every action counts.
Big Screen in Walthamstow Town Centre
Keep an eye out all week for films and photographs of our older residents
and films from Walthamstow Amateur Cine Video Club showing historic
footage of the borough from a club that has being running for 60 years.
There’ll also be useful information about services and organisations working
in the borough to support people living with dementia and their carers,
families and friends.
You can make a difference
Could you spare a little time each week to spend with someone
living with dementia?
Our residential and outreach services are looking for volunteers to share
their life experiences, skills
and company. Whatever your
interest, there’s sure to be
someone who would love
to share it. We can offer an
induction and ongoing support.
If you would like to find
out more please phone
and leave a message
on 020 8520 4984 or
email Joanne.Bullar@
walthamforest.gov.uk
Dementia Support Team
The Dementia Support Team is a council service providing support to
Waltham Forest residents living with dementia. We run 10 Dementia Support
Clubs throughout the borough and provide home visits for people who do not
wish to attend one of our clubs. We also have a dementia development worker
who can offer support to carers.
For more information please contact us on 020 8496 1754.
Alzheimer’s Society Waltham Forest
Our Dementia Adviser service provides information, guidance and support to
people with dementia and their carers. We work closely with Red Oak Lodge
Memory Service. Alzheimer’s Society also offers a monthly café for people with
dementia and their carers, raises awareness of dementia to professionals and
throughout the community, and runs carer information and advice programmes.
Tel: 020 8556 8171
[email protected]
Alzheimer’s Society Waltham Forest, Resource Hub (Central), 1 Russell
Road, London E10 7ES
Waltham Forest Carers Association – WFCA
Do you regularly give unpaid care to a partner, relative or friend who could not
manage without your support? We support adult carers through the provision
of information, advocacy, benefits advice, group meetings – including the
popular Dementia Support Group – and social outings, and we speak up for
carers to local health and social care providers.
Tel: 020 8556 0857
[email protected]
www.walthamforestcarers.com
There’s more to a person than the dementia
One of five things you should know about dementia
For more information visit www.alzheimers.org.uk/
Funded, with thanks, by the Laider Bequest.
With thanks to Auntie Maureen, Dao Lu CIC, Gigi’s Dressing Room, Inky Cuttlefish, Parker Dairies,
Slap Haddock, Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow Amateur Cine Video Club, Women Over
50 Film Festival.