It's amazing how creative you can be with materials found around the house and out in the garden, such as twigs, wool, ribbon, leaves and flowers. Here's a photographic montage of our recent dementia community events that took place at Heartlands in Pool, Launceston Town Hall and the Eden Project. Hopefully the images will reflect the amazing time that we all had; all down to the wonderful organisations who participated, the support of the venues and the attendance of carers, families, friends, care professionals, people living with dementia and the general public.
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| cress-growing kits - free to take away |
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| Free Creative Spaces resource bags for home carers |
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| Colourful tables help to attract people to activities |
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| our Nature Palette activity - brimming with spring flowers, herbs and leaves |
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| Sue McDermott (Memory Cafe Network Manager) chats with an interested couple |
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| People enjoying the Weaving Tales activity |
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| Trainee nurses engage with the Nature Mobiles activity |
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| Singing for the Brain sessions stimulate your motor neurons and have your endorphins leaping for joy! |
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| Our Sensory Trees activity table at Eden looks good enough to eat! |
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| A jumbled picture in our quiz sits behind the Reflections South West stand..........yes, they're real cakes! |
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| Quizzers post their answers and hope to win a prize |
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| One lovely Weaving Tales ornament made by a gentleman with a lot of patience! |
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| The Hedgerow and Herbs table full and evocative...just like an English hedge |
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| Commissioned by Arts for Health, Victoria Bampfield- Hammond encourages participants to create an amazing, enormous birds nest..... |
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| ..including me |
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| Picture books from the library offer reminiscence stimulation |
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| We connect so easily through 'making' together |
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| Conversations cross generations |
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| Whatever our age or ability, we are a social species that loves coming together and interacting in meaningful ways |
Organisations who participated included:
Age UK
The Alzheimer's Society
Arts for Health Cornwall
Memory Matters South West
Reflections South West
Memory Cafes Network
Launceston Memory Cafe
Dementia Friendly Communities
Cornwall Care
Time for Change
WRVS
Carers Rights
Their advice and information was invaluable to the families and carers who attended and helped raise awareness among the members of public who dropped in.
Thank you to everyone for making these events worthwhile and a whole lot of fun!
Wendy
Creative Spaces Project Manager
