Dementia Action Week
Dementia Action Week 2025
Dementia Action Week is fast approaching. This year is taking place from 19 to 25 of May. This is an opportunity to raise awareness about the condition, have conversations about dementia and get up to date with what’s happening in the borough too.
Dementia Friendly Communities Richmond (DFCR), a Richmond Council initiative coordinated by Age UK Richmond, will be especially active on Tuesday 20 May raising awareness and providing information to the community at this free to attend "Pop-up Dementia Information Day" event at Patch, Twickenham, 42 York St, TW1 3LJ.
Pop-up Information Dementia Day, Tuesday 20 May, 10.30am to 2pm
- Pop in for tea, cake and a chat with us
- Learn about the condition and how best to support someone with dementia
- Hear about the work of Dementia Friendly Communities Richmond
- Tell us what you want from a dementia inclusive borough
- Talk to Richmond Community Dementia Service and dementia advisors from Alzheimer's Society
Schedule of the day so you can plan your pop-in visit:
10.30am: Introduction from Age UK Richmond and Dementia Friendly Communities Richmond
10.45am: Talk by Kingston & Richmond NHS Trust, Richmond Community Dementia Service
11.15am: Brighter Together with local nursery children will demonstrate their intergenerational work, join them!
11.45am: Dementia Friends Information Session, delivered by Alzheimer's Society Ambassador
12.30pm: Sara Wilcox, CEO, Pathways through Dementia - How to set up your Lasting Power of Attorney
1pm: Chat with Age UK Richmond's Money & Benefits Advice team
1.30pm: Making Richmond more dementia friendly: A discussion with dementia professionals, admiral nursers, solicitors and care providers.
Download the poster here.
MORE ACTIVITES
During Dementia Action Week, the below activities will be taking place around the Borough:
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Date and Action |
Location and time |
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Monday, 19 May |
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Dementia Advice Drop In with Richmond Community Dementia Service |
Teddington Memorial Hospital Foyer, TW11 0JL 10am-12pm |
Take your concerns about dementia to Richmond Community Dementia Service. |
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Dementia Friendly Nature Walk with Barnes Common and Alzheimer’s Society Richmond |
Barnes Green Centre, Church Road, SW13 9HE 3-4pm. |
A stroll across Barnes Green into Barnes Common and back. Led by Paddy Hayes, Outdoor Learning & Education Officer with Barnes Common. Call 07983 328428 or book online |
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Cake Sale Fundraiser in aid of Dementia Friendly Projects in Richmond
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Twickenham Wellbeing Centre. All week
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Drop in to Age UK Richmond at Twickenham Wellbeing Centre and hear about the work of Dementia Friendly Richmond while you support us with your cake purchases.
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Tuesday, 20 May |
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Dementia Friendly Richmond’s Pop-up Dementia Information Day |
Patch, York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3LJ 10.30am-2pm. |
Pop along to: · Hear from dementia advisors and other health care professionals · Learn about the support available in the borough including support for carers and advice on benefits · Chat with members of Dementia Friendly Communities Richmond (DFCR) and tell us what you’d like to see in a dementia inclusive borough · Receive pointers on writing a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) · Become a Dementia Friend and attend a Dementia Friends Information Session. Stay for a coffee and chat while you learn more about dementia. |
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Community Health Bus |
Parked Outside York House |
Step aboard the LBRuT Community Health Bus to speak with a dementia advisor or access information and advice about your health. Richmond Community Dementia Service will be onboard. |
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Dementia Friendly Sensory Walk with Ham House
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Ham House, Ham, TW10 7RS 10.30-11.30am
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Come along for a free guided sensory walk. Ticket includes one essential companion and free entry to House and Garden. Booking essential. Call 0344 249 1895 or visit Ham House website to book. |
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Wednesday, 21 May |
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Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) online seminar |
Online, 7-8pm |
Join Sara Wilcox, CEO from Pathways Through Dementia to learn about setting up Lasting Powers of Attorney so you’ll feel confident creating your own form. Book here.
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Singing for the Brain |
Elleray Hall Social Club Elleray Road, Teddington TW11 0HG · 11-12pm |
Admiral Nurses in attendance for conversations afterwards. Call Home Instead on 0203 879 7877 for more details. |
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Richmond Community Dementia Service at Sainsbury’s Hampton - St Clares |
303 Uxbridge Road, Hampton Hill, Hampton TW12 1AW 2-4pm |
Admiral Nurses from Richmond Community Dementia Service in attendance at Sainsbury’s. |
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Homelink Carers Connect talk and lunch with Richmond Community Dementia Service |
Homelink, Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton, TW2 6DE 11am-1pm |
Talk and lunch at Homelink Day Centre with advisors from Richmond Community Dementia Service. Call 020 8255 1992 |
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Thursday, 22 May |
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Dementia Awareness Event with Multicultural Richmond and Age UK Richmond
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Whitton Social Centre, 111a Kneller Road, TW2 7DT 11am-2pm |
Learn more about dementia. Stay for activities which will include Zumba, Laughing Yoga, Puzzles, Card Games. Refreshments and an Indian vegetarian lunch will be provided. Call Surinder on 020 8893 9555 for more information.
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Community Health Bus
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Parked outside Sainsbury’s, Lower Richmond Road, TW9 4LT
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Step aboard the LBRuT Community Health Bus to speak with a dementia advisor or access information and advice about your health. Richmond Community Dementia Service will be onboard.
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Carers Cafe |
Hampton Hill Theatre, 90 High Street, Hampton Hill, TW12 1NZ 12.30-2.30pm |
Richmond Community Dementia Service will be in attendance at the Carers Cafe. Call Crossroads Care Service on 020 8943 9421 for more information, |
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Friday, 23 May |
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Dementia Information Breakfast |
Barnes Green Centre, Church Road, SW13 9HE 10am-12pm
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Take your concerns about dementia to Richmond Community Dementia Service who will join Age Uk Richmond for a discussion over breakfast and to answer your queries. |
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Drop-in Dementia Advice with refreshments |
Woodville Day Centre Woodville Road, Ham, TW10 7QW 9/9.30-10.30am |
Richmond Community Dementia Service will hold a Q+ A session on dementia prevention and access to services where appropriate.
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Dementia Friendly Richmond Theatre Tour |
Richmond Theatre, The Green, Richmond, TW9 1QJ 11.30-1pm |
Call Mirfat on 07933 512239 to book your place and learn more about this fascinating theatre. |
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All week
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Richmond Libraries |
Richmond libraries in the borough |
Open tables with dementia information and resources, as well as book displays of dementia themed books. |
For more information please email dementiafriendly@ageukrichmond.org.uk