Aylesbury awarded Dementia Friendly accreditation for 5th year in a row

Monday, 8 March 2021 07:00

Aylesbury Town Council has received its 5th “Working to become a Dementia Friendly Community” accreditation from the Alzheimer’s Society.

The town has worked hard to gain the accreditation, from delivering lessons to local schools, to holding support groups, as well as collaborating with local businesses including Waterside Theatre, Skipton Building Society, Aylesbury Market Traders, Aylesbury Library, Metro Bank, Bucks Museum, Friars Square and Hale Leys retail management, Thames Valley Police (Aylesbury), Vale of Aylesbury Housing and Aylesbury Waitrose.

The Town Council also support groups and businesses who want to know how they can make positive changes to a person with dementia and the people who care for them - from changing opening hours, to making signage clearer all of these small actions make a huge difference.

By delivering information sessions to younger people in Aylesbury schools and colleges, Aylesbury Town Council has created ‘new teachers’ and advocates of the Dementia Friends initiative. A Dementia Friend learns about what it's like to live with dementia and then turns that understanding into action.

To become an Aylesbury dementia Friend click here - https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/WEBTrainingDetails?id=a052000000OhPhjAAF#.YEJjQC2caqQ

Or to find out more about how Aylesbury Town Council are creating dementia friendly communities click here - https://bit.ly/DFAylesbury.

If you or someone you know might need dementia support, please contact the Dementia Connect Support Line by calling 0333 150 3456 or visit www.alzheimers.org.uk/dementiaconnectfaq or for support for carers contact Carers Bucks on 0330 777 2722 or www.carersbucks.org.