Regional facilitators provide a voluntary contact service from a position of either personal or professional experience of PCA. They are not employed by the support group but may be able to offer an awareness of regional facilities as well as their personal/professional experience on a voluntary basis for members who so wish to make contact. Please email the regional facilitator(s) directly for more information about their meetings.
Berkshire / Wokingham: Helen Shepherd (Helen@shepherdcharles.com). Meetings are held at Younger People with Dementia Berkshire CIO, First Floor, Indigo House, Fishponds Road, Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 2GY. Telephone: 01182 072880. If you continue on Barkham Road/B3349 with the hospital on your right, at mini-roundabout take the 1st exit onto Molly Millars Lane. At next mini-roundabout turn right onto Fishponds Road; Indigo House will be found on your left.
The next meeting will be on 28 February 2019, 2:00 - 4:00 pm.
Devon / Exeter: Karen Tapson (karentapson24@gmail.com) and Rhea Cousins (rhea.coverly@gmail.com) facilitate the monthly meetings for carers and those diagnosed with rare dementia at Powderham Castle, Kenton, Exeter, Devon EX6 8JQ (7:00pm - 8:45pm)
2020 meetings:
07 January 2020
04 February 2020
03 March 2020
07 April 2020
05 May 2020
02 June 2020
07 July 2020
04 August 2020
01 September 2020
06 October 2020
03 November 2020
01 December 2020
Gloucestershire: Richard Southerden (rsoutherden@aol.com). Meetings are held quarterly in Stonehouse near Stroud.
Hertfordshire: Di Garfield and Roberta McKee-Jackson (r.mckee-jackson@ucl.ac.uk). The group meets for lunch on the second Wednesday of every month at 12:30pm. The location will be confirmed. Once a quarter (March, June, September, December) there is a lunch followed by a speaker programme. Please contact Roberta to RSVP or for more details.
2019 meetings:
09 January 2019 -- Lunch
13 February 2019 -- Lunch
13 March 2019 -- Dr Keir Yong, DRC and Alzheimer's Society Fellowship researcher, as guest speaker; Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, 5 Park Road, Rickmansworth WD3 1HU; lunch at 1:00 pm followed by program
10 April 2019 -- Lunch
08 May 2019 -- Lunch
12 June 2019 -- Paula Tait, harpist, will play during lunch and chat; Charles Harrison will be screening the 'Neva,' a film made in collaboration with members of rare dementia support groups, followed by conversation about people's experiences of cognitive testing and an object-handling session inspired by objects seen in the film. St Andrew's Church, 37 Quickley Ln, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth WD3 5AE; lunch at 1:00 pm followed by program
10 July 2019 -- Lunch, The Windmill Harvester, 107 High Rd, Bushey, Hertfordshire, Bushey WD23 1JD
14 August 2019 -- Lunch, The Windmill Harvester, 107 High Rd, Bushey, Hertfordshire, Bushey WD23 1JD
11 September 2019 -- Emilie Brotherhood, Research Fellow, Dementia Research Centre will present results from the Dementia Choir project and discuss her current music research project. St Andrew's Church, 37 Quickley Ln, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth WD3 5AE; lunch at 1:00 pm followed by program
09 October 2019 -- Lunch
13 November 2019 -- Lunch, The Three Crowns, 1 High Rd, Bushey WD23 1EA
11 December 2019 -- Christmas Lunch & Tea, Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, 5 Park Road, Rickmansworth WD3 1HU
Kent: Robina Maslen (rkmaslen@gmail.com). This groups meets at Dobbie's Garden Centre in Gillingham. For more details and to RSVP, please contact Robina.
2019 meetings:
12 March 2019
23 April 2019
Norfolk: Eneida Mioshi, Professor of Dementia Care (e.mioshi@uea.ac.uk) and Sue Jones, Dementia Specialist Nurse (s.jones@prestige-nursing.co.uk) facilitate the monthly carer meetings. For more details and to RSVP, please contact Sue.
All group sessions will be held in the Norfolk Electronic Assistive Technology Centre (NEAT) and will run from 3:00 - 4:30pm. The NEAT Suite is located in the basement of the Queen’s Building:
University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ.
2019 meetings:
4 January 2019
1 February 2019
1 March 2019
5 April 2019
3 May 2019
7 June 2019
5 July 2019
9 August 2019
6 September 2019
Northamptonshire: Hilda Hayo (hhayo@talk21.com). Forget me not group meets on the last Tuesday of each month from 5:00 - 7:00pm at various venues for meal, chat and peer group support.
Wigan / Liverpool: Coordinated by Clare Ashcroft (clareashcroftpca@gmail.com). Monthly meetings with lunch and chat at 12:30pm at Brookes Bistro, Brookside Living, Aughton St, Ormskirk,L39 3BH. Please RSVP to Clare for additional information.
2019 meetings
18 November 2019
02 December 2019 (meetings will be held on the first Monday of each month from now on)
2020 meetings
06 January 2020
03 February 2020
02 March 2020
06 April 2020
04 May 2020
01 June 2020
06 July 2020
03 August 2020
07 September 2020
05 October 2020
02 November 2020
07 December 2020
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