Our strange journey, living with LB dementia - 9 years in since diagnosis https://teapaw.org/t.co/OkgfLKFz1K
London, UK
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Chel and the Bear retweeted
Snaps from Sunday - 1 year anniversary of my monthly Mindful Crafternoon for Adults. I run these sessions for stressed out Londoners voluntarily tickets are pay what you can donated to charity @theCALMzone. Grateful to @Londonist for bring the only media outlet to support it 🙏🏼🌈
ALT Group of 6 happy people sat in a circle making pompom
ALT Close up of a girl stitching a black cat Brooch
ALT Table of adults with their heads down crafting
ALT Birthday card coasters & candle holders made on the day
Chel and the Bear retweeted
Drop everything!
the latest Our #DEEP News is out! dementiavoices.org.uk/wp-con…
@elhijodevera
Chel and the Bear retweeted
Latest edition of Our #DEEP News winging its way to 1000 people in groups. Special tribute edition to @WendyPMitchell Can't wait? You can read the PDF here bit.ly/3JbONs2
Chel and the Bear retweeted
Everyone who runs a group should buy a batch for newcomers over the next year PLUS if any #memoryclinics are on here, do yourself and your patients a favour and order a box @HumberNHSFT @ResearchHumber 🙏
Wow!
Down to the last 1,000 print copies of Knowledge is Power England….
Such a positive and amazing response.
Email [email protected]
Or take a look and share the online version here
A positive resource for and by people with dementia
dementiavoices.org.uk/wp-con…
🥳😍🏅✨💛✨Our Handbook has gone to the publisher's proof reader... by @Craftivists unbound.com/books/craftivist…
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Chel and the Bear retweeted
Beautiful tribute to a wonderful man, George Alagiah, by his great friend @sophieraworth
George taught me so much about living - I will miss him terribly bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
Chel and the Bear retweeted
As part of this years @Waterloofestiv MFC are running an experimental free arts day on Monday 17th July!
Run away and embrace your circus with us at @stjohnswaterloo✨
We start our day with a Samba workshop with The London School of Samba🥁
Full Details: bit.ly/3PQVxQT
Chel and the Bear retweeted
Announcing Waterloo Festival 2023!🎪🚨
The annual celebration of arts, heritage and community makes a return between the 14th and the 17th July 2023, with the theme of 'Circus'. Check out the programme here: bitly.ws/IjrE. @stjohnswaterloo
Chel and the Bear retweeted
When life throws you a curved ball never give up on yourself……2 Honorary Doctorates & 2 Sunday Times Best sellers all since a diagnosis of dementia. Never give up on yourself……you only get one chance at life, LIVE IT, don’t give up. PLUS now my final book out June 22nd ☺️….
Chel and the Bear retweeted
Wasn’t expecting to be in the papers today….
A lovely photo taken by Alex Telfer. It was a grey day & he said he’d make it sunny….well me thinks he succeeded and the second photo is the area in my garden he took it behind☺️
Original Observer Photography theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Chel and the Bear retweeted
“Unpaid carers like me prop up a failing system”
To mark #CarersWeek, Carers Trust has worked with Denise Wilkins, an unpaid carer from @greenwichcarers to publish this article in the @Guardian on the very real challenges facing #UnpaidCarers
Chel and the Bear retweeted
Today we had our smallest #TeamGSTT members visit our children and young people at @EvelinaLondon.
Our @PetsAsTherapyUK dogs, Rosie and Wally, had a paw-some time with Rhys, Archie, Thomas, and many more of our patients.
Thanks for stopping by! 🐶
ALT Photo of Rhys with Wally
ALT Photo of Thomas with Rosie
ALT Photo of Archie with Rosie
Thank you! 💪 – at England, United Kingdom
Firstly thank you. To carers @RachelCurtis82 and Shirley who were just stellar and our team from @OxfamGB who got us into the room.
We put the lived experience of our carer community at the heart of our conversations with decision makers this #CarersWeek #RealCarersWeek
ALT Oxfam and We Care at Carers Week Claire, Silvia, Ridhi, Shirley, Katy and Rachel.
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Chel and the Bear retweeted
"The government is failing to support disabled people and we are paying the price. Cuts to public funding of support services for disabled people since 2010 mean families face mounting pressures as they struggle to fill the gap."
Thankyou @BigIssue bigissue.com/opinion/the-gov…
Chel and the Bear retweeted
Tuesday 23rd May at 4pm we welcome DEEPers to join a Zoom for an editorial meeting for Our DEEP News.
If you would like to come along or you have an article to submit please email [email protected] by 2pm Tuesday.
I just wrote a @WeAreCarers letter: Invite your MP to the debate on additional financial Support for disabled people on 22nd May at 4.30pm . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/in…
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