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Norbury Court Summer Fayre Saturday 24th July 2021

19th July 2021

It’s the Firshill Norbury Court Summer Fayre this Saturday 24th July from 12-4.30pm on Devon Road (top end of Burngreave) in support of adults living with dementia. Entertainment by Alex John with 50s 60s 70s music [Read more]

Dementia friendly Burngreave

4th November 2019

Story by Rosie Strathearn-Brady | Photos by James Woollen Dementia is a term used to describe a number of symptoms that occur as a result of disease which damages part of the brain. Whilst Alzheimer’s [Read more]

Pitsmoor Community Dementia Day

5th November 2018

The Burngreave/Pitsmoor Community Dementia Day is a project among colleagues from the Alzheimer’s Society, SOAR, Enrichment for the Elderly, and the Dementia? Welcome! Café. Sufferers of dementia may think there is not help available. We [Read more]

A decade of knitting and nattering

18th June 2018

Story by Val Ellis | Photo by Howard Spencer As the facilitator of our Primary Mental Health Care Project, based in St Peters Church, I think it’s fantastic we have reached our tenth anniversary, and [Read more]

2 ladies dancing, holding hands, one is twirling round underneath the arm of another. they are wearing casual clothes, and they are dancing inside a room.

Dancing at the Dementia? Welcome! Café

16th June 2017

Story by Nick Edmondson | Photo by James Woollen This year we have been exploring ‘dance’, inspired by BBC2’s ‘Our Dancing Town’ and a short video we watched called ‘You said you liked the dancing’ by [Read more]