“Friendship, a state of enduring affection, esteem, intimacy, and trust between two people. In all cultures, friendships are important relationships throughout a person’s life span.” Britannica You need friends… Friends make life sweet. Friendship can be a wave to a fellow dog walker every morning, supporting a life-long friend, closer than our family; or enjoying […]
Welcome to the DFEL Summer Newsletter. It’s been a busy and exciting year so far with a new team, the opening of the Musselburgh Meeting Centre, new Friendship Groups and our Training Workshops. We also have 2 new strategies – the Scottish Government Dementia Strategy and the draft East Lothian Dementia Strategy. The New Scottish Dementia […]
The conversation began way back in 2018, when Professor Dawn Brooker came to Haddington to tell us about Meeting Centres (here’s the link). We agreed at our Spring Gathering to ask the Health and Social Care Partnership to set up Meeting Centres in East Lothian and by late 2019, we got together to set up […]
It’s Dementia Awareness Week, and a chance to raise the profile about dementia, help build understanding, share information and inspire people to look at dementia differently. We’re anticipating the new Scottish Government Dementia Strategy will be out this week and the East Lothian Dementia Strategy will follow. We’ll do blogs on these and let you […]
We’re recruiting! We’re looking for two support workers to join the new team to run the Musselburgh Meeting Centre. There are two posts, both part time, both based in Musselburgh If you’d like to find out more or get a job application pack, please contact: E mail: fiona@dfel.org.uk Phone: 07984 498870. We look forward to […]
Dementia Friendly East Lothian and the Musselburgh Area Partnership share a vision of Musselburgh as place where people living with dementia and unpaid carers are valued and respected members of our community. We are passionate that dementia is about everyone. Over the last few years. we’ve been meeting with community groups and activists to talk […]
We’re looking for someone special to do a very special job – to join us to set up and run The Musselburgh Meeting Centre, East Lothian’s first Meeting Centre. The post is now being advertised and we’re excited to see who applies. Our vision is that The Musselburgh Centre will change the lives of the Members […]
Work to develop the Musselburgh Meeting Centre – East Lothian’s first – is underway. Thank you to all the many people that have helped to get us here – it’s been quite a journey! We first talked about Meeting Centres at the Scottish Universities Insight Institute Gathering in Haddington in January 2018: Changing thinking […]