On 24th June 2022 we had our first DFEL Gathering since Covid arrived in March 2022. A lot has happened then aand we’ve been inspired by how communities supported each other during the lockdowns. If anyone doubted that community matters, they surely can’t doubt it any more. The most exciting news for us is […]
The Haddington Friendship Group first met in March 2017 at the Maitlandfield House Hotel. The Group was set up because people who came along to the NHS Memory Course wanted to stay in touch. People with dementia, carers and friends were warmly welcomed to pop in and the Maitlandfield always managed to squeeze us in. […]
MUSSELBURGH MEETING CENTRE: THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES On Wednesday 16th March 19 people from across Musselburgh and beyond met in St Andrews High Church to hear about progress with setting up a Meeting Centre in the town. This was part of a series of community conversations about setting up a Meeting Centre in Musselburgh. You […]
THE SEASIDE SINGERS The Covid Pandemic was for many of us a time of sadness and loss but also of moments of joy and community. Lockdown increased social isolation and loneliness and deepened and entrenched loneliness and struggle. The community responded with practical help, kindness and creative ways to help isolated and isolating people feel […]
Our Celebrating Communities project was designed to celebrate and build on the remarkable community responses to lockdown in 2020. It was a short but critical project that made a bridge between conversations and aspirations generated during lockdown and whatever came next. The project explicitly focused on the whole community and including people with dementia and carers […]
25 & 26 November 2021 – Brunton Theatre 29 November & 1 December 2021 – Musselburgh Library Over the 4 sessions, Christine Ryder and colleagies from Outside the Box spoke to around 50-60 people in total. Only 1 or 2 people had heard of a Meeting Centre. Everyone they spoke to thought it was a […]
The Magic The Magic – written by Yvie George to reflect her experiences when she worked at the Leominster Meeting Centre in Herefordshire. Yvie went on to help establish Meeting Centres in Powys, Wales as part of Dementia Matters in Powys. You can read the full poem below and see a video here What makes a Meeting Centre? […]
We started the conversation about a Musselburgh Meeting Centre in late 2019 and held our first community event in February 2020 (report is HERE). Then Covid happened. Life changed and we all focussed on keeping each other and our comunities safe. Covid highlighted the real need for better support for people with dementia and […]