Drumming Down Dementia Project funded by Arts Council
Worthing Dementia Hub has been awarded £7,550 for Drumming Down Dementia sessions We are delighted to announce this new project funded by the Arts Council England that will deliver 50 […]
New Dementia Hub Opens in Worthing
Dementia Friendly Worthing and Abbeyfield Ferring Society have launched a new hub, funded for three years by the National Lottery Community Fund. The hub is situated at 46 Goring Road, […]
Dementia Friendly Worthing Schools Video
Dementia Action Week in Worthing sees Dementia Friendly Worthing launch a video for schools’ assemblies We have a host of events, virtual and otherwise, during Dementia Action Week 17-23 May, […]
Time for Dementia Sussex restart
Local families affected by dementia are being invited to take part in Time for Dementia, an award-winning programme, to help train the healthcare professionals of tomorrow and improve dementia care. […]
National Lottery Funding – Press release
National Lottery Funding for a Worthing Dementia Hub, innovative day services and support for people with dementia and their families Dementia Friendly Worthing and Abbeyfield Ferring Society are delighted to […]
Easter Concert for people with dementia and carers
Our first intergenerational Easter Concert was held virtually on 31 March and went out live on Facebook. What a success! Over 1,000 people participated and interacted through Zoom and the […]
Blue Peter Badge for Carol Concert singer
We were delighted to feature Megan, a young singer from Worthing, in our virtual Christmas Carol Concert and to hear that she had been awarded a Blue Peter badge for […]
Claim your council tax discount
How to claim the ‘severely mentally impaired’ council tax discount if a member of your family has dementia or is, as they class it, severely mentally impaired. There are thousands […]
Report on Steering Group Meeting 26 Jan 2021
Update on the work of Dementia Friendly Worthing and minutes of the steering group meeting We held a virtual steering group meeting on 26th January 2021 and were delighted to […]
Read about dementia service updates
Our January newsletter is twice the size due to the new lockdown service updates, diary dates for the spring and news of the activity bags which we gave out before […]