Scintilla Cricket Club supports Dementia Awareness Week

Essex County Cricket League Premier Division champions Scintilla CC are supporting Dementia Awareness Week. The team posed for a picture with their Dementia Friends badges and information leaflets to highlight the cause.

Club Captain Ahmed Choudhury said: “Dementia affects young and old alike. With love and support people can lead happy, fruitful lives. We are very happy to support Dementia Awareness Week and help make a difference to the lives of people living with dementia.”

The Alzheimer’s Society believes passionately that life doesn’t end when dementia begins – that it’s possible to hold on to your life and to do and experience new things. That’s why the Society is encouraging all supporters to do something new during Dementia Awareness Week. Here’s some ways in which you can spread the word.

Marathon sessions
This Friday, 22nd May the first ever 24 hour marathon of back-to-back Dementia Friends Information Sessions will be taking place. From 10am on Friday to 10am on Saturday, 23rd May, Dementia Friends Champions across the country will be running Information Sessions – throughout the night and the early hours of the morning! If you’re not a Dementia Friend yet, why not book up on one of the Sessions?
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/WEBNewsStory?storyId=a0B2000000cO35eEAC&utm_campaign=Dementia+Friends+May+Newsletter&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=#.VVrcq-29LCS

Become a Dementia Friend or Champion
Do something new and become a Dementia Friend for Dementia Awareness Week, if you aren’t one already! A Dementia Friend learns a little bit more about what it’s like to live with dementia and then turns that understanding into action. From helping someone to find the right bus to spreading the word about dementia on social media, every action counts.
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/?utm_campaign=Dementia+Friends+May+Newsletter&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=#.VVrcyu29LCQ