Free drop-in session for friends and families of people with dementia to meet, talk and take part in activities, with advice and information.
Memory Café is back at the Wyvern Theatre on Monday 2 November, from 10:30am to 12:00. It's a drop-in space in the lower foyer, and it's part of the wider network of free Memory Cafés across Swindon. Cat Attewell, Community Engagement Officer at Home Instead Swindon, describes it as 'a great addition to the town's services'.
The idea is straightforward: it's a place where friends and families can meet, talk and take part in activities with others, and ask for advice and information. It's been running for about ten years now, so it's a well-established part of the local scene rather than a new experiment. The sessions are sponsored by Willowbrook View, an all-inclusive luxury care home in Wichelstowe that provides residential, dementia and respite care under Connaught Care's model. Comedian and Alzheimer's Society Ambassador David Baddiel supports the initiative, and he puts it simply: when someone has dementia 'you've got to remember there's still a real person there, not just a stereotype'.
It doesn't sit in isolation, either. The café runs alongside the theatre's memory cinema sessions and Memory Sing, a dementia-friendly singing group run by Wyvern staff Trudy and Carole. If you're already involved with those, this is a natural companion to them.
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It's free to attend, but spaces are limited, so you'll need to book a ticket to confirm your place. That's the main thing to keep in mind if you're planning to go. It's on Monday 2 November, 10:30am to 12:00, in the lower foyer of the Wyvern Theatre.
