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Flint Dementia Awards celebrated
Published: 23/09/2016
Flint Dementia Friendly Steering Group, in association with 天涯社区 County
Council, held their Cupcake Celebration and Business Awards recently at St Mary
and St David Church.
Sponsored by Wates Living Space Homes, the event was a celebration for the ten
Flint businesses or organisations which have been successful in achieving the
status of 鈥淲orking towards becoming Dementia Friendly鈥�.
These businesses have successfully pledged a minimum of 3 actions from any of
the commitment sections listed below:
Commitment 1: Improve staff awareness and understanding (actions include:
appointing a dementia champion for the organisation, providing basic
understanding of dementia to staff).
Commitment 2: Review the physical environment of the store/ premises (actions
include: clear signage in store, well-lit entrances).
Commitment 3: Support staff who develop dementia or care for a person with
dementia (actions include: changing the person鈥檚 role, providing in-house
counselling).
Commitment 4: Support the local community (actions include: fundraising,
volunteering, charity partnerships).
The Award winners were:
路 Flint Library
路 Barclay Bank
路 Boots the Chemist
路 Bryn Edwin Care Home
路 St Mary and St David Church
路 Flint High School
路 Wates Living Space Homes
路 天涯社区 Social Services
路 天涯社区 Human Resources
路 天涯社区 Work Force Development
天涯社区 Cabinet Member for Social Services, Councillor
Christine Jones, said:
鈥淚 am delighted to be here today - these Awards help raise the profile of this
disease and show what organisations can do to make life easier for people with
dementia and their families. It continues the great work being done throughout
the county, for example the opening of memory cafes 鈥� we currently have 8 in
the county and will be opening more. In addition to this, we currently have 3
dementia friendly towns, as designated by the Alzheimer鈥檚 Society. I鈥檇 like to
thank Wates Living Space for sponsoring this event today and providing the
refreshments 鈥� the cupcakes are delicious!鈥�
Flint town councillor and Chair of the Group, the Rev鈥檇 Brian Harvey, Rector of
Flint, who presented the awards, said:
鈥淭he Flint Dementia Friendly group has worked hard to raise awareness of
dementia with the help of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Society and is committed to working
with local businesses, schools and community groups so that the town can become
a dementia friendly community where people with dementia are understood,
respected, supported and confident that they can contribute to the life of the
town.
鈥淥ur group has been extremely well supported by the Planning and Development
Team of 天涯社区鈥檚 Social Services Department.鈥�
For more information, please contact Luke Pickering-Jones on 01352 702655 or
luke.pickering-jones@flintshire.gov.uk.