Bring in the new – Memory Social Group Market Drayton

On Wednesday 14 December 2016 a group of people living in Market Drayton came together with staff and volunteers from People2People to launch a new memory social group. The launch was a great success with information, discussion, festive activities and song, and sharing of inspirational personal stories about living with dementia.

People2People would like to take this opportunity to thank Market Drayton Junior School, teachers and members of their choir, who sang at the launch; they gave us a very special performance of Christmas songs, which was enjoyed by all.

The memory group is designed to support people with any type of dementia, and to provide a place where people with dementia can support and help one another.

People2People’s Local Support Swap project has worked closely with Memory Service, social work teams and local community members to establish this group as an opportunity for people living with the early stages of dementia to come together to socialise and support one another, while their family carers have chance to catch up with one another, or to take a bit of time out for themselves.

The group, who will have their first official group meeting in the New Year, will run from 10.30am until midday, fortnightly, meeting at the Café at Raven House Market Drayton.

If you, or someone you know, has dementia and would like to attend this group you can contact local support swap co-ordinator Margarete Davies on 01743 255776 for more information.

Perhaps you live in another area of Shropshire, and would like to volunteer to set up a new group? If you volunteer to start a new group, you will be supported very closely by local support swap through starting and then running the group. If you’d like to know more about starting your own group, please contact Margarete Davies at margarete.davies@shropshire.gov.uk or call 01743 255776.