Aylesbury Town Dementia Action Alliance
History
The previous Mayor of Aylesbury, Cllr Allison Harrison had chosen to support Dementia Awareness as part of her mayoral year in 2015/16. It was with this in mind that Aylesbury Town Council recruited a Communities Officer in April 2016 to lead on creating a ‘Dementia-Friendly’ community.
Background
Aylesbury Town Council has created a goal to make the town of Aylesbury a Dementia-Aware hub - where those living with Dementia, their carers and family as well as those involved in maintaining independent living in the Dementia community can feel supported.
Achievements
We have a dedicated Communities Officer who has successfully completed their Dementia Champion training. As a result of this, Aylesbury Town Council has been focusing on raising the profile of dementia awareness to not only our own staff, but also to members of the public, client-facing staff in various businesses, local community groups and scout and beaver groups in our town. We have welcomed over 50 people as Dementia Friends (including staff and managers at Friars Square Retail Centre) in the town.
Contact:
To find out more about becoming part of the Aylesbury Dementia Action Alliance contact: Benedicta.Lasoye@aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk
Alliance Members
- 3 Spirit UK
- Alzheimer's Society, Buckinghamshire
- Avondale Care Home
- AYLESBURY LIBRARY
- Aylesbury Town Centre Partnership
- Aylesbury Town Chaplaincy
- Aylesbury Town Council
- Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Aylesbury Vale District Council
- Aylesbury Waterside Thetare, Ambassador Theatre Group
- Bartletts Residential Home
- Buckingham Lodge Care Home
- Buckinghamshire County Council
- Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Buckinghamshire Mind
- Bucks Service User and Carer Organisation (SUCO)
- Carers Bucks
- Community Unity Projects
- Community Unity Projects Charity
- Dementia Relative Support Group
- Haddenham Medical Centre
- Home Instead Senior Care - Aylesbury Vale
- Lindengate
- Metro Bank
- NCAA (Nigerian Community Association of Aylesbury)
- ONV Promotions
- Pickup & Scott
- Quarrendon Street Association
- Skipton Building Society:Aylesbury Branch
- South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Sportif Citroen
- Thames Valley Police
- The Fremantle Trust
- The Healthy Living Centre
- The Royal British Legion
- Vamos Theatre
- Wendover Dementia Friendly Alliance