Rotherham North Area Assembly
Rotherham North Area Assembly is a strategic partnership made up of ward councillors, partners and community representatives. It is important to note that the Area Assembly is more than just a meeting it is one way of bringing people together who live and work in an area to make a difference. It aims to put Communities in control over local decisions to enable improvement in services and regeneration activities. This covers the following areas of Rotherham Kimberworth, Kimberworth Park, Wingfield, Greasbrough, Blackburn, Thorpe Hesley, Masbrough, Ferham, Henley, Rockingham, Meadowbank, Richmond Park, Scholes, Thornhill.
- Updated:
- 23 December 2015
- Location:
- Yorkshire and Humber
- Local Alliances:
- Rotherham Dementia Action Alliance
1. Action Plan
The Rotherham North Area Assembly can help to keep dementia on the agenda and raise people’s awareness of the work being done by Rotherham Dementia Action Alliance (RDAA).
We can encourage community organisations and local businesses within our areas to get involved and become members of the RDAA.
We can include dementia in the work being done locally with the SYP – safer Neighbourhood teams recognising that the people living with dementia in our area may feel vulnerable.
We will encourage more dementia awareness in our area.
2. Actions
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Promotion of RDAA
We will help to raise awareness about the working being done within RDAA to as many communities / organisations as possible carrying a supply of information both in hard copy format and electronically.
We will pass on the contact details of any interested organisations to RDAA
- Status:
- Planning
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Use of Social Media
We will help raise the profile of the work of RDAA with in the media following them on Twitter and Facebook
- Status:
- Planning
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Dementia Awareness
We as a group will become Dementia Friends and host a Dementia Awareness session opening this up to others promoting dementia awareness within the community
- Status:
- Planning
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Service user involvement
To involve tenants, residents and neighbourhood centres as possible raising dementia awareness ensuring that the voices of people with dementia are still heard.,
- Status:
- Planning
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Sign posting and Distribution of Information
Distribute Worried about your memory Leaflets and information social out lets for people living with dementia to reduce the risk of social isolation .
- Status:
- Planning