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30 Oct
National Dementia Action Alliance responds to the Budget 2018
Prior to the Budget 2018 Theresa May had announced that the age of austerity was over and a fair bit of the information that would be released was leaked to the press prior to the speech on Monday 29 October. Over the weekend The Times and The Guardian ha
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26 Oct
NDAA collaborator Dr Trevor Jarvis passes away
We say a sad goodbye to the fabulous Dr Trevor Jarvis B.E.M., who passed away on 25th October.
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15 Oct
Dementia Friendly Hospitals Charter Interview: Caroline Ashton-Gough
As part of our Dementia Friendly Hospitals Charter relaunch we've been speaking to senior dementia specialists from hospitals that are signed up to the charter. Caroline Ashton-Gough is Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist at Princess Alexandra Hospital and
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12 Oct
Dementia Action Alliance Newsletter October
Welcome to the October edition of the National Dementia Action Alliance newsletter featuring new updates from our team in terms of a new starter and more details on our requests for submissions for our Annual Report 2019. We've also got news of new projec
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12 Oct
The Housing Learning and Improvement Network and the Dementia Challeng
The Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) is a sophisticated network bringing together housing, health and social care professionals in England and Wales to exemplify innovative housing solutions for an ageing population. We are focused on raisi
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10 Oct
NDAA member Innovations in Dementia awarded grant by Big Lottery Fund
NDAA member Innovations in Dementia has been awarded over £700,000 by the Big Lottery Fund. This is for a 3.5 year project called Dementia Enquirers, linked to DEEP – the UK network of dementia voices.
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09 Oct
5 Minutes with Sharon Blackburn from National Care Forum
We spoke to Sharon Blackburn who is the Policy & Communications Director at NDAA member the National Care Forum on the work they are carrying out, what that is focussed on and our own Dementia-Friendly Hospitals campaign. NCF members are not-for-profit or
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05 Oct
University of Worcester undertakes Dementia Meeting Centre Project
The University of Worcester has been awarded a major grant from the National Lottery to support people and families living with dementia across the UK. The University’s Association for Dementia Studies has been awarded a £587,000 grant from the Big Lotter
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04 Oct
New report published on Dementia and BAME Communities by VSCE
A new report has been published by the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance and produced by authors from the Race Equality Foundation on Dementia and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities. The National Dem
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25 Sep
Royal Voluntary Service joins National Dementia Action Alliance
National volunteering organisation, Royal Voluntary Service has become a member of the National Dementia Action Alliance (NDAA) to strengthen its support for people living with dementia in hospitals and the community.