Scottish Ballet has been awarded £150,000 by the Life Changes Trust to enable them to become dementia friendly. They will use the funding to set up a programme of dementia
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Are you interested in learning more about the life stories art form? Award-winning arts charity Re-Live is running two five-day training programmes to help health and social care professionals who
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The Initial Teacher Education (ITE) team at the University of Derby has donated £1,500 to Plus One, a joint initiative between Derby Theatre and other major arts organisations in the
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A Welsh charity is launching a new bi-lingual resource pack to help care home staff and residents to run creative activities workshops. Age Cymru’s cARTrefu project is sending a cARTrefu
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The powerful role of theatre in educating people on sexual and domestic violence and abuse is being demonstrated by a Drama student and alumni from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU)
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National Champion for Alzheimer’s Research UK, Lee Pearse, is holding an art exhibition at Sheffield Hallam University in November, revolving around the theme of dementia. ‘All Our Brains’ is a
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People living with dementia, their families and carers are being invited to join with professionals who support people with dementia in the health service, commercial and third sectors and with
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Scotland’s care homes are being encouraged to support older people to enjoy and participate in the creative arts. That was the message from the Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s social care scrutiny
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An exhibition of art by the homeless is being organised to counter negative attitudes to rough sleepers and to help them regain their voice and dignity. University of Brighton psychologist
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Creative activities, such as designing musical instruments, can improve the quality of life of people with dementia, according to researchers at Lancaster University. The ‘Ageing Playfully’ research project also found
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