Live Longer Better with Dementia Celebration Day
Deputy Lieutenant Mark Bretton MBE TD DL and his wife Leah attended the Live Longer Better with Dementia Celebration Day at Wodson Park Leisure Centre, Ware, on 6th June. The event, attended by 136 people, offered a taster of specially adapted activities, including a number of sports and dementia-friendly theatre, encouraging movement and mental stimulation. There was also a marketplace where 19 charities and dementia support organisations set up their stalls to help educate the attendees on the services available to them. Volunteers provided a packed lunch for everyone.
Dementia is a challenge for so many families, and it was both great and humbling to meet so many people determined to make the lives of those affected, their families and carers as joyous as possible. Huge credit must go to the Herts County Council’s Live Longer Better team for putting on such an excellent day.