News
September 2026
🎬 Film Afternoon
Join us for Swimming with Men — Wednesday 16th September, 2pm.
A warm, funny film about a group of misfits who find friendship (and a swimming team) together. All welcome — come along for the afternoon and enjoy some company along with the film.
Our Ladies' Lunch continues on the 4th Tuesday of every month at The Angel. A lovely relaxed get-together over lunch, please email us for more details and to book your place.
📚 Training for Organisations
Do you work for an organisation that would benefit from dementia awareness training for your staff?
We're now offering bespoke training sessions, tailored to fit your team. If you'd like to arrange a session, please get in touch at training@halesworthdementia.co.uk and we'll work with you to find a time that suits.
We're hoping to get a workshop or two up and running this autumn, so if this is of interest, do reach out and let us know what you need.
Pat's life has taken in a wartime childhood in Coventry and Oxford, a career spent working with books in her local library, and over fifty happy years of marriage to Allan, filled with family and travel across Europe. More recently, Pat has faced some serious health challenges, including the loss of Allan in 2004 and a critical illness of her own, before eventually receiving a diagnosis of dementia. Through it all, Pat says it is the people around her who have made the difference and she describes the Day Centre at HDCF as somewhere that has given her back friendship, purpose and confidence, whether she's singing, doing yoga, or simply chatting with friends at the Memory Café. For her family too, the support has been life-changing, offering welcome respite and the reassurance that they're not facing this journey alone.
This month we want to say a huge thank you to Pat for so generously sharing her story with us. Pat's full story will be appearing on our website soon, keep an eye out for it.
Thank you all for your continued support of HDCF. Do contact us anytime for more information. info@halesworthdementia.co.uk
Halesworth Dementia Carers' Fund — Charity No. 1170477
