Holt business and residents working to become a dementia friendly community

Local business owners, staff, PCSOs and residents in Holt are working to make a dementia friendly community.

The group recently took part in a dementia friends session at the Peal O’Bells in Holt.

The one hour dementia friends sessions, run by a dementia champion from Wrexham Council, aim to give people more awareness on what it is like to live with dementia.

A dementia friends session has also been completed with the Holt Community Councillors. So, Holt is well underway to being recognised as being a dementia friendly community.

There are 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this number is expected to rise to 1 million by 2021.

Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative and has just celebrated reaching 3 million dementia friends across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

If you would like to get in touch to either receive dementia awareness training please contact – [email protected] or if you are interested in entering the care industry to help care and support those living with dementia please contact [email protected]