I was invited by The Rotary Club of Radlett as a guest speaker to talk about Dementia Club UK at The Aldenham Social Club, Church Lane, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, WD25 8AY.
I was greeted by members and introduced to The President of the Rotary club Mr Clive Daley. It was a pleasure to meet everyone and had a chance before the meeting started to have a few chats with members.
My thanks to Rotarian Mr David Rose who initiated this meeting and for me to have the opportunity to talk about my charity. I was nicely surprised at the end of my speech to receive a cheque donation from the The President. My thanks to the Rotary Club of Radlett for their generous donation.
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Dr Angela Parker one of our Trustees for Dementia Club UK was instrumental in organising through the Church committee of Christ Church, Church of England parish church in Waterfall Road, The Green Arnos Grove Southgate N14 7EG a fundraiser lunch in the Church House hall. The committee choose different charities and decided on this occasion to choose Dementia Club UK.
Angela said a few words about Dementia Club UK and then Lisa expressed her thanks to the committee and all that attended the lunch. There was also a raffle drawn by Lisa. Lisa had the pleasure to talk to most of the people who attended. The lunch was very successful and raised a good amount. My thanks to Angela.
The pictures show the committee with some wearing colourful Rwanda aprons. There is also a photo with Raymond Harris who was also a pleasure chatting to.
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Dementia Club UK had a stall today at the garden fete at Stephens House & Gardens. It was a warm muggy cloudy day but lots of people attended and it was lovely to also see many Dementia Club UK members.
There were many interesting stalls selling various items. There was also the Barnet Band group who played some lovely classics.
On our stall we had costume jewellery, lace tablecloths, beautiful tea pots, mugs. Handkerchiefs and many other items including Diny's hand made beaded jewellery. Diny is one of the carer members who sometimes attends the cafe.
Dementia Club UK would like to thank Elaine and Louis who not only donated these items to Dementia Club UK but they also attended to help for the day. A huge thank you to them both for giving up their day to help. Elaine and Louis have been very supportive.
We also had our partners Rotary Club of Golders Green and their new President Adrian who had a stall next to ours. They had a very interesting ball game which attracted a lot of people. It was quite challenging.
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Our visit to Kew Gardens was very successful. The weather was just right. It was slightly cloudy but there was no rain and it was warm.
A couple of the members unfortunately were unable to go because of health issues so Annette and Melvyn came. Our BCT buses and drivers Reg and Brian were fantastic as usual and we got to Kew Gardens in 35 minutes which meant that we were very early.
Whilst we were waiting, one of the carers saw a famous TV person and ran over to him. It was George Clarke who appears in the Channel 4 TV Show Amazing Spaces. All the members were delighted to meet him and had some photos. Thank you George for being a good sport.
The members got their wheelchairs which were ordered in advance at Elizabeth Gate and we all set off to the Orangery restaurant for a cup of tea and something to eat. We had plenty of time before the Hop on Hop off Explorer train so members had a little walk.
It was then time to get on the train and the person I booked the train with arrived and gave me the tickets. Our drivers also boarded the train. I stayed behind as someone needed to look after the wheelchairs until they got back. Everyone had a great time on the train and then had free time to do what they wanted until 4pm.
One of the members commented how the last time they went to Kew Gardens was 60 years ago when it was 1 penny entrance. Members enjoyed their day and said how they would love to do it again and may be this time they would hop off the train and explore.
Our BCT buses got us back in about 1 hour which was excellent timing. A Huge thank you to BCT for their excellent service.
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We had a University student today - Zhiyuan Lin. He was interested to visit Dementia Club UK as he is studying medicine at Cambridge University. He interacted with members asking various questions for his report and was also very helpful in the session.
The session started with an activity. I gave each member a cut out of a lady or a man figure and asked them to them to draw the person they like to remember or draw themselves and may be to show what work they used to do. This started lots of conversations and memories and members were very interested to talk about their pictures. The session then followed with yoga with Richard which was great as usual.
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