- 01274 583364
- elizabeth@thememorytree.org.uk
MEMORY TREE SERVICE UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2021:
Our Memory Clubs are able to continue meeting during the national lockdown under an exemption for support groups for people living with long term conditions or bereavement issues.
However, numbers are limited so booking is essential.
For bookings and referrals please contact Elizabeth Anderson
Phone: 01274 583364
Text: 07766 220725
Email: elizabeth@thememorytree.org.uk
Meetings are for people with dementia and carers to attend together for social and emotional support and involve a mixture of reminiscence discussions, quizzes and other dementia-friendly activities
Meetings are held in accordance with risk assessments for the control of Covid-19.
Current Meeting Patterns
The Memory Tree
@ Low Moor
1st and 3rd Wednesdays
10.30 am to 12.00 pm
Aldersgate Methodist Church, Common Rd, Low Moor,
BD12 0TW
The Memory Tree
@ Idle
2nd and 4th Tuesdays
11.00 am to 12.45 pm
Idle Baptist Church,
Bradford Road, Idle,
BD10 9PE
The Memory Tree
@ Shipley
2nd and 4th Wednesdays
11 am to 12.45 pm
St Peter’s Church, The Lounge, Moorhead Lane, Shipley,
BD18 4JH
The Memory Tree
@ Keighley
2nd and 4th Fridays
1.30 pm to 3.00 pm
Keighley Shared Church Hall, Market Street, Keighley,
BD21 5AD
Useful Phone Numbers
Local support & advice
Alzheimer’s Society: 01274 586008
Carers’ Resource – Bradford: 01274 449660
Carers’ Resource – Skipton: 01756 700888
Dementia Friendly Keighley: 07452 773788
Getting Help
Adult Social Care Access Point: 01274 435400
(if you can’t get through ring Alzheimer’s Society, Carers Resource or Dementia Friendly Keighley on the numbers above).
For medical concerns and issues relating to carer fatigue contact your GP Surgery OR NHS 111 (telephone or online)
First Response: (help in a Mental Health Crisis): 0800 952 1181
MIND Bradford: 0800 1 884 884 (Guide-Line) | Mind in Bradford
Bereavement Support: West Yorkshire Care Partnership, 0808 1963833 Grief and Loss | www.griefandlosswyh.co.uk
If a person with dementia has gone missing – contact the police: non-emergency, 101; emergency 999
Concerns about Covid 19: NHS 111 (telephone or online)
If you need help because you are having to self-isolate contact Bradford Council on 01274 431000
If you are concerned you or the person you care for is having a stroke ring 999
F (Face), A (Arms), S (Speech), T (Time to ring the ambulance)
In any other emergency ring 999
National helplines – leave a message asking them to phone you back if you can’t get through.
Admiral Nurses UK: 0800 888 6678
Alzheimer’s Society: 0300 222 1122
Useful websites
Alzheimer’s Society Talking Point
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/dementia-talking-point-our-online-community
Dementia UK – Dementia Information, About dementia
https://www.dementiauk.org/dementia-uk-coronavirus-advice/
Carers UK – We’re here to make life better for carers
https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/health/looking-after-your-health/coronavirus-covid-19
Age UK – https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/coronavirus/
Lifted Care Coronavirus and dementia – ideas for staying active and well – Lifted
www.liftedcare.com
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The Memory Tree CIC, 22 Bankfield Drive, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 4AD
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Elizabeth Anderson
01274 583364