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HOPE FOR HOME ANNOUNCES EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH AGE UK LAMBETH!

In May 2021 Hope for Home signed a new agreement to work in partnership with Age UK Lambeth. Age UK will be running two weekly drop-in centres for people with dementia and their carers, continuing the Magnolia Club in Gipsy Hill, and adding an exciting new venue in Brixton. Moreover, they have agreed to add an additional third venue at no extra cost! 

The Board of Hope for Home are delighted with this new partnership. We believe that Age UK Lambeth’s strong established roots in the community together with their excellent reputation for delivering high-class services to their local community will complement our support for people caring for their loved one with dementia at home.

Kim Connell, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Age UK Lambeth said: “We are very delighted about this exciting new partnership with Hope for Home! We are passionate about delivering new services to help unpaid carers looking after their loved ones with dementia in our local community. This group are so often very neglected and under-supported for their invaluable contributions. They may be very hidden, and carry on their role day after day, week after week, with little contact from others. This situation has been made much more challenging in these times of Covid. Several of our staff have already been trained in the Namaste approach, via St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney, and we are all very keen to start these exciting new projects.”

These groups started in early August 2021, and are funded for one calendar year.

Age UK Lambeth

Registered Office: Third Floor, 336 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7AA

Registered Charity Number: 1063497; Company Number: 3252067

Our work with people with advanced dementia


Hear our Trustee Lourdes Colclough describing  her pioneering work with trained  volunteers visiting people with advanced dementia at home.

New video from one of our volunteers

 


Our annual conference 2021!

We are planning to deliver a virtual conference this autumn, with the theme of “How to Die Well with Dementia at Home”. More details to come.

Our annual conference 2019

Following the success of our London conference in 2018, we ran a subsequent conference in November 2019. This was very kindly hosted by Ardgowan Hospice in Greenock, Scotland with the theme of bereavement and loss. 

The event was over-subscribed, with over 70 people attending from across the UK. Our speakers included representatives from the academic sector, carers, and project leaders delivering services to people with dementia and their carers.

The evaluations were very positive and, prior to the start of the pandemic, we had planned to repeat this event, but in 2020 sadly, this was not possible. 

Here are some photos of the event: