Beyond Dementia is governed and strengthened by a skilled and highly motivated Board of Trustees, the vast majority with personal or professional experience of caring for someone with dementia.
Day to day, the charity is run by a team of experienced operational managers under the leadership of Chief Executive Sarah Marriott. We employ around 130 staff and value the great contribution of more than 200 volunteers. Our patron is the Marchioness of Lansdowne.
We value our partnerships and collaboratively with other organisations to achieve the best outcomes for people living with dementia.
We are proud to be part of the Carers Together Wiltshire and Voice It Hear It consortiums providing support to family carers and opportunities for feedback on services.
Beyond Dementia is part of Carers Together Wiltshire which offers a broad range of support to unpaid family carers. These include carer assessments, activities, respite, advice, counselling, coaching, training and support (including peer-support).
Voice It, Hear It, is a collaboration of organisations. Together it unifies the collective strength of its partners to support the voice and engagement of people in Wiltshire.
We work with communities across Wiltshire, providing information, training and specialist support to enhance local initiatives on dementia awareness.
We work alongside family carers, providing information and emotional support throughout the course of the illness.
We work alongside the people we support, and actively include their ideas and feedback in everything we do.
We are registered with the Care Quality Commission and inspected as a Domiciliary Care Service Provider. Our latest inspection report (Good, November 2022)
Beyond Dementia has achieved all levels of PQASSO (Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations), and is registered with the Fundraising Regulator.
Expand provision of high quality integrated and person centred support services for people with dementia and their carers
Increase public and professional awareness and understanding of dementia through good quality information
Improve access to diagnosis and services through defined dementia pathway
Safeguard equality of access to services and information for all groups of society
Work collaboratively with relevant organisations to achieve best outcomes for people with dementia and their carers
Sustain a highly trained and robust workforce to meet future challenges
Actively support the implementation of the Wiltshire Dementia Strategy
