A group of volunteers from Rethink in Bath holding 'I Understand More' cards after their session

How businesses can get involved

Empower your team to feel more confident interacting with customers with dementia.

Why dementia awareness is good for business

Whether it is understanding more about how to support someone who may be confused, how to improve your signage, or how to communicate more effectively, small steps and changes can make a great difference. And what is good practice for people with dementia is good service for all your customers.

Dementia awareness sessions have been held in Wiltshire for taxi drivers, bank employees, staff at Waitrose, Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsburys

We can come out to groups of any size, but if you are a small team why not get together with neighbouring businesses on the street and request a joint session to help resources go further. We normally charge £10 towards our costs.

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35%

Of people living with dementia leave their homes just once a week

10%

Of people living with dementia leave their homes just once a month

1 in 3

people will develop a form of dementia during their lifetime

"We learned a lot about the way dementia affects people and how people can become isolated. Now the team all want to get involved and to make the pub a dementia friendly environment. We know now that it is really easy to do."

Staff member Cross Keys Pub

Find out more about Understanding Dementia

Trainer Annie Clayton with a group of six Understanding Dementia champions holding 'I understand more' cards
Understanding Dementia

Find out more about dementia, how it can affect someone and small things everyone can do to help.

Understanding Dementia is an interactive and engaging one hour session developed here at Beyond Dementia to help everyone understand more. 
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How schools can help

Specially tailored Understanding Dementia sessions for primary and secondary schools
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How groups can get involved

If you are involved if a sports club, social club, or organisation of any size, why not find out how you can do more as a group to welcome people living with dementia.