Younger People with Dementia

Did you know that dementia can affect you at any time in life? We are Younger People with Dementia (YPWD), a registered charity in England and Wales who are committed to supporting those living with young onset dementia through meaningful and age-appropriate activities 💚 A HUGE thank you to Leon Silavant 🎥 for helping us to produce such an uplifting and visually beautiful amalgamation of the services we provide. For more information: www.ypwd.info

As a small charity with four small teams, we know the importance of providing team building days and aim to deliver these every six weeks when we have a break to plan for our next set of activity based workshops. This month our team day involved a pickleball tournament, a networking lunch, presentations on sustainability, marketing and service delivery and finished off with team building activities and games. We really value bringing all of our small teams together as one for training, bonding and a sharing of ideas, which is a rare and treasured occasion. The winner of our pickleball tournament was Joe, who is proudly holding his jar of pickles and mug in the picture below. Niamh was our winner of pass the parcel, who won chocolates and a whoopee cushion. We are always working on building a kind, open and positive culture at YPWD 🤝

Looking for a team social or to get into the Christmas spirit early this year? We are proud to be offering a wreath making workshop, held at The Casa Hotel on Monday 25th of November from 7:30 to 9:30pm. Of course any Christmas workshop would be incomplete without an alcoholic beverage of prosecco or mulled wine. Teas, coffees and hot chocolates are also available, all included in the ticket price. Tickets are limited so be sure to grab yours before they sell out! Ticket costs will go towards supporting families with young onset dementia in the community 💚 Get yours now, act quickly and get £5 off with our early bird tickets: https://lnkd.in/e-cbuCV3

It’s never too early to buy cards for Christmas, especially as it supports Younger People with Dementia! 🎄☃ Send winter wishes with our cards which are sold in packs of 10, with envelopes and a personalised backing slip. Each card also contains a small message from our charity, and with 3 beautiful designs to choose from, you can’t go wrong. Follow the link below to get yours ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eKzgiRAn

Last Tuesday, our Joint Director of Services Charlie visited Utulivu Women's Group to present about our charity at their weekly coffee morning. This was done with a view to connecting with the wider community and raising awareness on young onset dementia. We were also thrilled to be joined by the British Transport Police! #Community #Dementia #Youngonset #Networking

You can help support our charity in providing our integral support services for families living with young onset dementia 🤝 Simply follow the link below and fill in the form to nominate Younger People with Dementia to win £1,000 from The Benefact Group. It should only take one minute. Thank you ❤️

The perfect Monday treat... Join us for a magical evening of singing and live music with our dementia choirs, helping you to get into the Christmas spirit 🎅 Younger People with Dementia (CIO) are excited to announce that our annual Christmas Concert will be taking place on Tuesday the 10th of December, running from 7pm to 9:30pm at The Whitty Theatre in Wokingham. With more raffle prizes up for grabs than ever before, why not come along and join the festivities? Book your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/ed9uiehb Ticket costs will help us provide support and activity-based workshops for people who have received a dementia diagnosis under the age of 65 and their families. So whilst you enjoy a wonderful evening of entertainment, you will be helping our amazing team to continue to provide vital services for those we support. We can't wait to see you there 🎊

Meet our lovely Sharon and Richard 💚 Sharon and her husband Richard have been receiving support from our charity since 2022 when Sharon was diagnosed with young onset dementia in her early 60’s. They have been attending our dementia choir in Berkshire together every week since being referred to our services and Richard benefits from the carer support network. Here they share how YPWD has made a difference to their lives. If your business would be interested in choosing us as your charity of choice for 2025, or you would like to fundraise in aid of our support services, please contact marketing@ypwd.info and we will do our best to ensure we both get the best out of the partnership 🤝 #charity #dementia #support Filmed by Leon Silavant 🎥

Find out more about our Dementia Choirs recent performance at Windsor Castle in the Slough Observer 🎶 https://lnkd.in/eC-3TgtQ

We are delighted to be in with a chance to win £1,500 from Tesco Wokingham. But we need your help! 🙏 We need you to pick up a blue token when shopping in the Wokingham store and vote for our charity in the Stronger Starts scheme. Drop your blue token in the right hand side to vote for Younger People with Dementia 💚 Our charity supports families affected by young onset dementia in Berkshire, Surrey, North East Hampshire and Farnham. To find out more: www.ypwd.info/introduction.