Independent shops in Nantwich have teamed up to produce this Christmas card which they hope will raise money for charity.
A number of shops – which also put on eye-catching festive window displays – hope the card will be as successful.
A campaign to tackle stigma and lack of understanding around dementia has been backed by Nantwich businesses and volunteers.
People from care providers, police, churches, Cheshire East Cheshire, Age UK, carers and local patient representatives have formed “Creating Dementia Friendly Nantwich”.
A Memory Walk held along the Riverside in Nantwich helped raise almost £400 for Alzheimer’s Society.
The event was organised by the Home Instead Senior Care Crewe, and involved caregivers, office staff, friends and family, and Crewe & Nantwich MP Laura Smith.
A family fun day at Brookfield House residential home in Nantwich has helped to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
Nantwich firms clubbed together to donate prizes for the event at the home off Shrewbridge Road.
Care home staff in Nantwich have helped to raise more than £200 for Alzheimer’s Society.
Brookfield House Care Home, of Shrewbridge Road, was rocked last year when resident Roy Tomlinson walked out and was found dead six days later in an outbuilding.
Hospital staff in South Cheshire took part in the ‘Ride to Remember’ and helped raise more than £360 for a dementia-friendly garden.
Trust staff at Leighton Hospital, Victoria Infirmary, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre cycled on a stationary bike for 10 minutes.
Courses for carers are to be run by the Alzheimer’s Society in Nantwich.
The Alzheimer’s Society Cheshire East team is running two courses to support those who care for people with dementia.
By Jonathan White
A fund-raising music concert took place in the newly refurbished function room at Willaston Social Club.
The concert featured local bands ‘Brave New World’ and ‘The Blue Yellows’.
Staff at Nantwich Sainsbury’s store dressed up to raise money for their charity of the year, the Alzheimer’s Society.
Employees donned scary Halloween costumes and staged a Halloween bake-off with prizes for the spookiest and tastiest cakes.
Staff at Sainsbury’s in Nantwich will be raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society as their new charity of the year.
The choice was made following a vote both on-line and in the store for the three short-listed charities.
New courses for carers are being held in Nantwich by Alzheimer’s Society in Cheshire East.
The courses aim to help the carers of people affected by dementia cope with their roles.
The proceeds of a “Thanks for the Memory” dementia tribute concert was shared between Nantwich Museum and the Alzheimer’s Society.
The event, hosted by Cranage Hall Hotel and Conference Centre, featured music from the 1930s to the 1960s, played by the Dave Egerton Band.
A big band music concert Thanks for the Memory will help raise money for Nantwich Museum’s work with dementia sufferers. The concert, which will feature music from the 30s to the 60s from the Dave Egerton Band, takes place at 2pm on Sunday May 11.
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