Glenn Rees, chair of Alzheimer’s Disease International, recently visited the Amsterdam Meeting Centre ‘De Pijp’. Read about his visit in the latest issue of the Global Perspective.

Do you want to find out about the Meeting Centre Support Programme?   On 16 March 2016 a workshop on the Meeting Centre Support Progamme is being organized in Hereford, UK.   This workshop will cover: – The background to Meeting Centres – history, principles and ethos including the adjusting to change approach. – How […]

On a sunny Thursday morning in February I enter the colourful building of the Centro Socio Ricreativo e Culturale, that only half an hour later will be filled with cheerful talking and laughter of the 15 persons with dementia and their carers who are being expected. At that moment I meet the only person who […]

An Auction of Promises was held at the New Inn in Pembridge, Herefordshire to raise money for activity equipment for the Leominster Meeting Centre. There was a wide variety of promises, 40 in fact to bid for, including Zumba classes, clay pigeon shooting, a magician for an hour, horse massage and a flying lesson. £ 1900 […]

Leominster Meeting Centre is the second in the UK and opened its doors on the 1st February 2016. The Centre is situated opposite Leominster Leisure Centre and is easily accessible with plenty of parking and a short walk from the local shops. The official launch will take place on the 3rd May 2016 but in […]

Both of the Meeting Centres in Milan prepared a Christmas party in which representatives of the Municipality of Milan and of the Don Gnocchi Foundation were present together with caregivers, relatives of people with dementia and also representatives of the community. Both of the parties were a success!   The Christmas party in the District […]

Click here to read the MeetingDem Newsletter December 2015.

‘A leading Professor in helping people to live well with dementia has delivered an engaging seminar as the UK’s first specialist Meeting Centre has been launched.’   Read the whole article on the website of the University of Worchester.

Droitwich Spa’s exciting new Meeting Centre project for people affected by dementia was officially launched on Friday 20th November by Henry Sandon MBE of Antiques Roadshow fame with a crowd of over 100 people in attendance.   The Meeting Centre opened in September and has been building momentum and interest in the local community. A […]

The Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP) and the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) have joined forces in a Call to Action around ‘Dementia Words Matter’. Click here to see the guidelines on language about dementia.   Find out more at the DAA website