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Volunteer Learning Refresh 2026

As we enter a new year, to provide Help and Hope to all those affected by dementia in 2026, we must first make sure we're a safe and secure Society.

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Mail Metro Media partnership

Dementia is the most urgent health and social care issue – a national priority. 
We know the steps it will take to create a future where dementia no longer devastates lives. But we cannot do this alone.

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Book group: Remember When by Fiona Phillips

We read a compelling memoir from a well-known TV presenter who was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s at age 61.

We read a compelling memoir from a well-known TV presenter who was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s at age 61.

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28 November 2025
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Take part in our Dementia together magazine book group

Read Anna and the Beast, by Christine Reddall, and tell us what you think about it for our book group.

Read Anna and the Beast, by Christine Reddall, and tell us what you think about it for our book group.

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28 November 2025
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Puzzle from the latest Dementia together magazine

Take a break and print out this puzzle to try from December/January’s Dementia together magazine. Answers will be in the following magazine.

Take a break and print out this puzzle to try from December/January’s Dementia together magazine. Answers will be in the following magazine.

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28 November 2025
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Enter our competitions
Dementia together magazine has great competition and giveaway prizes in every issue. See what’s up for grabs in our latest issue and enter online. Dementia together magazine has great competition and giveaway prizes in every issue. See what’s up for grabs in our latest issue and enter online.
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28 November 2025
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Our regular support email gives you the latest dementia advice, personal stories and updates.  

Sign up to hear more about our work and help us create a future where dementia no longer devastates lives. It will take a society to beat dementia.

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What role does sodium play in vascular dementia?

Dr Philbert is measuring if sodium levels in the brains of living people could help to diagnose vascular dementia in the future.

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Knit a fiddle toy Elf for people living with dementia
Knitted fiddle toys can be helpful for people with dementia with restless hands. Knit our festive Snuggle Elf to give as a seasonal toy. Knitted fiddle toys can be helpful for people with dementia with restless hands. Knit our festive Snuggle Elf to give as a seasonal toy.
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12 November 2025
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PhD student Isabella Gooday

Meet Isabella, supervised by Professor Sarah Smith at Leeds Beckett University. As a PhD student at our I-CARE Doctoral Training Centre, Isabella will explore how marginalised communities experience diagnosis and care for mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

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PhD student Sarah Feltham-Chesshire

Meet Sarah, supervised by Dr Sarah Griffiths at University College London. As a PhD student at our I-CARE Doctoral Training Centre, Sarah's looking at how financial hardship affects people living with dementia and their carers.

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