Stories

• Rob & Karen - Champion super team!

  05 Mar 2025

  Rob Beattie, 65, left school at 15 with no qualifications and joined the Royal Air Force at 16 as a boy apprentice to later qualify as an avionics engineer. Promoted to sergeant, he then moved to p... Read more

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• What does it mean to be a Champion?

  13 Mar 2020

  Exploring the lived experience of Dementia Friends Champions: Poetic representation

  I am writing to share a summary of my research into the experiences of De... Read more

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• A neuroscientist walks into a Dementia Friends Session...

  07 Feb 2020

  No, it's not the start of joke. Instead, it is exactly what happened to Dementia Friends Champion Alison Knox at one of her recent Sessions. She was surprised... Read more

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• Catering for all - students take action

  09 Jan 2020

  
  Steph Couper has been a Champion since May 2019, running Sessions for students at Fareham College. Steph recently ran a fantastic Session for Catering students that led... Read more

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• Michael Chakraverty: Why I support Dementia Friends

  19 Dec 2019

  Michael Chakraverty, star of the Great British Bake Off 2019, is a committed Dementia Friends Champion. Here he tells us about his experience of supporting people... Read more

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• Champion experience: Carla's story

  05 Dec 2019

  Carla is a Registered Veterinary Nurse with a passion for supporting the bond between humans and animals. In 2015 she founded the District Veterinary Nurse role, as ... Read more

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• '1 million minutes' campaign launches

  03 Dec 2019

  We're delighted that ITV Good Morning Britain has chosen Alzheimer's Society as a charity partner for its 1 Million Minutes campaign this Christmas.

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• ""With a compassionate approach, we can move mountains"" - Gina's top tips!

  01 Nov 2019

  
  You may just recognise Gina ' she was Dementia Friends Champion of the year in 2016 and was more recently featured on our website after holding an Info Session on a Vietnam sleeper train! <... Read more

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• Champions at Beamish Museum

  01 Nov 2019

  
  Alzheimer's Society have supported VisitEngland and VisitScotland to launch a new guide to help tourism businesses become more dementia-friendly.
  
  Emily Hope from Beamish Museum tell... Read more

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• So proud to be part of this number - 3 Million Dementia Friends online celebrations

  04 Oct 2019

  
  Our 3 million celebratory social media post has been shared a whopping 1300 times online, with over 2000 likes! This overwhelming support has been instrumental in further spreading the word about ... Read more

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