Activity Groups

Join us for a range of arts and crafts, reminiscence or board games in a friendly environment. Meet other people affected by dementia at one of our welcoming groups. Please note our Withywood Activity Group is arts and craft themed each month and led by the wonderful Bristol charity, Lighting Up: https://lightingup.org.uk/, which also takes place at Fishponds every other month. 
 

Fishponds Activity Group
Art Activities with Lighting Up Art Group on alternate months
Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3TP
4^th Friday of every month, 2pm to 4pm
Contact:  0117 961 0693
Email: bristol@alzheimers.org.uk
 

Withywood Lighting Up Art Group
Withywood Centre, Queens Road, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 8QA
3^rd Tuesday of every month, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Contact:  0117 961 0693
Email: bristol@alzheimers.org.uk

Brislington Activity Group
St Luke’s Church Hall, Church Parade, Brislington, Bristol BS4 5LS
4^th Wednesday of every month, 2pm – 4pm
Contact:  0117 961 0693
Email: bristol@alzheimers.org.uk
 

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The Golden Memories sessions allow male and females aged 55 and over to not only reconnect with their sporting heritage through reminiscence, shared memories and object handling, but also to develop new community opportunities and social friendships.

Working to support older people across Bristol living with dementia, depression or other mental health issues, or who may be experiencing loneliness or isolation, these sporting memories sessions seek also to encourage participants into healthy social and physical activity as part of the programme.

Delivered at Bristol Indoor Bowls Centre in Ashton Vale (BS3 2TY) alongside the Centre’s qualified coaches - 90 minute reminiscence sessions will be followed by 60 minutes of free coached bowls on the international standard indoor green.

Sessions will focus on national and local sporting icons and famous events, as well as local sports venues, teams and achievements. Images, sound, video and physical objects will be used to stimulate personal memories and stories in a multi-sensory way - from the roar of the crowd in the local stadium or the Grandstand theme tune, to the taste and smell of a half-time pie.

Cost: Free of charge

If you or somebody you know may be interested in joining this group please register your interest by contacting ktavender@bristolrugby.co.uk

For further information

My Life Films make free life story films for people living with dementia. Celebrating their favourite memories, bringing the focus back to the individual rather than their illness to improve person-centred care, and improving their quality of life. The South West London and St George's NHS Trust recently ran a pilot study to see how the films help people living with dementia in care homes, the following short video explains the positive impacts: https://vimeo.com/203289973

For further information about the charity please visit their website. Their criteria can be viewed here. You can download a flier about their service here.

RemArc, or Reminiscence Archive, is designed to help trigger memories in people with dementia using BBC Archive material as stimulation. The archive provides access to a selection of content from the BBC Archives, designed to support reminiscence work with people with dementia.

Click here to access the archive

These weekly groups are a friendly place where people with dementia can talk about their favourite sporting memories.

Working closely with Bristol City Community Trust Bristol, sesssions take place at:

• Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
• Bristol Community Links South
• Bristol Community Links Central
• Southville Centre

Details about the different groups taking place in Bristol and South Gloucestershire can be found in the linked document (click the 'Sporting Memories' header above)

Email: admin@sportingmemoriesnetwork.com.
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