Thrive is a small national charity that uses gardening to change lives. It champions the benefits of gardening, carries out research and offers training and practical solutions so that anyone with a disability can take part in, benefit from and enjoy gardening. Berkshire West PCT is operating a project which aims to keep carers and people with dementia gardening at home.  Taster sessions are being offered to promote the project.

 If you’d like to be involved contact Vicki Parker-Scott on 0118 9884844 or email [email protected]

http://www.thrive.org.uk/

Over many years Guideposts has heard from thousands of carers across the UK that finding accurate and up to date local information can be really difficult. As a result thousands struggle on alone without the help and support that could make such a difference.

As a result Guideposts Dementia Information Service for Carers, DISC, was launched in 2006. A specialist website, Dementiaweb was first set in Oxfordshire and has become a huge success attracting tens of thousands of visitors. It is now the most used site in the county for carers, families and professionals to find what local services exist.

As a result of this success the Kent and Medway Partnership Trust commissioned Guideposts to establish Dementiaweb in the county.

Dementiaweb is a unique local resource, designed with feedback from carers about their needs for help and information.

Guideposts is now embarked upon a major expansion of its DISC service and the development of Dementiaweb. The aim is to develop sites in every county throughout England and Wales.

A new national site has now been launched, www.dementiaweb.org.uk and the first new look county site in Warwickshire www.dementiawebwarwickshire.org.uk has gone live.