Brecon Meeting Centre Pioneer Workshop

Thursday 10th March 2016 at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 10.30 am registration to 3.00 pm

Free workshop includes lunch and refreshments.

Meeting Centres are an innovative way of supporting people with mild to moderate dementia and their families through an evidence-based, person-centred approach and offer an enjoyable, flexible and adaptive programme.

They are a great low-cost community based way of supporting people living with dementia and their families that have been successfully implemented in the Netherlands for over ten years. The Association of Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester is part of a research programme MEETINGDEM (www.meetingdem.eu) that is evaluating whether this approach can be implemented within the UK, Italy and Poland. In the workshops they cover:

-The background to Meeting Centres - history, principles and ethos including the adjusting to change approach.
- How to set up an Initiative Group of interested stakeholders.
- Creating an implementation plan which includes:-

• Who your target group is (who will attend the Meeting Centre); 

• The programme of activities (for people with dementia, for carers; for the community);

• Finance (funding and sustainability);
• Finding a good location;
• Protocol and collaboration between stakeholders;
• Staffing and training;
• PR and marketing (reaching out to participants and referrers).

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THIS FREE WORKSHOP please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meeting-centre-support-programme-workshop-brecon-registration-20968350902 or email m.watts@worc.ac.uk or ring Mike on 01905 542531