HSE Dementia: Understand Together Campaign – Community Training for Tidy Towns

This community training session is part of the HSE’s Dementia; Understand Together Campaign, which supports communities across Ireland to become dementia-friendly, inclusive and supportive.

The session provides an introduction to dementia and explores how it can affect people in everyday life. It also shares practical ways that communities, organisations, and volunteers can support people living with dementia to remain involved, connected, and valued within their town or village.

Participants will learn about simple, achievable initiatives that can be introduced locally to make community spaces, activities, and events more dementia-friendly.

What You Will Learn

During the session, participants will:

• Gain an understanding of dementia and its impact on individuals and families

• Learn how to create more dementia-friendly communities

• Explore practical actions and initiatives for Tidy Towns groups and community organisations

• Understand how to support people with dementia to stay active and included in community life

The training is informative, practical, and supportive, with ideas suitable for communities of all sizes.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, 11th March
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: Coote Hall, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick (V35 C993)

Facilitator: Dementia Services Information and Development Centre (DSIDC)

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Who Should Attend

This session is open to:

• Tidy Towns groups

• Community and voluntary groups

• Local clubs, services, and organisations interested in making their community more dementia-friendly

Tidy Towns groups are very welcome to bring additional representatives from other local groups to encourage shared learning and collaboration.

For any further information, please, contact Rhiannon Laubach – [email protected] | 087 1940608