Trust’s grand gesture for dementia charity
AGE UK Lancashire is celebrating after receiving a £1,000 donation from the Peter Lathom Trust.
The generous donation of £1,000 will help support people living with dementia to socialise and be more active.
Age UK Lancashire was seeking funding to develop new dementia friendly resources and activities for its day time support services which operate in Skelmersdale and Ormskirk, and to enable it to establish activity groups and reminiscence sessions at the Wellbeing Centre.
Cllr Adrian Owens, on behalf of Peter Lathom’s Trust, said: “We were delighted to support Ormskirk’s Wellbeing Centre when they approached us with their proposal to start a dementia friendly activity club at the centre on Moorgate. The musical bingo, reminiscence games and memory books, indoor bowling equipment, companion pets and the like will help to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of people with dementia.
“The Wellbeing Centre is an important and wellused facility for older people and especially since it lost all its funding from the borough council last year, we were keen to support it.”
Louise Cropper from Age UK Lancashire added: “We were delighted to receive such a kind donation.
“Adrian has always been really supportive of our centre and the work we do for older people.
“We will be putting the money towards special activities including musical bingo and indoor bowls and will also look at the purchase of digital tablets, as these are really becoming useful tools to improve memory functionality and offer a variety of options”.
The Wellbeing Centre in is open five days a week and runs activities, classes and day time support for anyone over 50.
Full details of the activities can be found online at ageuklancs.org.uk, by calling 0300 303 1234 or visiting the centre.