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Dementia Day

Raising Awareness

28/06/2023

Dementia Gwynedd invites you to a special day at Galeri Caernarfon, to help raise awareness about dementia. There will be an opportunity to learn more about dementia and take part in interactive workshops. You can join one, two or all of the events available…. free of charge! A warm welcome to all who’s like to come along.

Please register using the Eventbrite link below (Galeri are not ticketing this particular event)

Programme

10:00-16:00- Photography Exhibition - Relationships

10:30-11:30- Dementia Friends Session & VR Experience

12:00-13:00- Dawns i Bawb Workshop- Cymru: Ni

14:00-16:00- Film “The World Turned Upside Down”

10:00-16:00- Photography Exhibition - Relationships

This exhibition is the result of a collaboration between the Dementia Actif Gwynedd, a recent opera production, The Bridge and the photographer Ian Smith. It was part of an Arts Council of Wales-funded project entitled ‘Living with dementia: An operatic exploration to promote understanding and reduce stigma’. You are welcome to come along and wander around the exhibition to enjoy these special photographs.

10:30- 11:30-Dementia Friends Session & VR

An informal session to help you learn more about dementia, how it affects the person and what you can do to help and support people affected by dementia in your community. You will also have the opportunity to try a virtual reality (VR) experience which allows you to understand how it feels to be living with dementia

12:00-13:00- Dawns i Bawb - Dance Workshop (Cymru:Ni)

Dawns i Bawb is the Community Dance organisation for North West Wales and develops dance provision throughout the three counties of Gwynedd, Conwy and Ynys Môn. They believe that everyone can dance and collaborate and create with people and communities, and amateur and professional dance practitioners, choreographers and companies. Dawns i Bawb will be presenting an interactive dance performance CYMRU: NI. The performance is part of the ‘Dance Well’ project which develops dance activity to improve the health and well being of our communities. Come along to watch the performance and maybe take part is some gentle dance movements.

14:00-16:00‘The World Turned Upside Down

A film screening Dementia Gwynedd invites you to join us for a screening of ‘The World Turned Upside Down’, a film that looks at the reality of living with dementia and caring for a person living with dementia.  Co-created as part of the IDEAL research project with people living with dementia, the film depicts both a play and the process of creating it, as well as the audiences’ reflections during the play. It explores scenarios at different points of characters’ experiences with dementia, from getting diagnosed and sharing that diagnosis with family members to caring for a loved one living with dementia. The film is in English and is 1 hour 20 minutes long. There will be the opportunity for discussion of the film’s themes during the break and at the end. Dr Catherine Charlwood (IDEAL’s Research Translation Manager) will be on hand to answer questions and share research opportunities with you.

To book a place in any or all of the activities click on the link:

www.eventbrite.comdementiaday

For further information, please contact: Emma Quaeck Dementia Gwynedd Co-ordinator 07768 988095emmajaynequaeck@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

10:00 - Wednesday, 28 June