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Dunbar Dementia Network – Choose Us As Your Co-op Local Cause 2019

Until October 2019, for any Coop Members buying Co-op branded products and services, the Co-op will give 1% to a local cause. Your support will allow us to continue supporting families living with a diagnosis of a dementia related condition by funding a series of Art Therapy workshops, providing companionship, fun and allowing folks to be creative.

Pick up a Membership card instore (£1) and then go online at coop.co.uk/membership and nominate us as your cause. Your help is so much appreciated.

Come along and meet Carers Group members instore on our info stand on Friday 17 May & 14 June 2019 (High Street store) 11 30 – 3 30 pm. (Visits were made to the Countess Crescent Store in April 2019.) Look forward to seeing you.

Maggie’s Centre Fundraising Event – 14 March 2019

Fundraising Tea Party for Maggie’s Centre, Edinburgh. Gibb Room 1, The Bleachingfield Centre. (Please bring some treats to share. There will be a collection box for donations in aid of ‘Maggie’s’ on the tea table.)

Never be alone in Dunbar

Dunbar Dementia Network exists to provide both regular and special support to those caring for others who are living with dementia or related conditions.

The charity is most appreciative of all donations which go towards providing this much needed support.

Donate with or without Gift Aid

The menus on the left provides more details of these activities and how to get in contact with us easily.

Every effort is made to network with the other organisations in the area who can also provide assistance and support so that the charity can become a go-to place for anyone seeking advice on such matters.

Regular Weekly Meetings

Dunbar Dementia Carers Support Group (established in 2015) aims to provide support for anyone who is caring for a family member or friend who is living with a diagnosis of a dementia related condition. Pre-covid our two groups would meet weekly in the Bleachingfield Centre in Dunbar to provide companionship, fellowship and stimulation. We worked hard during Lockdown to provide continuity for our group members with weekly phone calls; publishing regular newsletters, providing deliveries of craft materials, gardening supplies and takeaway afternoon teas, moving on to organising both one-to-one and small, socially distanced, outdoor meetings within Scottish Government guidelines, when this was permissible.

Ratho trip

Ratho Trip. Bus will leave the Bleachingfield at 1 30. After trip we will eat at the Ratho Park Carvery (cost to be met individually), leaving around 7 30 pm for return to Dunbar. We will pre-order meal – menu being sent from Restaurant. (Now have maximum numbers – 12 on each barge(2) – waiting list open for cancellations).