The Worthing Dementia Alliance has been in existence for 5 years since its first conception in 2013, when the social action group was formed by several different national and Worthing based charities and has been led on a voluntary basis by likeminded people who want to make a difference for people living with dementia and their carers who live in and around the Worthing area.
The Alliance has bi-monthly open community meetings in different public spaces across the area. Anyone interested in making changes for people affected by dementia (PABD) can attend. The matters and actions that are raised by this group meeting are then transferred to the alliance steering group which consists of a group of PABD, carers and health and social care professionals from third sector, statutory services and the local private sector. These actions will then be addressed and reported back to the alliance meetings at the following meeting.
Some of the things achieved over the past 5 years have been:
- A website as well as social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)
- Stagecoach buses becoming dementia friendly
- Southdown leisure hosting dementia friendly events
- Over 40 businesses and organisations have joined the Alliance and are actively working towards becoming dementia friendly
