Help grow the Blue Flamingo Cafe

The local economy

We brought in 3 creative practitioners and three different local community groups to deliver workshops to our groups. One of the practitioners has become a regular feature who visits us monthly to lead us in drumming and singing.

Volunteering, jobs & education

A full-time administrator was hired to manage the programme and we gained several new volunteers. We provided professional training to our volunteers and carers to help them better understand dementia and first aid training was provided to our volunteers.

Arts, culture & heritage

We have introduced a regular drumming circle to our sessions and have also offered sessions in gardening, chair yoga, dancing, card making, and Japanese printing.

Activity, health and leisure

We have had a volunteer join us who works alongside one of our sing-along leaders to encourage people to get active during the sing-alongs. They have also been successful in getting several of our visitors to join in conga line dance. At our two year anniversary party, we saw the largest group of people dancing that we've ever seen! This included people in wheelchairs, able bodied, and those with limited ability. We provided a chair yoga session for our carers and volunteers and took three day trips out which involved guided walks.