On the Market Place last Saturday Vale House had a stall for fund raising, and raising awareness.

Vale House was founded in 1990 to care for people with dementia however severe or complicated, and to support their families. The original house was in Botley, and now, after a lot of fund raising, they are in a larger, better designed building, at Sandford-on-Thames. Alison Rooke, a former Mayor of Abingdon, is one of their trustees. Their website is http://www.valehouse.org.uk.

Related but quite separate are Dementia Friends in Abingdon. They have courses to help us learn more about what it is like to live with dementia and be able to help when needed. There is a course on 21st May in Abingdon. If you are interested, see if you can find the Information Session and Book. Start by going to ‘Become a Dementia Friend’ then ‘Find an Information Session’ and find locations near your post code.