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Harriet Bowyer is a final year student at Warwick University and is taking part in an event called the Warwick Thames Challenge in February**.  There are about 200 students taking part in a sponsored swim of the Thames…read more

Rising young acting star Luke Newberry recently completed the British London 10k run held on Sunday 8th July, raising a superb £302 for the Contented Dementia Trust. Luke says ‘I recently worked on a film based in…read more

At the recent conference ‘Dementia - Keeping it in Mind’, organised by Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, SPECAL Practitioners Lynne Kentish and Kay Lynn were invited to raise awareness of our work. Lynne and Kay have both undergone training with the Contented Dementia…read more

There was a full house at the recent ‘Understanding the Person with Dementia’ study day at Oxford Brookes University.  Penny Garner delivered two workshops on the SPECAL Photograph Album as a way of understanding the experience of…read more

On Friday 11th May Penny Garner was the guest speaker at the AGM of the Cedars Castle Hill charity in the historic Town Hall in Shaftesbury, and a guest at the dinner which followed.  This…read more

With the improvement of dementia care currently high on the government’s agenda, over 160 health professionals came together in April for a conference in Durham City to share knowledge and explore ways in which to…read more

Former professional boxer Clay O’Shea was amongst the guests at the recent launch of the Contented Dementia Trust. Here he talks frankly about his mother’s dementia in conversation with Brian Rose and Nic Gabriel on…read more

The Contented Dementia Trust hosted an event at IPC Media’s offices on the evening of 27th March. After enjoying the wonderful view of St.Pauls from the 10th floor of the Blue Fin Building, a glass of…read more