BD News and Highlights Winter 2023

As we prepare to say goodbye to winter and hello to spring, here is a roundup of what has been happening with the Bloomin Dementia team in the past few months.

Chistmas Raffle Success

We had our biggest and most successful Christmas Raffle this year. Thank you to all the local and national business who donated prizes, and to everyone who bought tickets. We raised over £1500 to go towards helping people live with dementia.

Full List of prizes and winning tickets.

Thank You

The White Horse showed huge support to the Bloomin’ Dementia Charity around Christmas time, both holding a Christmas Charity Quiz which raised over £200, and donating many Christmas Dinners that we had the pleasure of delivering on Christmas Day.

Thank you to Andy Hunt and the White Horse team!

Music In Mind

These fortnightly events are proving immensely popular with everyone. Over 20 people attended the last session, with a minibus from Belvoir Home Care making the special trip to join us.

We want to see even more people there, finding the power of music and how it soothes and unlocks memories. It is yet another fabulous tool in our toolbox of dementia care.

Our next session is on Wednesday 1st May, full details here.

Love is in the Air

We had an amazing turnout for our ‘Love is in the air’ sing along at the Country Cottage with Jayne darling.

We saw new faces, who with our regulars enjoyed the love, tea, coffee and raffle prizes!

Thank you all for making the day so special, and as always, thank you to the Country Cottage Hotel in Ruddington.

Future Events

There are more events planned throughout the year. We have 4 more free events at the Cottage Hotel:

• 6th April Easter Event

• 10th August Summer Event

• 5th October Winter Warmer

• 14th December Christmas Event

We will also be running our annual events, The Whitby Catch and Big Day Out.

Keep up to date with our Events page to see everything that is happening.

Staff News

We sadly had to say goodbye to Amy Troke. Amy worked tirelessly to ensure all our events ran smoothly over the past couple of years. We wish her all the best in her new role with the NHS, but rest assured, she will still be around and has kindly volunteered to help with this years Big Day Out.

Funding News

We have had great start to the year with funding confirmed from The National Lottery and a substantial donation from legacy gift.

A massive thank you to Andy Hallam who has ensured these funds are arranged and secured.

These funds will all be used to help those living with dementia in the local community.

Update to the Trustees

We have had to say goodbye to some of trustees from the charity recently, Andy Hallam, Amy Troke and Andrea Crofts.

We would like to say a big thank you to them all for all the hard work and dedication they gave while working as trustees for the charity. There is no doubt that Bloomin Dementia would not be in the amazing strong position it is in without their help, and they will be missed.

However, we will be excited to welcome new trustees, who we will be announcing in April. WATCH THIS SPACE!!!