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TH THE ARTS 4 DEMENTI TIA WEBSITE TE Find your local arts opportunities for dementia and post your arts events on

ar arts4de dementia. ia.org.uk uk

For Social Prescribers

• Find arts opportunities -

workshops and events for people living with a dementia

• within a given distance of any

location.

• Choose Dementia need – Early

stage, moderate, Young Onset or Arts for Wellbeing (PREVENT)…

• Or art form, day or date
• Sort by date or distance
• Click through for details
• Print out the listings

Dementia- friendly arts and heritage sites

• Sites with trained staff

and dementia-friendly features

• Click on the location

marker to identify the site

• Click through for

details

Posting your events

• It’s easy to post and edit

events and sites

• Include your logo
• Free promotion, easy to use
• Important for funders to see
• Your events can inspire others
• An important resource

…or your dementia-friendly arts

• r heritage venue/site
• Click Dementia

Friendly Sites

• Submit your site

Across platforms

Other resources

• A4D Reports
• Reawakening the Mind –

toolkit with case studies and

• utcomes
• Music Reawakening – guidance
• n music workshops
• Reawakening Integrated: Arts

& Heritage – a regional model

• Useful links
• News…

It will make a difference!

• 300 listings
• Every one

important

• See Lois!

Following up today

• Download presentations – we will email a link
• Ongoing developments – 3 surveys to cover
• Social Prescribing for the dementias
• ArtsPAL volunteer creative befriender network
• Social Prescribing for the Dementias Report in 2020

Following up - your job

Arts organisations

• post and keep updated your events for dementia

post and keep updated your events for dementia

• Ensure your local CCG social prescribing networks,

your GPs and link workers are aware of your programmes and the A4D listings.

Social Prescribers

• Check that the A4D website is registered as a resource.
• Check out the arts opportunities for dementia in your area and have

your patients can experience their creativity as the best medicine for dementia.

Thank you!

Nigel Franklin, A4D CEO nigel@arts4dementia.org.uk 020 7239 4954 And thanks to The Headley Trust for funding for the site.