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If you or a loved one is experiencing memory loss, it could be a sign of dementia .

It’s Dementia Action week this week so a timely moment to share the below links from the Alzheimer’s Society (one form of dementia)

Dementia Action Week | Alzheimer’s Society (alzheimers.org.uk)

Knowledge is also helpful for us to support those in our community, whom we may also not know particularly well.

Tips for speaking to  your GP

Talking to your GP about dementia | Alzheimer’s Society (alzheimers.org.uk)

Work is scheduled to begin to expand the Tesco loading bay on Monday 16 May to make deliveries easier and cause less congestion.. As previously notified the High Street between East Lane and the Nihao Chinese restaurant will be closed daytime. Please use the diversion route via Marford Road and Cory Wright Way/Codicote Road.

The closure will be 9.30am to 4pm only, road will be open outside these hours.

Businesses and East Lane Car Park will remain open THROUGHOUT.

A small part of East Lane Car Park will be used by the contractors and fenced off- effective from Friday 13 May. Please be mindful of construction vehicles in the car park and along East Lane.

Signage will be put in place by the contractors, who will also be leafletting the shops and residents. Thank you to Tesco for funding the improvements, and to Cllr Annie Brewster for making the project happen.

Wheathampstead Dementia Club – Brief Job Description for Volunteers

Do you have an interest in supporting a dementia-friendly community group of people with dementia and their carers?  We are a well established, independent group with good links to the Alzheimer’s Society.  We normally meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, except August, 10.30 to 12 pm at the Mead Hall and normally have up to 25 people attending.  We sometimes have outings and speakers.   

We are particularly in need of volunteers who could come along and help with serving refreshments and setting up tables and taking down at the end or who could just chat to our members.  For those involved in set up or refreshments, we would appreciate people who could be available from 10 am.  We would also welcome volunteers who could help with transport, though most of our members make their own way to the Mead Hall.  We encourage people with dementia to come with a relative or carer.

We are seeking people with an interest in and empathy towards those people living with dementia and their carers and who are team players with good communication skills.

If so, please contact John Gladwin on 01582 834223, Isobel Poole on 01582 832439 or Margaret Carter on 01582 832368.

Part of the High Street will be closed for periods between 16 May and 3 June to reconfigure and expand the Tesco layby, to make deliveries easier and cause less congestion.

Precise timings will depend on the availability of the utility companies, hopefully it will be done sooner.

The road closure will only be for the length of the High Street from East Lane to the Nihao Chinese Restaurant.

The closure will be 9.30am to 4pm only, road will be open outside these hours.

Businesses and East Lane Car Park will remain open THROUGHOUT.

Signage will be put in place by the contractors, who will also be leafletting the shops and residents.

Thank you to Tesco for funding the improvements, and to Cllr Annie Brewster for making the project happen.

Join your Parish Council and St Helen’s & St Peter’s Churches in celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – on Rectory Meadow adjacent to the Crinkle Crankle Community Garden, St Helen’s Church and Ash Grove