Lunch Club

Location: St Andrews Church Hall, Dawson Street, Crook

When: 12noon on the second Tuesday of each month

Info: All welcome, donations are gratefully received

Mens Breakfast Club

Location: St Catherines Church, North Terrace, Crook

When: 9.30am on the third Monday of each month

Info: This club a 'free' breakfast club. All men are welcome. 

The Bread And Butter Thing

Location: St Catherines Church, North Terrace, Crook

When: 11am, every Friday morning

Info: This is a mobile food club which gives access to nutritious and affordable food taken in the heart of community. This low cost weekly shop provides essential produce for family eating – fresh fruit and veg, fridge favourites and cupboard staples.

Dementia Cafe

Location: St Catherines Church, North Terrace, Crook

When: 10am on the second Saturday of each month

Info: Come along to one of our local cafes and have a cup of tea with someone who understands. 

These things can make a huge difference when you or someone you know has dementia.

Your local Dementia Café provides a safe and supportive place for you to:

• discuss your own dementia diagnosis, or someone else’s, and think about what it means for the future
• keep active, make new friends and feel more confident.

99% of people who go along to Dementia Cafés say that it has provided them with useful information.

All of the clubs/groups mentioned above are run by volunteers. If you would like to volunteer please don't hesitate to get in touch with local venue

Alzheimer’s Society are commissioned by Durham County Council to deliver the Dementia Advice and Support service in County Durham.
The Dementia Advice and Support Service is the point of contact in County Durham for anyone affected by dementia. This includes people worried about their memory, people with or waiting for a diagnosis of dementia, carers and families. We offer information and practical guidance to help you understand the condition, cope with day-to-day challenges and prepare for the future. We will work with you when you need us, listening to you and offering tailored information and advice so you can consider your options. We empower people to maintain independence and stay active for as long as possible. We link people up with local professionals and services and collaborate with other agencies to ensure people with dementia have their voices heard. We are always keen to develop referral pathways and give awareness raising talks so please feel free to invite us to any of your team meetings.
Information, advice and support can be provided by telephone, video call, email, post and home visits. If anyone would like to subscribe, please email durhamandchester@alzheimers.org.uk.

We aim to support you at the right time, in the right way, throughout your journey.
♫ We offer a virtual singing for the brain session, this is delivered via Zoom every four weeks on a Monday afternoon (the next session is Monday 6th February) @ 1.30pm - 2.30pm. This is delivered to people living in their own homes and can be referred using our attached referral form. ♫
We are currently considering delivering Singing for the brain face to face sessions in venues in Spennymoor and Barnard Castle areas in the near future, therefore, could you please share the attached poster to anyone who may be interested and ask them to contact us.

For dementia advice and support please contact:
County Durham Office: 0191 389 0400
Email: durhamandchester@alzheimers.org.uk

Newsletters

Newsletter January 2023.pdf

Singing For The Brain

Singing for the brain.pdf

The Citizens Advice Service have highly trained volunteers delivering face to face advice in our offices as well as advice over the phone on Adviceline.

The advice they give is free, independent and impartial and links in with a range of other projects so they can help with virtually any issue.

They also have  outreach services delivering face to face advice in community venues to make advice easily accessible.  Should you need to speak to an outreach advisor, please email outreach@citizensadvicecd.co.uk

Further information is also available on the website https://www.citizensadvicecd.org.uk/