Category: News
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Our Dementia Diary
Christina Lee reviews one woman’s powerful story of sharing a life with a partner living with dementia. Since getting involved with the Rochester Literature Festival and talking to families of people with dementia at the Memory Café, I decided to read up on dementia to learn more about it and…
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Double Dutch – Battle of Medway Family Crafts
Join us at Rochester Children’s Library to “celebrate” the Dutch Raid on the English navy! Sew your own tulip funny face, make your own sea-themed windmill or deck out your very own wooden boat. And once you decide on your banner colours, you can decorate your shield, sword and visor!…
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The Dickens Festival
Join us at Rochester Children’s Library during the Dickens Festival for Poetrees inspired by the great man’s works. Or choose your Dickens Name and write your very own great work, starring the character you would have been! It’s all free and there’s no need to book, but children must be…
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Legoland encourages a book not tech at bedtime
Earlier this year, the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort launched a bedtime story writing competition following research revealing that more than half of parents (55%) ban tech before bedtime in favour of traditional bedtime stories, with a ‘tech black out’ sweeping the nation at 4.41pm. And the winner was ten year old…
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Rochester’s Dementia Memory Cafe
As you know, we’re greatly involved with both the Kent and Medway Dementia Action Alliances, which has informed our Memory Box project in adapting to different groups of people telling us their stories. Dementia Memory Cafes are a growing resource across the country for people living with dementia and their…
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The Turtle Moves (Again)
Following a successful event last year, we’re celebrating Sir Terry Pratchett and Discworld’s Glorious Revolution with The Turtle Moves (Again) on Saturday, May 20. Make a mini golem or troll, decorate your own Maskerade Mask or Quantum Weather Butterfly or choose a variety of egg related treasure to create a…
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What is Creative Care?
The wonderful Christina takes a closer look at the reasons why the Cultural Arm of the Kent DAA created and delivered the Creative Care Expo. Creative Care and Dementia The Cultural Arm of the Kent Dementia Action Alliance hosted a very successful Creative Care Expo in Maidstone in early February,…
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