Dementia Support
Living with dementia can be very challenging. The right support can make a huge difference to the wellbeing of someone living with dementia and their carers.
Below you can find a range of support groups and activities in your area.
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Dementia Advisers
Wigan Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers provide information, advice and signposting to people with dementia and their carers. This is provided at the point of diagnosis and throughout the dementia journey.
To find out more about Dementia Advisers:
Call 0333 150 3456 or email wigan@alzheimers.org.uk
Wigan Dementia Café
Chat to people with dementia, their carers, family and friends at our friendly and relaxed dementia café. At each session you can ask questions, share your experiences and get the help, advice and information you need in an informal and sociable setting.
The Wheel Restaurant Wigan & Leigh College New Market Street, Wigan WN1 1RS
Dates can change given venue availability. Please contact the service provider for more information.
For more information call 01942 247837 (Monday-Friday, 9am-4.30pm) or email wigan@alzheimers.org.uk
B’s Memory Café
Dementia café which welcomes people living with dementia and their carers, including non-residents. Advice available from a Belong Admiral Nurse. At various venues across the Borough.
For dates and venues email enquiries@belong.org.uk or telephone 01942 855600. You can also visit the Belong Wigan website.
Singing for the Brain – Wigan
Singing social group for People with Dementia and their carers, family and friends.
Wigan & Leigh Carers Centre, 7 Frederick Street, Hindley, Wigan WN2 3BD
Once a month on a Monday, 1.30–3pm
Please contact the service provider for more information.
Telephone 0161 477 6999 (Mon-Fri, 9am-4.30pm) or email stockport@alzheimers.org.uk
Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre
Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre recognises and values the vital role carers play in the community and wants to help them feel supported so they can continue caring for as long as they feel able to do so.
3-5 Frederick Street, Hindley, Wigan WN2 3BD
For more information call 01942 697885, email info@wlcccarers.com or visit the Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre website.
Hindley Dementia Café
Chat to people with dementia, their carers, family and friends at our friendly and relaxed dementia café. At each session you can ask questions, share your experiences and get the help, advice and information you need in an informal and sociable setting.
First Thursday of every month, 12–2pm
Summat to Ate, 48-50 Market Street Hindley, Wigan WN2 3AN
For more information telephone :01942 247837 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm) or email wigan@alzheimers.org.uk
Dementia Carers Support Group
Meet other carers of people with dementia at different stages on their journey, share other’s experiences, receive and give support and form friendships.
Shevington Methodist Church, 1 Gathurst Lane, Shevington, Wigan, WN6 8HA.
For more information call 07447 454730 or email berylsmith02@gmail.com.
Shevington Dementia Music Café
The Shevington Music Café is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
Sessions take place every Thursday from 2pm at Shevington Methodist Church, 1 Gathurst Lane, Shevington, Wigan WN6 8HA
For more information telephone 01942 615 880 or email enquiries@ageukwiganborough.org.uk
You can also visit the Music in Mind website.
Afternoon Classic Cinema Club
Dementia friendly cinema club for people living with dementia and their family/friends/carers.
The Turnpike Gallery, Civic Square, Leigh WN7 1EB
For more information call 07969 647466, email elizabethcostello50@gmail.com or visit the Leigh Film Society website.
Leigh Dementia Café
Chat to people with dementia, their carers, family and friends at our friendly and relaxed dementia café. At each session you can ask questions, share your experiences and get the help, advice and information you need in an informal and sociable setting.
Third Wednesday of every month, 10.30am–12.30pm
Leigh Cricket Club, Beech Walk, Leigh WN7 3LH
For more information call 01942 247837 (Monday-Friday, 9am-4.30pm) or email wigan@alzheimers.org.uk
Leigh Turnpike Gallery Dementia Music Café
The Leigh Turnpike Gallery Music Café is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
Sessions take place every Monday from 2pm at Turnpike Gallery, Civic Square, Leigh WN7 1EB.
For more information telephone 07780 564812 or email jacqui.dowling@ageukwiganborough.org.uk
You can also visit the Music in Mind website.
Lewy Body Society
The Lewy Body Society provides information and resources for patients and carers. Their mission is to fund clinical research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and raise awareness of Lewy body dementia among the general public and those in the medical profession and decision-making positions.
To find out more call 01942 914000 or visit the Lewy Body Society website.
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Age UK Trafford
The Memory Loss Advice Service has two dementia advisers and a Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) adviser. The service provides a regular point of contact and ongoing support, prior to or after a diagnosis of dementia or MCI, so that you and your family or carers needs are met.
For more information call 01617463944, email dementiaadviser@ageuksalfordandtrafford.org.uk or visit the Age UK website.
Together Dementia Support
A charity helping people to live positively with dementia. They offer friendship and activity groups, tailored carer support, training, transport and other support.
Visit their website to find out more.
You can phone for advice, guidance or support any weekday during normal office hours of 9.30am to 5pm on 0161 226 7186
Or email: admin@TogetherDementiaSupport.org
Dementia Hub Trafford
Monthly peer support meetings for people with a diagnosis of dementia and their families or carers to attend.
Urmston Hub: 2nd Monday, 1.30pm to 2.30pm at The Sharples Building, Age UK Salford and Trafford, 1-3 Church Road, Urmston, M41 9EH
Hale Hub: 4th Thursday, 1.30pm to 2.30pm at All Saints Church, Hale Road, Hale Barns, Altrincham WA15 8SP
Attendees can meet others in a similar situation, share tips and experiences, and provide mutual peer support.
For more information:
Email: dementiaadviser@ageuksalfordandtrafford.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 746 3944
Memory Loss Advice Session – Stretford
Attendees to the service can receive information, advice and support from a Memory Loss Adviser within a twenty minute session. **The advice sessions are by appointment only, please contact the service for more information**
Stretford Public Hall, Chester Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 0LG
Tel: 0161 746 3944
dementia.adviser@ageuktrafford.org.uk
Singing for the Brain
Singing social group for People with Dementia and their carers, family and friends.
Every first and third Friday,1pm—2.30pm Humphrey Park Community Centre, Humphrey Lane, Urmston, M41 9PT.
To find out more and to book a place please contact:
Rebecca Trower 07702 512 469 or rebecca.trower@alzheimers.org.uk
Passion for Life – Sale
A dementia specific day support service that maintains and encourages independence; provides an opportunity for social interaction with peers; enhances self confidence and wellbeing; promotes physical and intellectual stimulation and retains and encourages life skills. Transport can be arranged and a two-course hot meal can be provided at an extra cost.
High Lee House, 69 Broad Road, Sale M33 2HL
Tel: 0161 672 9644 or 07469 149304
Email: joanne.gorton@ageuktrafford.org.uk
Altrincham Music Café
The Altrincham Music Café is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
Sessions take place every Monday from 10.30am at Altrincham United Reform Church, 81 Cecil Road, Altrincham WA15 9NT
For more information email JoanneGorton@ageuksalfordandtrafford.org.uk or phone: 07879811979.
You can also visit the Music in Mind website.
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Age UK Tameside Dementia Service
Age UK Tameside will work with you and your carer to find help and support that works for you. We offer advice, a buddy to visit you at home and weekly Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MCST) activity group.
Please note, this service is not available outside Age UK Tameside – Head Office’s catchment area.
Age UK Tameside, 131 Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7AW.
For more information, including referrals:
Email: customerservice@ageuktameside.com
Telephone: 0161 308 5000
Or visit the Age UK Tameside website.
Singing for the Brain Tameside
Join the Singing for the Brain group and meet new people in a friendly, fun and social environment. The group is for People with Dementia and their carers, family and friends.
Takes place on the second Thursday of every month, 11.30am–1pm at 4 C Community Centre, Taunton Road, Ashton-under-Lyne OL7 9DR.
To book, call 07703 715449 (Monday-Friday, 9am-4.30pm) or email stockport@alzheimers.org.uk
Aap Ka Sahara Tameside
Chat to people with dementia, their carers, family and friends at our friendly and relaxed dementia café. At each session you can ask questions, share your experiences and get the help, advice and information you need in an informal and sociable setting.
The group meets on the third Wednesday of the month from 9.30am to 12.30pm at Shree Bharatiya Mandal, 103 Union Road, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 8JN.
For more information call 0161 470 6048 (Monday-Friday, 9am-4.30pm) or email sahara@alzheimers.org.uk
Ashton U Lyne Broadoak Community Centre Dementia Music Cafe
The Ashton Music Café is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
Sessions take place every Wednesday from 10.30am at Broadoak Community Centre, Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 8RS.
For more information telephone 07770 263266, or email gemmacooper@togmind.org
You can also visit the Music in Mind website.
Tameside and Glossop Memory Service
Service provided by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. Provides help for people in Tameside and Glossop who are experiencing problems with memory, to get a diagnosis of organic mental disorders like dementia.
They can also recommend treatment for Alzheimers’ Disease.
After you have been diagnosed, they will offer support and advice through in-house sessions. They also refer and signpost to social care, voluntary services, and other helpful organisations.
Etherow Building
Tameside General Hospital
Fountain Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL6 9RW
Tel: 0161 716 3449
Referrals: pcn-tr.TamesideOPSPOE@nhs.net
Queries: pcn-tr.memoryservices@nhs.net
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Dementia Support Stockport
The Alzheimer’s Society provides personalised help and advice for people with dementia and their carers. Depending on your needs, they can offer information and signposting or ongoing support regardless of whether you are worried about your memory, have a diagnosis of dementia or are a carer, family or friend.
Service is available Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm. Telephone 0161 477 6999 or email stockport@alzheimers.org.uk
Step Out Stockport
Step Out is a day-time service for adults offering a safe and welcoming place where people can socialise, join in with structured activities and receive support and assistance.
The service is provided through daytime sessions based at Whitehill Resource Centre in Reddish.
Each session runs between 9.30am and 4.00pm, Monday – Saturday, except on public holidays. Attendance can be booked for more than one session across the week.
Please note, this service is not available outside Age UK Stockport – Head Office’s catchment area.
Email: info@stepoutstockport.org
Telephone: 0161 480 0480
Or visit the Age UK Stockport website.
Dementia Disco
Charity organization that arranges free to attend, regular discos in the Stockport area for people with dementia and their carers, family and friends.
You can find dates and venues on the Dementia Disco website.
Marple Dementia Drop-in
Providing support for people living with dementia in Marple and the surrounding area.
Friday from 11.30am – 1.30pm at Marple Sports Club, Bowden Lane, Marple, Stockport SK6 6ND.
No booking required.
Visit the Marple Dementia Drop-In website for more information.
Heaton Moor Music Café
The Heaton Moor Music Cafe is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
Sessions take place every Tuesday from 2pm at Heaton Moor United Church, Stanley Road, Stockport SK4 4HL.
For more information:
Telephone 07464 676773
Email lisa.bracewell@stockportmind.org.uk
Or visit the Music in Mind website.
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Age UK Dementia Support Service – Salford
The Dementia Support Service offers an easy to access one-stop-shop of online and face to face support across the city for those living with dementia and their families and carers.
The service operates an open referral system – you can approach them personally or through a relative, friend or carer.
Visit the Age UK website for more information and to access the referral form.
108 Church Street
Eccles
Manchester
M30 0LH
Email: dssadmin@ageuksalfordandtrafford.org.uk
Telephone: 07928826036
Music Café – Music in Mind
There are several music café sessions across the Salford locality. Find your nearest session on the music in mind website.
Humphrey Booth Resource Centre
Humphrey Booth Resource Centre offers bespoke care and support to individuals, families and carers living with dementia. Services include dementia day care opportunities, residential care, carer support and social groups.
Visit the Aspire website for details of how to access the centre and what services are available.
Email: aspire@iamaspire.org.uk
Tel: 0161 607 7101
Humphrey Booth Resource Centre, 16-18 Worsley Road Swinton, Salford M27 5WW.
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Rochdale Mind
Dementia wellbeing service offers mental health and emotional wellbeing support to those living with dementia, their carers and their families living in the Borough of Rochdale.
To access the service you can self refer online, speak to a member of staff at The Mind Wellbeing Centre (3-11 Drake Street, Rochdale, OL16 1RE) OR telephone on 01706 752 338.
Music in Mind
The Rochdale Music Café is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
The sessions take place every Thursday at Castleton Community Centre, Manchester Road Castleton OL11 3AF.
Visit the Music in Mind website for details of each session and how to book or email: hello@hmrcircle.org.uk or phone: 01706 751165.
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Oldham memory assessment and treatment service
Offers assessment, diagnosis and treatment for dementia, as well as a wide range of post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia, their families and carers. Service provided by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
This service requires a referral from your GP or health professional
Ground Floor
Block 4, Southlink Business Park
Hamilton Street
Oldham
OL4 1DE
Tel: 0161 716 2792
Email: oldhammas@nhs.net
Visit the Oldham memory assessment and treatment service website.
Age UK
Age UK have a comprehensive directory of dementia support services in the Oldham borough.
Visit their website to search for support, social activities and other resources. Click here to visit the website.
Music in Mind
The Oldham Music Café is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
There are sessions at The Primrose Centre, 9 Magnolia Gardens, OL8 1HX, and also at Tandle View Court, Rochdale Road, Royton, OL2 5QT.
Visit the Music in Mind website for details of each session and how to book.
Aap Ka Sahara Memory Cafe
Support group for South Asian people living with dementia. The session runs once a month on a Wednesday, 10.30am–12.30pm.
For more information contact sahara@alzheimers.org.uk or telephone 0161 470 6048 (Mon-Fri, 9am-4.30pm.)
Springboard Oldham Dementia Carers Group
A weekly social meeting place where people living with dementia and related conditions, their carers, family and friends can seek helpful support in a friendly informal environment.
Every Thursday 1pm – 3pm Downey House, Church Street, Royton. OL2 5JS
Tel: 0754 1705009
Visit the website for more information.
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Together Dementia Support
A charity helping people to live positively with dementia. They offer friendship and activity groups, tailored carer support, training, transport and other support.
Visit their website to find out more.
You can phone for advice, guidance or support any weekday during normal office hours of 9.30am to 5pm on 0161 226 7186.
Or email: admin@TogetherDementiaSupport.org
African Caribbean Care Group
Comprehensive support for individuals with Dementia and their carers. They offer a wide range of cultural appropriate services designed to support older adults and individuals with health care needs.
Visit the ACCG website for more information or call 0161 226 6334 (Mon-Fri, 9am – 4.30pm.)
Manchester Dementia Alliance
The Manchester Dementia Alliance has put together a directory of services and information for people living in Manchester with dementia, their families and carers. You can view the directory here.
Manchester Carers Forum
Support for carers in Manchester.
Access the website here: Manchester Carers Forum website.
Call: 07415 436 382, Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 4.30pm, Friday 9.30am to 2pm.
Email info@manchestercarersforum.org.uk
Music Café – Music in Mind
There are several music café sessions across the Manchester locality. Find your nearest session on the music in mind website.
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Bury Dementia Adviser Service
Service provided by the Alzheimer’s Society. They offer advice and information face to face, over the telephone, by email or by post. For people living with dementia, their carers, family and friends. They can also help you gain access to support services.
The service is available Monday–Friday, weekly, 9am–4.30pm.
Telephone: 0161 477 6999
Email: bury@alzheimers.org.uk
Singing for the Brain Bury
Social group for people with Dementia and their carers, family and friends.
Last Thursday of every month, 11.30am–1pm.
Venue: Fusilier Museum, Moss Street, Fusilier Museum, Moss Street, Bury BL9 0DF
Telephone: 07703 715449 (Monday-Friday 9am-4.30pm)
Email: maggie.murdoch@alzheimers.org.uk
Grundy Hub
Grundy Hub supports people over 50 who are looking to meet new people and take part in a wide range of activities in a safe and stimulating environment, as well as to support people living with dementia.
For more information about how to get support, to refer yourself or someone else to Grundy Hub please call (0161 253 6555) or visit the website.
Music in Mind – Bury Music Café
The Bury Music Café is for people with dementia and their carers, including a music session. It is free to attend with free tea, coffee and biscuits. No music experience required!
email: jubilee@ageukbury.org.uk or phone: 0161 763 9030.
For more information visit the Music in Mind website.
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Bolton Dementia Support
A charity offering support for everyone in the Bolton area who has been diagnosed with any form of dementia. Support is also available for carers.
They offer a range of activities, events, and resources designed to support people living with dementia and those who care for them. The charity provides two afternoon Memory Cafes’ each week throughout the borough.
It is run by professional staff, supported by volunteers and former carers all of whom have experience of living and supporting someone with dementia.
Visit their website for more information: Home – Bolton Dementia Support
Address: Thicketford House, Thicketford Rd, Bolton, BL2 2LW
Telephone: 01204 386696
Email: infoboltondsg@gmail.com
Dementia Friendly Nature Walks
City of Trees run Dementia Friendly Nature Walks monthly in Bolton for people affected by dementia and their friends, family and carers.
Location: Smithills Hall, Bolton
For more information contact hannah@cityoftrees.org.uk or telephone 0161 872 1660 or visit the website.
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For help with practical care, such as residential care, financial support, transport and respite services, your local authority website will have a directory of what is available in your area. You can access this information on the Dementia United website.
The Alzheimer’s Society has lots of helpful information and practical resources about living with dementia. Visit the Alzheimer’s Society website.
Your local branch of Age UK also offers a range of practical and emotional support for living with dementia. Visit the Age UK website.
Dementia UK is a specialist dementia nursing charity. They have lots of help, advice and support through their website. There is also a Dementia Helpline which you can call on 0800 888 6678. The Helpline is open seven days a week, 9 am – 9 pm Monday to Friday, and 9 am – 5 pm on weekends.
For more information about what dementia is, symptoms and diagnosis, visit the NHS website.
