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Delighted and honoured that Stand by Me University of Stirling is a finalist in the Self Management Awards ALLIANCE Self Mgmt Alzheimer Scotland @JanMurdoch1

There are only 3 weeks to go until our annual conference! Join us on Friday, 20 September 2024, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Take a look at our full list of speakers and book your tickets here – pulse.ly/p7vube6dsr

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Busy day ahead at Alzheimer Scotland conference #AlzScot24

An insightful presentation from Karen Watchman shining a light on learning disabilities and dementia and the need to challenge the view that people living with a learning disability and dementia are hard to reach in research #AlzScot24

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland | also on bluesky Connecting You Now Tactuum Strata Health UK Thistle Foundation SignVideo by Sorenson The ALLIANCE Laura Boyd Gillian Mackay MSP THT Scotland Neil Gray MSP ALISS GoodLifeDeathGrief Mark Hazelwood (mostly on Bluesky) NHS Inform NHS Lanarkshire Scottish Ballet DHCScot The Black Door Shop Mhor Collective Moray Wellbeing Hub Finding Your Feet Amputee Charity Boots & Beards H and SC Academy And the winner of the Empowering Self Management Project is Stand by Me, University of Stirling! Karen Watchman Congratulations from all of us at the The ALLIANCE H and SC Academy Thistle Foundation

So proud of the Stand by Me team, winners of the Empowering Self Management Project at Self Management Awards 2024 hosted last night by The ALLIANCE at the Scottish Parliament. Fantastic collaboration between University of Stirling Alzheimer Scotland Key & Community Lifestyles bit.ly/4dhB93v

Stand by Me, University of Stirling won Empowering Self Management Project of the Year at the Self Management Awards 2024! Karen Watchman  You can find out more about their work here: scld.org.uk/stand-by-me/   #SelfManagement24 #MyJourney

John Bond John Angel Bond (He/Him) 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 takes to the stage at #34AEC Queering up dementia

The amazing Bailey Greetham talking about the surprising roles that there are available in social care, in a sector that is sometimes thought of as “women’s work” - have a look at our myth busters work about men in social care impact.bham.ac.uk/our-projects/f… IMPACT

Here at Who Cares Wins with Avnish Goyal CBE and Anita Goyal MBE talking about our work recruiting more men into exciting and diverse social care roles. impact.bham.ac.uk/our-projects/f…

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Our Facilitators, co-lead by Kathryn Mackay and Karen Watchman, will be hosted by @ategiUK, @ScottishMCN, @LinksBorder, Brain Injury Matters, Carents, Street Paws/@StreetVetUK/Dogs Trust 💛🐶 Together Through Homelessness/Newcastle University, Newham London 💙 and @CarersWL

Many congratulations Lyndsey and thank you ❤️ It was amazing seeing you walk across that stage.

Learning disability and dementia online training, new date released - Thursday 4th September, 9.30am-3pm, £99 per person. squarepegtraining.co.uk/dementia-cours… Don't forget we also deliver organisation training for up to 20 staff per day.

What are the 4 C's in dementia care training? Read the latest blog from SquarePeg Training here squarepegtraining.co.uk/4-cs-of-dement…

Telling the story pictorially of how we co-developed Andrew's Cards in our latest blog. Find out more about how Andrew’s Cards dementia game can support change, transition and future planning with adults who have a learning disability. squarepegtraining.co.uk/andrews-cards-…

The average age of onset of dementia in a person with Down’s syndrome is early/mid 50s. The average age of a care home resident in the UK is 86. You can see the challenge. Read my blog for SquarePeg Training and access the free recommended resource. bit.ly/3HajNuW