Lancaster & Morecambe College, core partners from the European Erasmus+ funded HelpCare project attended a special event designed to engage practitioners and members of the general public in the North West. The full day event was held at Lancaster Town Hall and attended by over 150 delegates from the sector.

This event aimed to showcase some of the newest and most innovative research around Dementia and Health and Social Care currently being undertaken in the UK by universities, private and third sector organisations and projects.

Lancaster & Morecambe College set up an information stand to share the Helpcare project information and many delegates showed an interest in this and other projects in the field.

This informative and interactive event was an ideal platform to communicate our project outputs to a relevant audience and gave us the opportunity to exchange information and knowledge.

Keynote speakers from around the UK included Dr Penny Foulds from Defying Dementia, Dr Susan Davidson from Age UK and Dr Hazel Morbey & Dr Yingying Wang with a presentation on ‘Evaluating dementia training for NHS staff in acute NHS hospitals’.

Dear all,

You are invited to a Walk to Defy Dementia on Sunday 18th October at Lancaster University to raise money for a groundbreaking drug which combats Alzheimer’s disease. So far, we have raised over £32,000 and need your help to reach our target of £165,500 to get this drug through safety trials before it can reach Phase I human clinical trials.

This two mile woodland walk is located around the University campus and there are many fun pit-stops along the way. There will also be some entertainment at the end and the walk is suitable for all ages and abilities. The registration fee is £5.96 with £5 going straight to the lab to help with their important research.

The day will start at 11am and finish at 4pm. If you would like to register, please click here. For more information on the work that Defying Dementia does, please follow this link.