Our 8 week Active Minds course is comprised of no more than 10 older people who will participate in volunteer-facilitated activities such as quizzes, word games and discussions designed to stimulate thinking in an informal, reassuring environment with the key objective to improve confidence, make new friends and have fun.

Older people can refer themselves or be referred via family members or professionals. There is a high demand for these sessions given the lack of interaction and stimulation so many of our older residents have suffered during the pandemic

The programme is based on some of the techniques we use in the delivery of Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MCST) for early-stage mild to moderate dementia sufferers..