We’ve set up a Just Text Giving campaign (ready for the Essex Dementia Care Show on Saturday 6 August – see post below). To give on your mobile, all you need to do is text EDCC42 £10 (or any amount you wish to donate, and any message) to 70070. It’s as simple as that!

You are invited to the launch of a new service at Rayleigh for all carers and families living with dementia. It’ll be a fun-packed day, including a chance to see Essex Dementia Care in action. There will be a free buffet lunch, a raffle and a gift pack. Watch ‘Rhythm for Health’, a colour, movement and sound experience, and take your partners for a 50s and 60s Golden Oldie’s Social Tea Dance, with Saul Watts.

The venue is the Lounge at the rear of Rayleigh Baptist Church, High Road, Rayleigh, SS6 7QA. The programme: 11am Meet and Greet, 12.30 Buffet Lunch, 1.30pm Social Tea Dance. Download the event flyer.