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Alzheimer’s Society seeking local volunteers for Side by Side service in Bath

Monday 11th November 2019 Bath Echo News Team Bath Echo News Team Community

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The Alzheimer’s Society is on the lookout for Bath residents ready to take up a fun, friendly, flexible volunteering opportunity with their Side by Side service.

Volunteers will be paired with someone with dementia, so they can help them keep on doing the things they love, and try new things too.

The UK’s leading dementia charity aims to support people living with dementia to continue to play an active part in their community and do more with Side by Side.

Alzheimer’s Society research shows people with dementia are more at risk of loneliness – with a third of people reporting to have lost friends since their diagnosis.

Two-thirds of people with dementia remain in their communities, but many feel trapped in their own homes – with almost one in 10 only leaving the house once a month.

Side by Side, supported by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery, aims to change that.

By using a new approach to volunteering by pairing people through what they love to do, Side by Side volunteers get to make a difference; not only to the lives of people in their area living with dementia, but to their own life too.

Mary-Jane King, Alzheimer’s Society’s Side by Side Co-ordinator for Bath and North East Somerset said: “Loneliness is a real problem for people with dementia, yet we know that one of the most important things for those affected is to remain part of their community and continue to do the things they love – from badminton to ballroom dancing, we are encouraging people to do more with Side by Side.

“With someone developing dementia three minutes, there are nearly 1,000 people waiting for volunteers right now. It’s vital that we all unite against dementia and do what we can to make a difference.”

Existing Side by Side volunteers have reported that they have gained and shared skills, developed new friendships and even enhanced their job prospects through their involvement in Side by Side.

From watching a movie, to catching a fish, do something you love or try something new. Or if it suits you better, you can volunteer on the Side by Side phone line.

Visit alzheimers.org.uk/sidebysidevolunteer or call Clare Lucas, Alzheimer’s Society’s Volunteering Officer, on 01249 443469 to find out more.

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