Tonbridge Dementia Friendly Community

June Newsletter

Hello everyone,
June was a busy month with lots of activity. Our choir did us proud, performing at the Tonbridge Castle fete where they entertained the crowds with some wartime songs.
Our visit to Ightham Mote was a very enjoyable day and we will be going again, I just haven't fixed a date yet. Please let me know if you would like to go there for a visit. We were very well looked after by the National Trust volunteers who laid on a series of activities for us ending with tea and biscuits and a sing along.

We also had an afternoon of the river Medway on the Kingfisher Medway Trust boat. It was a perfect afternoon, very hot but with a lovely cooling breeze from the water. The great crew took good care of us ensuring we were all safe and enjoying the trip. I will book that again for next year although even I can't book the good weather.

WHAT'S ON IN JULY

July 2025

		Tonbridge & Malling	Tunbridge Wells
1^st Week
Tuesday	1	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia Café at Age UK Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	2	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 2pm Young Onset Dementia Café at Town Lock, Tonbridge 2pm Café at Brassey Centre Aylesford. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre 3pm Spadework West Malling Singing group	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	3	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)	10.30am Curiosity Project. The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	4	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Peer Support Group Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells
2nd Week
Monday	7	10am-3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Over 65 Peer Support group, Spadework, Spadework, Offham Road, West Malling 2.30pm Memory Cafe at Spadework, Offham road, West Malling
Tuesday	8	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Age UK Me Craft Club at Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	9	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 10.30 Memory Café Evenden House, Ropewalk, Cranbrook. 11am Forget me not Café at St John’s Church, London Road, Hildenborough. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Carers Support Group, Spadework West Malling 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	10	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 2pm Memory Café at East Malling Centre, Chapmans Way, East Malling. ME19 6SD 2.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge 3.30-5.00pm Healing Voices, Don Carman Room, Ditton	10.15. Cinema Club. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	11	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 10.30 Memory Café, Emerald Walk, Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells (Off Greggs Wood Road) 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre.
3rd Week
Monday	14	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Arts & Craft Group, Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling. Please phone first to book
Tuesday	15	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Age UK Dementia and Me Peer Group at Town Lock, Tonbridge.	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30. Young Onset Drop in. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 1.45pm Memories Café at Showfields Hall, Rowan Tree Rd Tunbridge Wells
Wednesday	16	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 2pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Memory Café at Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	17	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)
Friday	18	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 10.30 Connected Minds. Highlands House. See flyer above 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre. 2pm Pembury Memory Café at Pembury Baptist Church Romford Road, Pembury
4th Week
Monday	21	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Young Onset Peer Support Group, Spadework West Malling 3pm Singing group, Spadework West Malling
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Tuesday	22	10am Café Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK 11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Me at Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11am. Carers Group. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 11.30 Musical Theatre Singers, Trinity, Tunbridge Wells. 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	23	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 14.30pm Spadework Carers Support Group. 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am. Dementia Peer Support Group. Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells. Early stage, newly diagnosed 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	24	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 12.00 Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 14.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge. 3.30-5.00pm Healing Voices, Don Carman Room, Ditton
Friday	25	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 13.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 13.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre.
5th Week
Monday	28	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling
Tuesday	29	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	30	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework carpark, West Malling. 2pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	31	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury

Memory Cafes
2.30pm at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Tonbridge
Thursday July 10th
Thursday July 24th
1.45pm Showfields Library, Tunbridge Wells
Tuesday July 15th

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Dementia Experience Tour Bus

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March Newsletter

Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells Dementia Friendly Communities.

Hello everyone,

It begins to feel as if spring is just around the corner and it's great to have something to look forward to. We all need something to be optimistic about.
A couple of weeks ago I had an excellent meeting with Paul Barnard who is Senior Volunteer and Community Officer at Ightham Mote.
Paul is very keen to support people living with dementia and their care partners. We have put 2 dates in the diary and I will be canvassing the groups over the next few weeks to see who would like to go for a visit. The first date is May 8th and will replace a bowls club cafe afternoon and the second is on Thursday May 29th which is a fifth Thursday with very little going on.
Most people will be able to make their own way to Ightham as it's so close, but if you don't have your own transport and would like to go please let me know so I can arrange to get you there. Ightham Mote is geared up for people with disabilities and they will make sure that you are all able to enjoy the visits. For those who would like to, there will be the opportunity to help plant out in the walled garden, there is a lovely cafe and large gift shop. They are not charging us for this although we will make a contribution. I'm a great believer in the feel good factor of open air and nature so I hope these visits will lift spirits.
In advance of those visits we shall be delivering dementia awareness training to the volunteers at Ightham Mote

Last month I was pleased to do some dementia awareness training with the staff of Home Instead Maidstone branch at Yalding. Over 2 evenings I spoke to 50 members of staff who were all interested and engaged. It's good that, between us, Lindsey, Bridget and I are providing these awareness sessions pretty much twice a month to different groups. I am so encouraged that more and more people are seeking knowledge about the condition.
Hope you al have an enjoyable month

With love
Chris P

Our visit from Tom was very enjoyable and interesting, even if he did eat his weight in chocolate. It's good for us all to be able to ask questions and vent our anger about some of the unfairness in a broken care system. Thank you Tom for taking it all on the chin.
We have no visitors at our March meeting, just us and a chance to catch up with friends.

WHAT'S ON IN MARCH?

March 2025

		Tonbridge & Malling	Tunbridge Wells
1^st Week
Monday	3	10am-3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Over 65 Peer Support group, Spadework, Spadework, Offham Road, West Malling 2.30pm Memory Cafe at Spadework, Offham road, West Malling
Tuesday	4	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia Café at Age UK Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	5	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 2pm Young Onset Dementia Café at Town Lock, Tonbridge 2pm Café at Brassey Centre Aylesford. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre 3pm Spadework West Malling Singing group	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	6	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)	10.30am Curiosity Project. The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	7	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Peer Support Group Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells
2nd Week
Monday	10	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Arts & Craft Group, Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling. Please phone first to book
Tuesday	11	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Age UK Me Craft Club at Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	12	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 10.30 Memory Café Evenden House, Ropewalk, Cranbrook. 11am Forget me not Café at St John’s Church, London Road, Hildenborough. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Carers Support Group, Spadework West Malling 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	13	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 2pm Memory Café at East Malling Centre, Chapmans Way, East Malling. ME19 6SD 2.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge 3.30-5.00pm Healing Voices, Don Carman Room, Ditton	10.15. Cinema Club. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	14	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 10.30 Memory Café, Emerald Walk, Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells (Off Greggs Wood Road) 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre.
3rd Week
Monday	17	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Young Onset Peer Support Group, Spadework West Malling 3pm Singing group, Spadework West Malling
Tuesday	18	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Age UK Dementia and Me Peer Group at Town Lock, Tonbridge.	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30. Young Onset Drop in. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2pm Memories Café at Showfields Hall, Rowan Tree Rd Tunbridge Wells
Wednesday	19	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 2pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Memory Café at Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	20	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)
Friday	21	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre. 2pm Pembury Memory Café at Pembury Baptist Church Romford Road, Pembury
4th Week
Monday	24	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling
Tuesday	25	10am Café Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK 11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Me at Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11am. Carers Group. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 11.30 Musical Theatre Singers, Trinity, Tunbridge Wells. 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	26	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 14.30pm Spadework Carers Support Group. 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am. Dementia Peer Support Group. Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells. Early stage, newly diagnosed 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	27	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 12.00 Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 14.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge. 3.30-5.00pm Healing Voices, Don Carman Room, Ditton
Friday	28	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 13.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 13.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre.
5th Week
Monday	31	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge

Thank you Bridget for preparing the calendar.

APRIL

Our annual fundraising concert which usually produces enough income to run our cafes for another year.

MAY

We have Booked the Dementia Tour Bus for the 17th May when it will be at the civic centre square in Southborough.. We will begin to take bookings soon, so if you are interested, save the date.
Whether you support people that have dementia or have a personal connection, there is no other training course available that will give you a deeper understanding than the Virtual Dementia Tour. Created 25 years ago, experienced in 24 countries and by over 6 million people, this scientifically and medically proven method of allowing you to experience what it might be like to have mid-stage dementia, is the best way to build an empathetic and inclusive care pathway. The Virtual Dementia Tour uses specially developed equipment to change your sensory perceptions to allow you a window into their world and experience what people with dementia experience daily. It is not suitable for anyone with a dementia diagnosis or epilepsy.

Anyone wishing to book a place please contact Kath Ireland - Katharine.Ireland@crossroadskent.org

Please keep in touch with us via social media for up-to-date information about any new groups or last minute changes.
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February Newsletter

Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells Dementia friendly Communities.

Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and safe from the dreadful weather. During January we shall hold our quarterly meeting of the group on the 27th and I will report back on that in the next newsletter. Lindsey Nathan who has agreed to take on some of the heavy lifting as deputy chair represented us at the quarterly Kent Dementia Action Alliance meeting and will in future be taking responsibility for those businesses in our two boroughs who sign up for the dementia friendly business scheme.
Our Tonbridge cafe had a very welcome visit from Alice Rose and her music skills which had us rocking, literally. Alice will be back with us in the summer.
Our Tunbridge Wells cafe continue to meet in the library at Showfields and we thank the Kent library service for allowing this.
We've experienced some sad losses lately and we continue to support those caregivers who are now facing a new and uncertain future.

With love
Chris P

Angel Indoor Bowls club at 2pm on Friday February 7th our Tonbridge MP, Tom Tugendhat, will be visiting us to answer any questions you may have. He is always very willing to meet us, and we look forward to seeing him again..

WHAT'S ON IN FEBRUARY?

A reminder that the monthly Memory Cafe in Tunbridge Wells now meets in the library and not in the Sports Hall.

Tonbridge Bowls Club Cafe
This month we shall have Valentine's Day activities including a quiz

February 2025

		Tonbridge & Malling	Tunbridge Wells
1^st Week
Monday	3	10am-3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Over 65 Peer Support group, Spadework, Spadework, Offham Road, West Malling 2.30pm Memory Cafe at Spadework, Offham road, West Malling
Tuesday	4	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia Café at Age UK Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	5	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 2pm Young Onset Dementia Café at Town Lock, Tonbridge 2pm Café at Brassey Centre Aylesford. 14:00 Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre 3pm Spadework West Malling Singing group	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	6	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)	10.30am Curiosity Project. The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	7	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Peer Support Group Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells
2nd Week
Monday	10	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Arts & Craft Group, Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling. Please phone first to book
Tuesday	11	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Age UK Me Craft Club at Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	12	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 10.30 Memory Café Evenden House, Ropewalk, Cranbrook. 11am Forget me not Café at St John’s Church, London Road, Hildenborough. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 14:00 Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Carers Support Group, Spadework West Malling 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	13	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 2pm Memory Café at East Malling Centre, Chapmans Way, East Malling. ME19 6SD 2.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge 3.30 Healing Voices, Ditton Community Center.	10.15. Cinema Club. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	14	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 10.30 Memory Café, Emerald Walk, Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells (Off Greggs Wood Road) 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock wood day Centre.
3rd Week
Monday	17	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Young Onset Peer Support Group, Spadework West Malling 3pm Singing group, Spadework West Malling
Tuesday	18	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Age UK Dementia and Me Peer Group at Town Lock, Tonbridge.	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30. Young Onset Drop in. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2pm Memories Café at Showfields Hall, Rowan Tree Rd Tunbridge Wells
Wednesday	19	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 2pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Memory Café at Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	20	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)
Friday	21	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre. 2pm Pembury Memory Café at Pembury Baptist Church Romford Road, Pembury
4th Week
Monday	24	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling
Tuesday	25	10am Café Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK 11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Me at Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11am. Carers Group. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 11.30 Musical Theatre Singers, Trinity, Tunbridge Wells. 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	26	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (Term time only) 14:00 Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 14.30pm Spadework Carers Support Group. 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am. Dementia Peer Support Group. Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells. Early stage, newly diagnosed 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	27	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling 12.00 Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 14.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge. 3.30 Healing Voices, Ditton Community Center.
Friday	28	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 13.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 13.30 Memory Cafe Paddock wood day Centre.

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MAY

We have Booked the Dementia Tour Bus for the 17th May when it will be at the civic centre square in Southborough.. We will begin to take bookings soon, so if you are interested, save the date.

Whether you support people that have dementia or have a personal connection, there is no other training course available that will give you a deeper understanding than the Virtual Dementia Tour. Created 25 years ago, experienced in 24 countries and by over 6 million people, this scientifically and medically proven method of allowing you to experience what it might be like to have mid-stage dementia, is the best way to build an empathetic and inclusive care pathway. The Virtual Dementia Tour uses specially developed equipment to change your sensory perceptions to allow you a window into their world and experience what people with dementia experience daily. It is not suitable for anyone with a dementia diagnosis or epilepsy.

Anyone wishing to book a place please contact Kath Ireland - Katharine.Ireland@crossroadskent.org

Social care involvement groups next meeting will be held on
14^th January 2025 10.00am to 12midday
in the Carmen Hall at Ditton Community Centre, Kiln Barn Road, Aylesford ME20 6AH

Please keep in touch with us via social media for up-to-date information about any new groups or last minute changes.
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My warmest greetings to you all.
Chris Parker

dementia Activities Support Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Kent

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