Bath and North Somerset Dementia Action Alliance

we are trying to make banes a dementia friendly community. 70% of people living with dementia continue to live at home. therefore the overreaching aim of the banes action alliance is to create a dementia friendly community, where people can:- travel on public transport enjoy sport, cinema and other recreational activities go shopping run errands visit places of worship manage day-to-day tasks we aim to do this by raising awareness to enable those living with dementia to remain in their community for as long as possible. we aim to consult with people with dementia and work with councillors, groups and services to establish what is important to people living with dementia in banes and identify the needs of these individuals and their carers in order to provide support. we aim to work with dementia friend champions to make as many dementia friends as we can in banes. we aim to contact and recruit churches, retail and educational establishments, transport services, care services, leisure,