Come to Parklands for an afternoon of conversation and connection on Friday 21st November10/11/2025
  Come along and say hello to Alzheimer Café Isle of Wight at the Health Roadshow on 4th November!
Where? Riverside Centre, Newport When? Tuesday 4th November What time? 10am-1pm Lot's of brilliant organisations attending!  We would like to update you on news about the Ryde Alzheimer Café. After careful consideration by the Trustees and Alzheimer Café Co-ordinators we have made the decision to pause the Ryde Alzheimer Café at All Saints Church, Queens Road, Ryde with immediate effect.
This decision is due to the ongoing building works at the church and the kitchen facilities being unusable. Therefore, we feel this is the most appropriate action at this time. In the meantime, we would like to extend a warm invitation to you to join us at the East Cowes Alzheimer Café, also co-ordinated by Liz Pearson. East Cowes Alzheimer Café is held on the first Tuesday of each month, from 2pm-4pm at East Cowes Town Hall, York Avenue, East Cowes PO32 6RU. If you would like to attend but are concerned about travelling to East Cowes, please let us know — we will do our best to make suitable arrangements. Please also remember that you can contact us at Parklands Dementia Resource Centre, Park Road, Cowes PO31 7LZ for dementia advice and support. We work closely with Cares IW and Age UK Isle of Wight who are also based at Parklands. Parklands is open Monday to Friday from 9am – 5pm. We hope that you will be able to join us at the East Cowes Alzheimer Café. Kind regards, Liz Pearson Chair of Trustees, Alzheimer Café IOW Pop into Ventnor Library for information on dementia support. They have a brilliant range of books and lots of other valuable resources available! Address: 142 High St, Ventnor PO38 1LZ Phone number: 01983 852039 (Closed Thursday, Sunday, Monday)  We had 15 teams take part in our annual treasure hunt on Saturday 20th September. Mother/daughter duo Rachel and Bea Mitchell won the hunt with Alan, Ella and Noah White coming in a close second. Quickest time and 3rd place was another mother/daughter team Amy and Clara Bennett, and in 4th place we had The Lost Wanderers. We were very honoured that High Sheriff Jacqui Gazzard came to Parklands for the afternoon to give out prizes! We'd like to thank everyone who took part in our treasure hunt and who came to support us at Parklands afterwards. We had such a lot of fun while raising funds and awareness for our charity!  An enormous thank you to William McClintock who presented us with a cheque for £300 which was raised during a raffle at his Rotary Club retirement dinner.
We are incredibly grateful for this wonderful donation and to everyone who took part in the raffle! We're working hard on our dementia friendly garden here at Parklands, and our Wellbeing Club guests are part of the team making it happen!
We recently started a weekly gardening club and we are all thoroughly enjoying being outside in the fresh air getting our hands dirty! Gardening is so good for the soul - read our blog about why getting outside can be so beneficial!  From the Island Echo:
"The new Flexible Returns Policy ensures that if a patient needs to change their return journey – whether due to delays or finishing earlier than expected – they can travel on the next available sailing without incurring any additional charges, even if it falls during a higher fare sailing. This applies upon proof of travel for an NHS appointment. The ferry operator is also reaffirming its commitment to supporting Island residents attending NHS appointments on the mainland by highlighting the range of discounted travel options available. Passengers travelling to hospital appointments on foot can access special discounted fares of £12.80 return (also applicable to a companion), while those travelling with a car benefit from a 50% discount or a fare cap of £31 per leg, whichever is lower. Where a carer is required for a foot passenger to travel, the carer can also travel free." Read the full article by clicking here. |
