YPWD Berkshire was established in 2012 and aim was to provide a range of support and ancillary services to younger people with dementia (those diagnosed below the age of 65), and to their families and carers, within the Berkshire West area covering Wokingham, Reading and Newbury. We sought to provide advice, help and support to enable people affected by young onset dementia to have a fuller life, offer assistance, whether practical, motivational or through a mix of communication, personal meetings and social events, to enable them to better cope with the challenges that faced them. We have since expanded to provide our services within the whole of Berkshire.
We aimed to work closely with the NHS, local charities and Social Services to plug gaps in the provision that was not funded publicly, for example:
We are looking for reliable, creative, fun and caring people with an interest in Dementia to help us support our younger people with dementia on our various activity workshops across Berkshire. These activities can consist of art, walking, cooking, katakuning, choir, gardening and many more activities in our workshops which run for six weeks for 2 hours per workshop.
