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- Oakham Treasures TripOur South Glos Meeting Centre recently had a trip to Oakham Treasures to enjoy their unique collection of memorabilia from … Continue reading Oakham Treasures Trip
- South Gloucestershire Meeting Centre Get In The Xmas SpiritSouth Gloucestershire Meeting Centre members spent time decorating a Christmas cake and biscuits at their Wednesday session this week. The … Continue reading South Gloucestershire Meeting Centre Get In The Xmas Spirit
- Golden Agers Hold Bring-And-Buy SaleAt the beginning of December, one of the BME groups Alive has been working with, the Golden Agers, held a … Continue reading Golden Agers Hold Bring-And-Buy Sale
- Alive on Demand could help with CQC ratings!CQC ratings play a big part in all of our lives. Whether you are trying to improve your rating or … Continue reading Alive on Demand could help with CQC ratings!
- Christmas Fundraising Bazaar at the Bristol Dementia Meeting CentreAlive would like to send a huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone that supported our Christmas Fundraising Bazaar at … Continue reading Christmas Fundraising Bazaar at the Bristol Dementia Meeting Centre
- Alive CEO Isobel Jones invited to speak at Caring UK ConferencesOur CEO Isobel was recently invited to be a speaker at two Caring UK Conferences in late October. One in … Continue reading Alive CEO Isobel Jones invited to speak at Caring UK Conferences
- Alive’s dementia-friendly allotment featured on Gardeners’ World this monthAfter winning a prestigious ‘Dementia Care’ award at the Markel 3rd Sector Care Award in March, our dementia-friendly allotment in … Continue reading Alive’s dementia-friendly allotment featured on Gardeners’ World this month
- CAF at the AllotmentAs part of this year’s Celebrating Age Festival, Alive’s dementia-friendly allotment is running an open afternoon to reflect on how … Continue reading CAF at the Allotment
- World Alzheimer’s Day 2022: Stories from our Dementia Meeting CentresTo commemorate World Alzheimer’s Day and this year’s theme of ‘Know Dementia’ and the focus on post-diagnosis support, we wanted … Continue reading World Alzheimer’s Day 2022: Stories from our Dementia Meeting Centres
- Wishing Washing Line™ West grants its first wish!Brian, a care home resident at Innisfree Residential Home in Weston-Super-Mare, wrote into the Wishing Washing Line™ West last month … Continue reading Wishing Washing Line™ West grants its first wish!
- Stanley’s GardenAlive ran the first session at a new community garden last week in Worle, Somerset. We’ve been consulting with David … Continue reading Stanley’s Garden
- Alive and The Get Growing Trail 2022Keep the weekend of 17th – 18th Sept free because, once again, Alive’s Community Gardens are taking part in this … Continue reading Alive and The Get Growing Trail 2022
- Recent Updates from our North Somerset Meeting Centres“Clevedon Meeting Centre is the highlight of our week” “It’s worth every penny.” Members from Clevedon Christ Church Meeting Centre … Continue reading Recent Updates from our North Somerset Meeting Centres
- Summer Note from our CEOThe sun is shining, and it feels like summer is finally well and truly with us. I hope you are … Continue reading Summer Note from our CEO
- Tea & Tech: Summer UpdateTea And Tech has been roving around North Somerset this year, setting up in village halls and running drop-in sessions … Continue reading Tea & Tech: Summer Update
- June Volunteer UpdateFrom gardening socials to a new marketing volunteer joining the team, here are our latest volunteering updates Volunteering with Alive … Continue reading June Volunteer Update
- BME Elders ‘Evergreens’ Group Celebrates Queen’s Platinum JubileeThe Evergreens group paid homage to Her Majesty with a celebration fit for a Queen With themed decorations, cakes decorated … Continue reading BME Elders ‘Evergreens’ Group Celebrates Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
- Meeting Centre member describes sessions as “golden moment” of their weekClevedon Dementia Meeting Centre attendees’ daughter shares heartwarming words of thanks The daughter of two of our Meeting Centre attendees’ … Continue reading Meeting Centre member describes sessions as “golden moment” of their week
- Alive wins national awards and is nominated for Bristol awardWe are so pleased to announce that on the 4th of March 2021, we won two national awards at the … Continue reading Alive wins national awards and is nominated for Bristol award
- Webinar: The Benefits of Community Gardening For People Living With DementiaFor Dementia Action Week, Alive and Brace are running a webinar on the benefits of community gardening for people living … Continue reading Webinar: The Benefits of Community Gardening For People Living With Dementia
- Bristol Growing Network X AllotmentSome fun reasons to get involved with volunteering for us We recently took part in this year’s Get Growing Trail. … Continue reading Bristol Growing Network X Allotment
- Teleconference Calls Commence to Connect Gardening GroupAs members of the Alive Lawrence Weston Community Gardening Group can’t meet up together in person at the moment, we … Continue reading Teleconference Calls Commence to Connect Gardening Group
- Keeping intergenerational links aliveFollowing the challenges of COVID-19, Alive were thrilled to restart our intergenerational activities again, in October this year. There has … Continue reading Keeping intergenerational links alive
- Accessing Technology as a Tool for EngagementAlive’s amazing CEO, Isobel Jones, was invited to chat all things tech with the wonderful Hilary Woodhead, NAPA’s Executive Director. … Continue reading Accessing Technology as a Tool for Engagement
- #OneGoodTurnIn August Alive Activities received funding from The National Lottery Communities Fund, the Department of Sport, Media and Culture and … Continue reading #OneGoodTurn
- Gardening sessions return to the communityAlive are delighted to be able to support people, in the community of Lawrence Weston, to get growing again! We … Continue reading Gardening sessions return to the community
- Help us crowdfund for our allotment toilet!Alive has been gifted an allotment by the kind people at Charlton Road allotments in North Bristol. Over lockdown, a … Continue reading Help us crowdfund for our allotment toilet!
- Supporting you in ActivityCare Homes have worked so hard through the recent pandemic in caring for their residents. Alive and The Bristol Dementia … Continue reading Supporting you in Activity
- Telephone reminiscenceAs part of the Support Hub, at Alive we are able to offer small groups of older people time to … Continue reading Telephone reminiscence
- Bristol Support hub – charities come togetherWe are so pleased to be involved in a collaboration of local charities to form a new Support Hub to … Continue reading Bristol Support hub – charities come together
- Alive and direct!Free online activity sessions via zoom… These strange times have bought many challenges to us as a charity. Financial, logistics … Continue reading Alive and direct!