North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus older people’s health and wellbeing collaborative are working in partnership with older people’s mental health services to raise awareness of memory loss issues. 

Older people’s mental health services will be running a short quiz related to memory loss at each at the older people’s health and wellbeing seven social clubs. These events are also being held as an introduction to the forthcoming National Dementia Awareness Week which runs from July 5 to July 9. 

These special memory sessions commence the week beginning Monday June, 28, at all the clubs listed below.

Monday         
St Francis Church, Sandringham Road, Cleethorpes 10am – 12pm 

Tuesday        
St Pius Church, Chelmsford Avenue, Grimsby 10am – 12pm
West Marsh Community Centre, Armstrong Street 10am – 1pm
Second Avenue Resource Centre, Grimsby 2pm – 4pm 

Wednesday  
Stallingborough Village Hall, Stallingborough 10am – 12pm
St Andrew’s Church, Albion Street, Grimsby 2pm – 4pm 

Thursday       
Stamford Centre, Laceby Library, Laceby 2pm – 4pm 

You do not need to be a regular member of the groups to attend the sessions, everyone is welcome. Please call in at your nearest club where mental health professionals will be on hand to answer any issues raised. 

Andrea Parr, strategy coordinator for older people’s mental health, said: “People may have a lot of questions when it comes to their mental health as they age, especially around memory loss. Even if they have no concerns for themselves, they may know someone close to them who has some concerns. 

“We hope that by running these sessions with the older people’s health and wellbeing collaborative we can give people the opportunity to raise any questions they might have and dispel some of the myths around memory problems.” 

Residents wanting further information about the older people’s collaborative should contact Martin Wakefield on (01472) 232267. For more information about older people’s mental health services please contact (01742) 625300.