Tonbridge Dementia Friendly Community

Dementia Information Day

Dementia Information Day
Southborough Civic Centre

SATURDAY MAY 23RD
10AM-3PM

Advice Service
Support Services
Dementia Tour Bus
Dementia Choir

Book your dementia Tour place
Kath.Ireland@mccarthyandstone.co.uk

Last Night of The Proms Concert

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Last Night Of The Proms

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Memory Cafes run by our DFC

Tonbridge - Angel Indoor Bowls Club
Thursday November 13th - Alison with plants and flowers

Thursday November 27th - Music from Di and John Cullen
Last cafe before Christmas so wear your Christmas jumper

Showfields Library, Tunbridge Wells
Tuesday 18th November at 1.45

Forget me not cafe at Hildenborough
Cancelled this month due to building work in the church premises.

Click here for a list of all activities taking place in our area this month

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Dates for 2026

In mid October we held our quarterly Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells DFC committee meeting where we discussed plans for the fund raising concert in April. We only have one more meeting before the concert so we needed to get it all set up. Please put the date in your shiny new 2026 diaries when you get them. Saturday April 25th in Tonbridge Parish Church.

Other plans for 2026 included Dementia Action Week in May when we will be hosting an information event along side the virtual dementia tour bus. Another date for those new diaries, Saturday May 23rd from 10am - 1pm

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HELP JANET RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR DFC

Janet Jackson, whose late husband Trevor was a popular cafe user and member of our dementia choir, is raising funds for our DFC by doing a skydive on 12th October.

Please click here to donate and support her.

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What's on in October?

Hello everyone,
During October I shall be distributing pantomime tickets for those who want them. They are for The EM Forster Theatre on December 13th at 11am. The production this year is Jack and the Beanstalk. If you would like a ticket please email me. Those living with dementia plus a carer only. If there are any left over I will include our fabulous volunteers.

Please click here for a timetable of events for October.

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September diary

Find below a list of all events and cafes taking place this month in your area

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September News

Hello everyone,
By now the children will all be returning to school and we will begin to think about Christmas. Having spent years helping to run a Sunday school, September was always the month when the Minister uttered those dreaded word, “what are we doing for church nativity?”
As our Tonbridge café doesn’t meet in December because the venue is unavailable, we have to do the Christmas ‘stuff’ in November, so I’m busy planning.
Once again, I have purchased pantomime tickets from our grant and have 25 available on a first come first served basis. Once all of our service users have got their tickets any remaining will be offered to our wonderful volunteers.
We have a TikTok sensation among our numbers! At the recent musical memories concert I made a short video clip of one of our lovely choir members singing a solo of Moon River. I posted it on TikTok the same evening and by next morning it had been viewed over 1000 times. Now it has reached over 7000 views. Wow! Who would have believed it? A more recent post from our Tonbridge cafe reached over 1000 views in less than 24 hours. You may wonder why I would use a social media platform like TikTok. The easy answer is that it is about raising awareness. TikTok is predominantly used by young people (if you don't count Donald Trump) and many young people are affected by dementia when a grandparent or great grandparent receives a diagnosis. it can be incredibly alarming for a young person who has no knowledge of the condition, don't know how to act around a relative and may have concerns about visiting them. Sharing these little video clips lets them see that we can all have a good time even with that diagnosis and hopefully allow them to feel more comfortable around a relative living with dementia.

ChrisP

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June Newsletter

Hello everyone,
June was a busy month with lots of activity. Our choir did us proud, performing at the Tonbridge Castle fete where they entertained the crowds with some wartime songs.
Our visit to Ightham Mote was a very enjoyable day and we will be going again, I just haven't fixed a date yet. Please let me know if you would like to go there for a visit. We were very well looked after by the National Trust volunteers who laid on a series of activities for us ending with tea and biscuits and a sing along.

We also had an afternoon of the river Medway on the Kingfisher Medway Trust boat. It was a perfect afternoon, very hot but with a lovely cooling breeze from the water. The great crew took good care of us ensuring we were all safe and enjoying the trip. I will book that again for next year although even I can't book the good weather.

WHAT'S ON IN JULY

July 2025

		Tonbridge & Malling	Tunbridge Wells
1^st Week
Tuesday	1	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia Café at Age UK Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	2	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 2pm Young Onset Dementia Café at Town Lock, Tonbridge 2pm Café at Brassey Centre Aylesford. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre 3pm Spadework West Malling Singing group	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	3	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)	10.30am Curiosity Project. The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	4	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Peer Support Group Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells
2nd Week
Monday	7	10am-3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Over 65 Peer Support group, Spadework, Spadework, Offham Road, West Malling 2.30pm Memory Cafe at Spadework, Offham road, West Malling
Tuesday	8	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Age UK Me Craft Club at Town Lock, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	9	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework car park, West Malling. 10.30 Memory Café Evenden House, Ropewalk, Cranbrook. 11am Forget me not Café at St John’s Church, London Road, Hildenborough. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Carers Support Group, Spadework West Malling 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	10	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 2pm Memory Café at East Malling Centre, Chapmans Way, East Malling. ME19 6SD 2.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge 3.30-5.00pm Healing Voices, Don Carman Room, Ditton	10.15. Cinema Club. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells
Friday	11	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 10.30 Memory Café, Emerald Walk, Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells (Off Greggs Wood Road) 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre.
3rd Week
Monday	14	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Arts & Craft Group, Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling. Please phone first to book
Tuesday	15	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Age UK Dementia and Me Peer Group at Town Lock, Tonbridge.	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30. Young Onset Drop in. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 1.45pm Memories Café at Showfields Hall, Rowan Tree Rd Tunbridge Wells
Wednesday	16	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 2pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.30pm Memory Café at Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road, West Malling 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	17	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 10.30 Musical Memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church. 12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)
Friday	18	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall 2pm Multi Sport. Angel Centre, Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 10.30 Connected Minds. Highlands House. See flyer above 1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre. 2pm Pembury Memory Café at Pembury Baptist Church Romford Road, Pembury
4th Week
Monday	21	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 10.30am Young Onset Peer Support Group, Spadework West Malling 3pm Singing group, Spadework West Malling
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Tuesday	22	10am Café Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK 11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move 2pm Dementia and Me at Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK Tonbridge	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11am. Carers Group. Chamberlain Court, 77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 11.30 Musical Theatre Singers, Trinity, Tunbridge Wells. 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	23	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework Car Park, West Malling. 2.00pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 14.30pm Spadework Carers Support Group. 14.45 Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.00am. Dementia Peer Support Group. Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells. Early stage, newly diagnosed 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	24	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury 12.00 Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only) 14.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge. 3.30-5.00pm Healing Voices, Don Carman Room, Ditton
Friday	25	9.30am Accessible bowling at Angel Indoor Bowls Club 13.30pm Carers Group Curran Hall, East Peckham	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood. 13.30 Memory Cafe Paddock Wood day Centre.
5th Week
Monday	28	10am – 3pm C.O.G.S at Age UK Town Lock Tonbridge 2.30pm Music & Movement, Spadework West Malling
Tuesday	29	11.30am at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford Stretch & Move	Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre. 11-12.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells 2-3.30 CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) at Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Wednesday	30	10am Walking group - Meet at Spadework carpark, West Malling. 2pm Seated Moving to music at Tonbridge Baptist Church followed by singing. 2.45pm Step Tap at Larkfield Leisure Centre	9.30am Crossroads COGS club Christ Church, Prospect Rd Southborough 9.30am Dementia Day Care, Age UK, Wood St. Tunbridge Wells 10am Seated Moving to Music at Trinity Theatre Tunbridge Wells 11.30 Singing at Trinity, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday	31	10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge 10.30 COGS at The Oast, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury

Memory Cafes
2.30pm at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Tonbridge
Thursday July 10th
Thursday July 24th
1.45pm Showfields Library, Tunbridge Wells
Tuesday July 15th

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