Dementia Action Week 2025
This year Dementia Action Week takes place from 19 to 25 May 2025 and the theme is raising awareness of the importance of an early diagnosis for people affected by dementia.
Diagnosis is vital to give people access to the care, treatment and support they need. Yet, 1 in 3 people with dementia do not have a diagnosis.
If you’re worried about yourself, or someone close to you, you can check your symptoms using this dementia symptoms checklist from Alzheimer’s Society. This will not provide a diagnosis but can be used to help understand the symptoms being experienced so you can discuss this with a GP.
Visit our dementia page for more information about local support services and activities.
Local events this Dementia Action Week
- Tuesday 20 May – Memories in the Sand – help create sand art at Beadnell Bay in memory and tribute to those affected by dementia, 4.30pm-6.30pm. There will be Dementia Advisers to speak to from 2.30pm and a Dementia Friends session at 3.30pm. Just turn up on the day.
- Friday 23 May – pop-up information stall at Morpeth Library, 10am-12pm and Morpeth NHS Centre, 1pm-3pm with Well Up North Link Worker Lisa Baker and Dementia Adviser Abi Bailey from Alzheimer’s Society.
Please get in touch if you would like further information about local dementia services and support, or if you would like to talk to us in confidence about your experiences of care.
