This week to support the efforts of people around the country who help those living with dementia, and to coincide with Dementia Action Week, our foundation is awarding 20 grants of £500 to local organisations running dementia clubs and/or memory cafes.

We are excited to be able to reveal today the first eight of our successful applicants, which are:

Penryn Memory Cafe, Cornwall

Connect for Life, Oswestry, Shropshire

Garstang Memory Cafe, Lancashire

Dementia Friendly Todmordon, West Yorkshire

Ty Golau Dementia Charity Trust, Carmarthenshire

Keynsham and Saltford Dementia Action Alliance , Bristol

Callington Memory Cafe, Cornwall

Memory Lane Cafe Calderdale, West Yorkshire

We will be sharing another 8 successful applicants on Wednesday, from a very popular funding round.

Thanks to everyone who supports our foundation, and makes these grants possible!