“What you have done is truly inspirational; braver than what any of us have done.”
The awards, supported by The Telegraph, recognise the efforts of individuals, businesses and communities to improve the lives of those with dementia, and to reduce social isolation.
Winning schemes created links between schools and care homes, with children and elderly people sharing activities such as singing and gardening, trained bus drivers in how to help those with the condition and brought together sports clubs with fans with dementia, in order to share their sporting memories.
Mr Hunt said the community efforts, and a national campaign to recruit 1 million “dementia friends” was now influencing global policies on the condition, and was one of the key topics under discussion at the World Health Assembly in Geneva earlier this week.
Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, joined Mr Hunt in thanking the Daily Telegraph for supporting the awards, which were sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group. Mr Hughes said: “Day by day, The Daily Telegraph has been bringing dementia out of the shadows, letting people know that it is okay to talk about dementia, and that has been really important.”
Angela Rippon, TV broadcaster and national dementia care ambassador, saluted an “amazing social movement” which was changing attitudes towards the condition.
The winners were: Sporting Memories (national initiative); Introduction to Dementia for Bus Drivers, First bus operator (business); Joy Watson (national champion); Dementia Friendly Crawley (local initiative); The Archie Project (regional initiative);
Stoke Damerel Community College (school/college); Dementia Friendly Gurudwaras (voluntary initiative).
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/
Well being Secretary hails courage of dementia campaigners
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