The Torbay Dementia Action Alliance was born on the 12^th January 2012 after a meeting with a dozen Torbay councillors and other representatives around Torbay was held at Dunboyne Court, St Marychurch Rd Torquay.

A Core Steering group was formed and it was discussed how to raise awareness of this awful disease among retail businesses/ Tourist industry/ public services and travel throughout Torbay with the eventual outcome being that Torbay will become the 1^st Dementia friendly area in the Country/World.

Dementia

Do you know what dementia is and how it can affect people in your community? Do you know that 1 in 20 people over the age of 65 will have dementia and this increases with age. In Torbay there are an estimated 2700 people with dementia.  Do you know that it also affects people in their thirties? What are you doing at the moment to help improve your service for those with any type of dementia? Would you like to know how you might make improvements?

The Aims of the Alliance are as follows, we want THREE simple questions answered.

• Are you willing to improve your service by raising awareness amongst your staff? 
• Would you be prepared to sign up to a NON contractual Declaration that you would be willing to do this over the next two /three years and also keep the Alliance involved in your progress by way of a series of maybe quarterly meetings (TBA) and also by email?

 

 

                          Supporters Of The

1, Palm FM

2, Babb`s Cafe Torquay

3, Herald Express

4, South Devon College

5, Sanctuary Housing Torquay

6, Dots Pantry Torquay

7, Attic Clothing Torquay

8, Toyota Paignton

9, Torbay Council

10, Princess Theatre

11, Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust

12, Occombe Farm

13, Toad Hall Cottages, Kingsbridge

14, Torbay CVA

15, Age UK Torbay

16, One World Cafe

17, Apollo Cinema, Paignton

18, Riviera Life Church

19, Tor 2

20, Torbay Carers Forum

21, Torbay Links

22, Torbay Coalition of Disabilities

23, Arthritic Care Torbay

24, Torbay Stroke Association

25, Muscular Dystrophy Society

26, Devon and Cornwall Lupus Group

27, Disability Support Torbay

28, Crossroads Care

29, Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust

30, Sky Lettings, Torquay

31, New Devon Clinic, Paignton

32, Downs Newsagents

33, Babbacombe Inn

34, John Lake Estate Agency

35, Louis Gems, St Marychurch

36, Classic Clothing, St Marychurch

37, Fables Bookstore, St Marychurch

38, Drower`s Ironmonger`s St Marychurch

39, Happy Apple, St Marychurch

40, Best Wishes, St Marychurch

41, Herbs and Honey, St Marychurch

42, G.L.Hocin Sweet shop, St Marychurch

43, In A Picke, St Marychurch

44, Family Matters Soliciters, St Marychurch

45, Pick of the Crop, fruit and Veg, St Marychurch

46, Driftwood Cafe

47, Halletts Bakery, St Marychurch

48, Lloyd Maunders Butchers

49, Precict newsagents, St Marychurch

50, Timekeepers, St Marychurch

51, Boots Chemist, St Marychurch

52, The Coffee House, St Marychurch

53, Forget me nots, St Marychurch

54, D + H Fresh Fish shop, St Marychurch

55, Gilberts Pet shop, St Marycurc

56, Action Stationers

57, Cary park Cafe, Babbacombe

58, Mashfords estate Agency, Babbacombe

59, Antiques and Retro, Babbacombe

60, Babbacombe bakery, Babbacombe

61, Daisy`s Cafe, Babbacombe

62, Babbacombe Newsagents, Babbacombe

63, The CO-OP, Babbacombe

64, William Hills Bookmakers, Babbacombe

65, TESCO`S, Babbacombe

66, Imperial Cleaners, Babbacombe

67, Abigails Pantry, Babbacombe

68, Price First Taxis

69, Fresh and Fruity, Babbacombe

70, Crown property Management, Babbacombe

71, Indian Hymalayan resteraunt, Babbacombe

72, Babbacome tea rooms

73, Door to Door Carpets, Babbacombe

74, Xcite Property, Babbacombe

75, Vospers car sales

76, Swim Torquay

77, Simply Meats, Babbacombe

78, Sommerville and Savage solicitors, St Marychurch

79, Remembering4You.com, USA

80, Torbay Hotelliers assosoiation (Over 100 Hotels and B+Bs under their wings)

81, English Riviera Tourist Board (Over 1,000 establishments under their wings)

82, Wilkinsons Store , Torquay Town Centre

83, WAITROSE, Plainmoor

84, Park Butchers, Plainmoor

85, Tanning Studio, Plainmoor

86, Rose buds florists, Plainmoor

87. Co op Chemists, Plainmoor

88. Hope and Harrar house and flat rentals, Plainmoor

89. Mc Colls + Post Office, Plainmoor

90. Rice and Spice, Plainmoor

91. Crusty loaf, Plainmoor

92. Mia hair dressers, Plainmoor

93. Shoe box, Plainmoor

94. Tom Chapman hair dressers, Plainmoor

95. Fantazia hair and beauty, Plainmoor

96. Dominos Pizza`s, Plainmoor

97. Lush Hairdressers, Plainmoor

98. Sweeney Todds Hairdressers, Lower Chelston

99. Caritas Charity Shop, Lower Chelston

100. Cabellos hairdressers, Lower Chelston

101. Poppy's tea and Coffee, Lower Chelston

102. Ancient Elements, Lower Chelston

103. Honeysuckle Home, Lower Chelston

104. Gargain and Hunt, Lower Chelston

105. Plush Hair, Lower Chelston

106. Spar, Lower Chelston

107. VF Hair and Beauty, Lower Chelston

108. Shoe Z00, Lower Chelston

109. Bead Exclusive, Lower Chelston

110. Boho Hairdressing, Wellswood Torquay

111. Puddle ducks of Wellswood

112. Day Lewis pharmacy, Wellswood Torquay

113. Rowcroft Hospice Boutique, Wellswood

114. House of Locher Patisserie, Wellswood

115. The flower Corner "Florists", Wellswood

116. Knapmanhayes Opticians, Wellswood

117. The food and Coffee House, Wellswood

118. Londis Warborro road, Wellswood

119. Wellswood fruits

120. Wellswood Post Office and newsagents

121. Wellswood Village pantry

122, Asda, Torquay

123, Morrisons, Paignton

124, The Chelston Well-being Clinic Greenbay Veterinary

125, Chelston Chiropody - Extremely helpful

126, Post Office, Chelston

127, John Shambrook Butchers

128, Richard Meek

129, Co-Operative store

130, Dressing room

131, Olive Branch Carers

132, Cockington Galleries

133, The Runners Guide

134, Torbay Group, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service

135, Torquay United

136, Torbay Town Centres Company

137, Stagecoach South West

138, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Torbay Hospital)

139. Professor V Perry

140. Lush Newsagents

141. Geno's Café

142. Savva's Coffee Shop

143. Torre Post Office

144. Funky Munky

145. Torre Delights 

146. Western TV Services 

147. Carters General Store 

148. Barking Dogs - Grooming store

149. Village Barbers 

150. Popins Pottery

151. Stitches

152. Kaboodles 

153. Bay Advocates

154. The Property Bureau (Letting Agents) Torre

155. Haldons Chartered Surveyors Torre

156. Tax Assist Accountants Torre

157. The Sign Shop Torre

158. The Cherry Edge Cafe Totnes 

159. FIRST GROUP.COM 

160. Mount Tryon Care Home "Barcherster Care"

161. Chelston Hall Surgery, Torquay

162. Abbey Road Surgery, Torquay

163. Greenswood Surgery, Brixham

164. Barton Surgery, Torquay

165. Cherrybrook Medical Centre, Paignton

166. Chilcote Surgery, Torquay

167. The Rotary Club of Torquay

168. The Rotary Club of Tormohun

169. Roots To Success, Torbay

170. Drakes Fish and Chip Restaurant, Torquay

171. Pyramid Torbay ( Photography )

172. Freedom Stairlifts

173. HSBC, St Marychurch

174. STYL2 Hairdressers

175. The Bridal Box

176. Your Future Financial Aid

177. The Studio

178. The Cabin Newsagents

179. Lucius st Delicatessen

180. Ace Glass and Hardware store

181. Devon Nail Styles

182. Vera Grant Home Furnishings

183. Practical Magic

184. AMC Models

185. Startime Patisserie

186. Susan`s Flower shop

187. Phoenix Care Services

188. Grendale Flooring

189. Torbay Electronics

190. Cherry`s Cafe

191. Maggie Shaws Clothing

192. Livermead Post office

193. Spar Shop

194. Darbeys Shop

195. Shiphay Post office

196. Shiphay Co Op

197. PLC Estate Agents

198. Rainbow sweets and treats

199. Shiphay Pharmacey

200. The Co Op, Barton

201. Tesco`s, Barton

202. Lloyds Pharmacy, Barton

203. Prince of Orange Public House, Barton

204. Duchy Hotels

205. Marina Gift

206. Offshore Restaurant

207. The Gallery Cafe

208. Stags Estate Agents

209. English Riviera Visitor Information Centre

210. Vaughans Cafe

211. Shiraz Cafe Bar

212. Living Coasts

213. Jib-Set Marine

214. Below Decks Cafe

215. Quay Reflections

216. Torquay Chandlers

217. Birchell Marine

218. Harbour Lights

219. The Harvester

220. Sea Breeze

221. Chandlers Chippy

222. Harbour Amusements 

223. Seamus O'Donnells 

224. The Rock Shop

225. Tidal Tackle

226. Macaris

227. Harbour View

228. Al Porto Cafe

229. Pasty 'N' More

230. Victoria Gifts

231. Quayside Gifts

232. The Bonbon Shop

233. Burridge's

234. Haddon Galleries

235. Subway

236. Ace Printing

237. River Island

238. Egg and Soldiers Cafe

239. Newcross Nursing Agency

240. Bikin' Motion

241. Portobello

242. RH Dry Cleaning

243. Absolute Sales & Lettings

244. Revival

245. The Castle public house

246. Spar

247. Irvine Nott LLP

248. Haart

249. Argos

250. Cash Convertor

251. McDonalds

252. Natwest

253. Rowcroft Shop

254. BHS

255. Metro 

256. Sue Ryder Care

257. Thomson Travel

258. New Look

259. Boots

260. Ann Summers

261. Vision Express

262. Thomas Cook

263. YMCA

264. Cash Solutions

265. Peacocks

266. Iceland

267. Piccasso

268. Paperbox

269. F Hinds

270. Inspired Rooms

271. Shaws

272. Savers

273. Shauls

274. Family Gifts

275. Refresh Cartridges

276. Baby Boutique

277. Harmony Salad Bowl 

278. Concept T's

279. Milly Molly Mandy

280. Annie's Boutique 

281. Flavour Vapour

282. The Market Fruit & Veg Shop

283. The Corner Cafe 

284. The New Yorker

285. Stix & Scones

286. Vintage Kitty Rose

287. Torquay Pet & Garden Shop

288. Brown' Cobblers and Keys

289. Casino Gaming

290. Volume Hair Salon

291. All The Small Things

292. The Abbey Barber Shop

293. Carters

294. La Creme

295. Dress Code

296. Angelo's

297. The Carpet Shop

298. Swallow Ink Tattoo

299. Tapas Bar

300. Hawkes Clothing

301. TBCLUB 

302. Turkish Barber Shop

303. The Groom Room

304. TK Maxx

305. Jades Coffee House

306. The London Inn

307. Triton Galleries

308. Jingles

309. Mccolls

310. Diasy Mae Hair and Beauty

311. Torre Kitchens and Bathrooms

312. Dizzie Lizzie Bridal shop

313. Quay Pharmacy

314. Amici Italian Restaurant

315. The Clocktower Bar and Pub

316. Torbay Property Management

317. Hoopers

318. Maggie and Co

319. Janes Fashions

320. Debenhams

321. Officers Club

322. Poundland

323. Bon Marche

324. Torre Sports

325. Toy Sale

326. Green Ginger

327. Santander

328. Barclays

329. Truprint

330. Pasty Presto

331. Cafe Nero

332. The Edinburgh Woollen Mill 

333. Burger King

334. Furniturewise

335. The Ark Pet Centres

336. Games Workshop

337. Swinton

338. Wild About Hair

339. Ladbrokes

340. Warrens Bakery

341. Card Factory 

342. T D S Sports Store

343. Thorntons

344. Cheltenham and Gloucester

345. Goldsmiths Torquay

346. Primark

347. H&M

348. Clinton Cards

349. WHSmith

350. Torbay Estates

351. Metcalfes Estate Agents

352. Gordon Rowe

353. Miller Countrywide

354. Northwood

355. Lighting Options

356. The Money Shop

357. Oxfam

358. British Heart Foundation 

359. PDSA

360. Clarks

361. Halifax

362. Specsavers

363. O2

364. The Works

365. Trespass

366. Mountain Warehouse

367. Costa

368. Animal

369. Nationwide

370. Gamestation

371. BrightHouse

372. H Samuel

373. JD Sports

374. Cex

375. Holland and Barrett

376. Rowes Bakery

377. Phones 4u

378. Vodafone

379. Green Leaf Cafe

380. Fancy That

381. Enigma

382. Ernest Jones

383. Regis

384. Claire's Accessories

385. Go Mobile

386. Fizzy Lips

387. Envy 

388. Tesco

389. Panasonic Store

390. Camelot

391. The Cider Press

392. Doble Jewellers

393. Thai Star

394. Giles & Sons

395. Pona Pero

396. Oggy Oggy Pasty

397. Crystals

398. Thingy Bobs

399. Aroma Bella 

400. The Linen Shop

401. Josie's Wigs and Hairpieces

402. Torbay Police Station

403. Westlands School

404. Somerset Care

 

Tor2:

 

For more information please contact:

Norman Mc Namara: Founder of Dementia Awareness Day & Torbay Dementia Action Alliance - Email norrms@gmail.com http://dementiaawarealliance.wordpress.com/

Norrms book "Silent Voices, My Battle with Alzheimers Continues" availiable here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Voice%60s-Battle-Alzheimer%60s-Rages/dp/1463761538/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338021274&sr=1-2

 

 

Norm's Vision -

"I would like to see, within three to four years, at least 60% of shops, banks, Hotels, B+B`s Supermarkets, Theatre, Cinema's, Leisure industry ECT displaying a "Dementia Friendly Badge " on their doors and Entrances very similar to the 'Investors In People' we see on most businesses doors.

The wonderful thing about this idea is the simplicity of it.

We don't have to make it hard; we don't have to get tied up in Bureaucracy, because we already have the training information in place.

We have leaflets on every type of Dementia there is, freely available from Big Dementia Charities.

 

All I am asking is if every business in Torbay will agree to sign up to this and let us do the hard work for them."

 

PLANTING MEMORIES is a campaign reaching out to all those interested in gardening to help raise public awareness of dementia and generate funds for charities involved with finding a cure and developing new treatments.

Ideas for growing plant varieties can be found on the Planting Memories Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/PlantingMemories

The profit you make can be donated online via http://www.justgiving.com/DementiaAwarenessDay2012

In 2012 the Planting Memories campaign will be supporting The Lewy Body Society. Lewy Body disease is the second most frequent cause of neurodegenerative dementia.

For more information about Lewy Body disease please visit http://lewybody.org/

For further information about the Planting Memories campaign on behalf of Dementia Awareness Day please contact Lyn Richards or Ian Mann @ Vermilion on 01428 608019.