Active Voice

Enabling and promoting the diverse voices of people with dementia and carers to campaign for, promote and uphold rights and drive change.

About us

The Active Voice of people living with dementia and their carers is about upholding rights and driving change. We support people with lived experience to help influence and shape policy and practice – Your Voice Matters! You don’t have to be politically minded or need any qualifications to be involved. The only important thing is you know what issues affect you as a person whose life has been affected by dementia.

There are several ways for you to get involved:

At a local level – One of Alzheimer Scotland’s priorities is local campaigning, because the decisions that most affect the lives of people with dementia, their carers and families are often made locally. Campaigning varies from place to place, but it’s all built on your lived experience.
National campaigning – If you are a person living with dementia you may be interested in joining the Scottish Dementia Working Group (SDWG), the independent voice of people with dementia within Alzheimer Scotland. The Group is run for, and by, people with dementia.
If you care for, or previously cared for a person with dementia – our National Dementia Carers Action Network (NDCAN) is a national campaigning and awareness raising group whose members all have experience of caring for someone with dementia.

If you would like further information or an informal chat with a member of the Active Voice Team, please email activevoice@alzscot.org or call us on 0141 410 1171.

You can also learn more by downloading our Active Voice leaflet by clicking the button below.

Download: Active Voice leaflet

Scottish Dementia Working Group

The Scottish Dementia Working Group (SDWG) is a national, member led campaigning and awareness raising group for people living with a diagnosis of dementia in Scotland.

Learn more about SDWG

National Dementia Carers Action Network

Alzheimer Scotland’s National Dementia Carers Action Network (NDCAN) is a national campaigning and awareness raising group for carers (and former carers) of people with dementia who are living in Scotland.

Learn more about NDCAN