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Alzheimer Scotland is due to launch the UK's first Outdoor Dementia Resource Centre, thanks to a successful bid for funding as part of the NLHF Heritage Horizons Award from the Cairngorms Trust. The unique project will enable people with dementia and their family carers to experience the mental and physical benefits of spending time outdoors.

'A New Dementia Strategy for Scotland: Everyone's Story' - published 31 May 2023.

Last summer Alzheimer Scotland announced plans for the UK’s first Outdoor Dementia Resource Centre at Badaguish Outdoor Centre near Aviemore, which will officially open in April 2023. Over the next six weeks the team will be taking the project on tour around Strathspey with their tipi as a mobile venue so people can find out more about and experience the services the new centre will provide.

The National Records of Scotland today published the latest dementia death statistics alongside their report - 'Alzheimer's and other dementia deaths 2022'. 

Coast Candle Co have partnered up with us in creating a ‘memory’ candle designed by people living with dementia around the theme of memories. The candle is available online to help raise money for Alzheimer Scotland. 

Helpline Manager Jenn Hall and her partner Joolz Wallace take on '40 for 40' to support Alzheimer Scotland's Do it for Dementia campaign.

New digital health library website for people living with dementia, their carers and families.

To mark Grief Awareness Week we wanted to share some tips for adjusting to change and looking after yourself. Grieving the loss of a loved one is one of the most emotional experiences we will have in our lifetime. Grief often continues long after the death that causes it. 

Nick Gardner inspires the country to get out and walk for Scotland’s Memory Walk 2021