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Our 24 hour Freephone Dementia Helpline is staffed entirely by a team of trained and highly skilled volunteer call handlers. Their dedication and loyalty are remarkable. There is no 'typical' day on the Helpline but four of our remarkable team have shared one recent shvift to mark Dementia Awareness Week.

A well-known charity volunteer has stepped down from her role and retired after eight years of managing the Alzheimer Scotland’s charity shop in Forres.

The Dementia Resource Centre provides a hub for people with dementia and their families to meet in a friendly and supportive environment, whilst having access to information, advice and a range of personalised supports.

The Dementia Resource Centre provides a hub for people with dementia and their families to meet in a friendly and supportive environment, whilst having access to information, advice and a range of personalised supports.

A monthly drop in café providing information and peer support to people living with dementia and their families.

Volunteers offer a two hour session, per week, on a day and time to suit you.

Jenn Hall, Helpline Manager, shares just one of the 8,861 calls taken over lockdown by our team of highly skilled and dedicated volunteers.This call record beautifully demonstrates the power of a simple question, and the tangible difference our volunteers can make to the lives of people who ring our helpline:

Progressive Non Fluent Aphasia (PNFA) is a condition which affects a person’s ability to use language. 

Emotional support and signposting advice, available 24 hours, everyday of the year.