Community Engagement

Much of what the Salford Institute for Dementia and Ageing does is to improve the lives of people with dementia and their care-givers. Co-production and co-creation underpins our activities and we are lucky to have the input of a range of stakeholders to guide our work. 

Our Community Engagement Officers run the groups. These include our Dementia Associates Panel. A group of people with direct experience of living with, or supporting someone who is living with, dementia. The Associates provide input to research project design and work alongside the institute’s leadership team to identify priorities for conferences and events. We have won international awards for the ways we have worked alongside people living with dementia in our research.

We also run groups in our Hub, designed to promote the involvement of people with dementia and other local stakeholders. These include:

• SID's Café
• Music Group with Hallé Orchestra
• Music Group with Music In Hospitals and Care
• 'Good Life' Club hosted in our dementia design principles garden at the Hub.

The Salford Institute for Dementia’s Hub is funded by the generosity of our alumni, supporters, and friends. It runs gardening and music clubs, as well as café sessions to provide those living with Dementia with some support, advice, and a place to go and have a chat with those who are going through the same challenges. These have become a social lifeline to our associates and members of the community here in the North West, as well as a fantastic opportunity to join together and learn new skills.