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Our Magnolia Drop-In Clubs Continue!


Our wonderful drop-in groups for unpaid carers of people looking after their loved one with dementia continue to flourish, both in Gipsy Hill, South East London, and in Brixton. Here are some lovely pictures of creative craft – making ready for the The Queen's Platinum Jubilee!





Hope for Home and Age UK Lambeth: Magnolia Club



Our partnership with Age UK Lambeth continues to flourish, despite the impact of the pandemic. Here is a photo from January 2022 of attendees at our Magnolia Club in Gipsy Hill, reveling in a wonderfully creative embroidery session. 

This was hugely enjoyed by all, and we are so pleased that the group continues to expand.

We are so very grateful to Age UK Lambeth for their work in helping us to reach people with dementia and their unpaid carers in their local communities in the two drop-in groups that Hope for Home funds in the Borough.

Donation from Pumpkin: Christmas 2021


Hope for Home was delighted to receive a magnificent donation of £500 from Pumpkin, the travel food experts, as a result of being nominated in their Christmas Draw by one of their employees, Cassie Burridge.

Cassie works for Pumpkin from Blackpool railway station. We were thrilled and utterly overjoyed to receive this generous donation for our work, and are very grateful to Cassie, and to Pumpkin for their support.

Hope for Home Conference November 2021: How to Die Well with Dementia at Home

Hope for Home was delighted to host a virtual conference in this year of the pandemic, having sadly postponed our annual conference from 2020. This year's conference was a terrific success, with over 60 attendees present.

We were very privileged to welcome truly inspirational contributors, including Nicola Kendall from Durham talking about “The Art of Dying”: How we die is a legacy to those we leave behind, so how can we make that legacy a positive one?, Sally Muylders, Community Engagement Manager, St Clare Hospice, Essex, talking about Starting a Namaste Care Project during a Pandemic:” A story of lessons learned and of unexpected benefits”, as well as several other inspirational speakers running interactive workshops for small groups. 

Topics here included Namaste Care at home, Supporting from Diagnosis to End of Life - improving outcomes for carers of people living with Dementia at home, Caring for the carers of people with dementia, and A Question of Meaning - Playlist for Life.

The feedback from attendees was most encouraging, and on this basis we plan to hold our next conference probably virtually, in 2022.

We are enormously grateful to the IT team at Ardgowan Hospice, and to Linda McEnhill, their Chief Executive, and our Trustee, for hosting this and making it happen so seamlessly.