The 4RDA Blog
October 2026 - A Round Up On What Has Been Happening
28/10/2026
• I completed typing up the report of the recent dementia friendly premises assessment I carried out on South Brent Village Hall.• I continued visiting businesses and organisations in Ivybridge with Councillor Crystal Cao, to offer them support to become dementia friendly.
• I have continued co-facilitating the fortnightly carer’s group at Tumbly Hill Wellbeing Hub in Kingsbridge (06/10/26 and 20/10/26).
• I met with one of the Salcombe Town Councillors again (05/10/26) to discuss a provisional first year plan they have drafted to work towards Salcombe becoming dementia friendly and possible support that could be offered to them by 4RDA.
• I attended a webinar by the Centre for Ageing Better about designing an age friendly built environment (05/10/26).
• I delivered a dementia awareness session for Howard-Over Solicitors in Ivybridge (13/10/26). 10 members of the team attended and it was well received.
• I wrote a draft mini guide for solicitors on how to become dementia-friendly, which will need editing shortly.
• I attended the annual Mewstone Primary Care Network Day (15/10/26) in Plymouth with my information stand, promoting the work of both Four Rivers Dementia Alliance and Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm.
• The dementia awareness session that was planned for any businesses in Ivybridge to attend (19/10/26) unfortunately had to be cancelled due to not enough people being booked onto it.
A few other things in the pipeline are:
• I will continue visiting businesses in Ivybridge with Councillor Crystal Cao, encouraging them to consider working towards becoming dementia-friendly.
• The work supporting Tumbly Hill Wellbeing Hub in Kingsbridge will be continuing.
• I will continue to type up the reports for the various dementia friendly premises assessments I have carried out in recent weeks e.g. St Petroc’s church and parish room in south Brent, Ivybridge Library and the Woolwell Centre.
• I will be attending the next Dementia Support South Devon Forum meeting in Ashburton (05/11/26) where I will give an update on the work of both 4RDA and Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm.
• Following a recent meeting I had with the vice chair of Ermington Parish Council to, I will be carrying out a dementia friendly premises assessment of the Hub and Reading Rooms in Ermington (09/11/26) and will compile subsequent reports for both of them.
• I will be delivering a dementia awareness session to the practice manager and members of the domiciliary team at BUPA Dental Care in Ivybridge (23/11/26).
• I will be delivering a dementia awareness session to members of the catering team at The Watermark in Ivybridge (24/11/26).
September 2026 - Lots Of Things Have Been Happening
1/10/2026
• I completed typing up the reports of the recent dementia friendly premises assessments I carried out on The Watermark building in Ivybridge and South Brent Health Centre.• I continued visiting businesses in Ivybridge with Councillor Crystal Cao, to offer them support to become dementia friendly.
• I have continued co-facilitating the fortnightly carer’s group at Tumbly Hill Wellbeing Hub in Kingsbridge (01/09/26 and 15/09/26).
• I met with one of the Salcombe Town Councillors (07/09/26) to discuss potentially supporting the Town Council to work towards becoming dementia friendly. This will be discussed at their next council meeting.
• I met with the manager and carried out a dementia friendly building assessment on the Woolwell Centre in Bickleigh Parish (10/09/26).
• I carried out a dementia friendly building assessment on Ivybridge Library (231/09/26).
• I met with the Vice Chair of Ermington Parish Council to discuss their next steps in working towards becoming dementia friendly, following their recent installation of dementia friendly signage around the village (21/09/26).
A few other things in the pipeline are:
• I will continue visiting businesses in Ivybridge with Councillor Crystal Cao, encouraging them to consider working towards becoming dementia friendly.
• I will be delivering a dementia awareness session for Howard-Over Solicitors in Ivybridge (13/10/26).
• I have arranged another dementia awareness session that will be open to any businesses in Ivybridge (19/10/26).
• I will be attending the annual Mewstone Primary Care Network Day (15/10/26) with my information stand, promoting the work of both Four Rivers Dementia Alliance and Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm.
• The work supporting Tumbly Hill Wellbeing Hub in Kingsbridge will be continuing.
• I will continue to type up the reports for the various dementia friendly premises assessments I have carried out in recent weeks in South Brent, Ivybridge and Woolwell.
August 2026 - Another Bustling Month Of Commitments
29/8/2026
• I completed typing up the report of the recent dementia friendly premises assessment I carried out on Ivybridge Town Council Office.• I continued visiting some of the businesses in Ivybridge with Councillor Crystal Cao, to offer them support to become dementia friendly.
• I delivered a dementia awareness session to the team at Newsome Opticians in Ivybridge (05/08/26), which was well received.
• I attended the Dementia Support South Devon Forum meeting (05/08/26) and the South Hams District Wellbeing Alliance meeting (11/08/26) and gave an update on the work of Four Rivers Dementia Alliance (and Dementia Friendly Parishes Around the Yealm) at both.
• I have continued co-facilitating the fortnightly carer’s group at Tumbly Hill Wellbeing Hub in Kingsbridge (04/08/26 and 18/08/26).
• I carried out dementia friendly building assessments on the village hall, church, church room and the Health Centre in South Brent (25/08/26).
A few other things in the pipeline are:
• I will be meeting with one of the Salcombe Town Councillors (07/09/26) to discuss potentially providing support to the Town Council to work towards becoming dementia friendly (07/09/26).
• I will be carrying out a dementia friendly building assessment on the Woolwell Centre in Bickleigh Parish (10/09/26).
• I will continue visiting businesses in Ivybridge with Councillor Crystal Cao (This is a long-term piece of work) and will be delivering a dementia awareness session for a solicitor’s firm (13/10/26).
• I have arranged another dementia awareness session that will be open to any businesses in Ivybridge (14/09/26).
• I will be carrying out a dementia friendly building assessment on Ivybridge Library (21/09/26).