The 4RDA Blog

Starting the Role of Community Liaison and Support Lead

1/1/2025

In the first few weeks as Community Support and Liaison Lead, I have been busy working on a few "building blocks" to progress forward from. This has included developing an information pack for parish and town councils which outlines what 4RDA does, what inclusive rural dementia friendly communities are, why being dementia friendly is important, the benefits to parish councils and communities of joining 4RDA and a suggested action plan to work through. Additionally, I have worked on a draft policy (lone working) and it's accompanying risk assessment. 

 I have also contacted a number of the parish councils to request to speak at a council meeting about the work of 4RDA and to encourage them to get involved. I currently have a few arranged in the next few weeks and I will be leaving the information pack with each of the parish councils to help support them.

Other tasks I have undertaken during this period as the representative of 4RDA has been to attend an initial meeting to discuss a Dementia Alliance website with a variety of other professionals working across Devon as part of the work towards a fledgling Devon Dementia strategy. This took place on 26/11/24.

I also attended the District-Wide Caring Alliance meeting and gave an update on the current project work being undertaken by 4RDA. this took place on 03/12/2024.