Memorylane Eastbourne - Newsletter of January/February 2022

Hi Everyone

I hope you had a good Christmas and managed to see your family and friends. Winter is truly here now and spring seems a long way off. But here at Memory Lane we continue to offer our services to try and make a difference to people living with dementia and their carers.

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The winners in the cash draw for November were

1st Prize £100 Peggy Maskell

2nd prize £40 Maureen Chester

3rd Prize £30 Maria Smith

4th Prize £30 Heather Clark

Winners for December were

1st Prize £100 Molly Robinson

2nd prize £40 Judith Smith

3rd Prize £30 Gilbert Robeson

4th Prize £25 Phyllis Redmond (Elizabeth)

Thank you to all who are supporting Memory Lane and contributing to the services we run. If anyone is interested in joining the cash draw, please let me know. Its £10 a month and half of all raised goes into the monthly draw.

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Covid Restrictions

Please note going forward we need to be even more aware and keep everyone safe. After a meeting with the Trustees it has been agreed that we will continue with our face to face groups at present. This is with the proviso that everyone wears a mask unless eating/drinking and takes a lateral flow test before each group. We understand people with dementia may struggle with this, but it’s a decision we have made in order to continue. We do have visors available if this helps your loved one. Please be assured we did not take this decision lightly and will remove the restriction as soon as we are able to.

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We say goodbye to Kay. Although she has not been at group since the start of Covid, she was a lovely lady who always enjoyed our sessions. Our thoughts go to Molly her sister. Who was so dedicated to her.

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We also say goodbye to Ken Speed. Again we only had the pleasure of his company for a few months before covid came along. But he was a gentleman and again our thoughts are with Sheila.

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Thank you

Many thanks to Orla Phipps who asked friends to donate to us rather than give her birthday presents. She raised a whopping £135

The family of Doreen Marsden. £140 was donated in her memory instead of flowers.

We also thank the family of Sheila Stringer where £288.60 was donated in her memory.

Lauren Frost kindly helped out at Christmas and donated tins of shortbread for our members as Christmas gifts as well as something for the New Year.

Willingdon Drove Golf Club raised a fantastic £1,562.50.

Willingdon School of Dance raised £300 for us from their Christmas Show.

Thank you all so much. All these funds will help us to continue to provide activities in the Eastbourne area for people living with dementia and their families.

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