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Telephone Telephone Telephone E-mail E-mail E-mail Doctor / /Surgery Doctor Doctor /Surgery Surgery e-mail: wendoverds@gmail.com e-mail: e-mail: wendoverds@gmail.com wendoverds@gmail.com Postal: Wendover Dementia Support, Postal: Postal: Wendover Wendover Dementia Dementia Support, Support, 25 Dobbins Lane, 2525 Dobbins Dobbins Lane, Lane, Wendover, HP22 6DH Wendover, Wendover, HP22 HP22 6DH 6DH Once we receive your information we Once Once we we receive receive your your information information we we will be inintouch totoarrange aadiscussion will will bebe intouch touch toarrange arrange adiscussion discussion totodetermine how best we can help you todetermine determine how how best best we we can can help help you you
Who supports us? Who supports us? Who supports us? InInsetting upupour charity our advisor training In setting setting up our our charity charity our our advisor advisor training training and set upupcosts have been funded bybythree and and setset up costs costs have have been been funded funded by three three organisations. The Friends ofofWendover Health organisations. organisations. The The Friends Friends of Wendover Wendover Health Health Centre, The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust and the Centre, Centre, The The Lionel Lionel Abel-Smith Abel-Smith Trust Trust and and the the Wendover Parish Council. We thank these Wendover Wendover Parish Parish Council. Council. We We thank thank these these organisations for their generous sponsorship. organisations organisations forfor their their generous generous sponsorship. sponsorship. We have also received support from We We have have also also received received support support from from Lindengate Charity, The Wendover Dementia Lindengate Lindengate Charity, Charity, The The Wendover Wendover Dementia Dementia Action Alliance, Westongrove GP Partnership Action Action Alliance, Alliance, Westongrove Westongrove GPGP Partnership Partnership and Community Impact Bucks. Our café isisbeing and and Community Community Impact Impact Bucks. Bucks. Our Our café café is being being hosted bybythe Wendover Christian Centre. hosted hosted by the the Wendover Wendover Christian Christian Centre. Centre. Again, we are very grateful totoall for Again, Again, wewe are are very very grateful grateful to allof all ofthem of them them forfor their advice and support. their their advice advice and and support. support.
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IsIsthere aacharge? Isthere there acharge? charge? We are a acharity run bybyunpaid volunteers and We We are are charity a charity run run by unpaid unpaid volunteers volunteers and and aim totobe totoall affected bybyby aim aim to beinclusive be inclusive inclusive to allthose all those those affected affected Dementia. We dodonot charge for our services Dementia. Dementia. We We do not not charge charge forfor our our services services but a adonation totohelp fund the services and but but donation a donation to help help fund fund the the services services and and expand our operation isisvery welcome. expand expand our our operation operation is very very welcome. welcome. We also welcome grants from other charities We We also also welcome welcome grants grants from from other other charities charities and personal legacies. and and personal personal legacies. legacies.
Who can benefit from the service? Who Who can can benefit benefit from from the the service? service? Any person diagnosed with dementia who isis is Any Any person person diagnosed diagnosed with with dementia dementia who who within the Wendover Health Centre, Aston within withinthe theWendover WendoverHealth HealthCentre, Centre,Aston Aston Clinton ororBedgrove surgeries area may apply tototo Clinton Clinton or Bedgrove Bedgrove surgeries surgeries area area may may apply apply benefit from our service. InInaddition, we help benefit benefit from from our our service. service. Inaddition, addition, wewe help help their carers and families. their their carers carers and and families. families.
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Wendover Wendover Wendover Dementia Dementia Dementia Support Support Support About About About usus us WeWe are We are a are new a new a charity new charity charity setset upset up toup to provide provide to provide a a a support support support service service service to to those those to those diagnosed diagnosed diagnosed with with with Dementia Dementia Dementia and and also and also their also their their carers carers carers and and families. and families. families. Primarily Primarily Primarily wewe cover we cover cover thethe Wendover the Wendover Wendover area. area. area.
What What What dodo we do we offer? we offer? offer?
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Our Our Our standards standards standards Like Like aLike GP a GP apractice, GP practice, practice, wewe operate we operate operate to to thethe tohighest the highest highest standards standards standards of of confidentiality confidentiality of confidentiality and and data and data data protection. protection. protection. WeWe are We are registered are registered registered with with the with the Charity the Charity Charity Commission Commission Commission and and our and our trustees our trustees trustees together together together with with our with our advisors our advisors advisors areareare covered covered covered byby professional by professional professional liability liability liability insurance insurance insurance and andand have have have a current a current a current enhanced enhanced enhanced DBS DBS check. DBS check. check.