NG2 December/January 2020
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Wilford Racquets Badminton Club - welcomes new<br />
members. We play Wed evenings at Nottingham Emmanuel<br />
School, off Wilford Lane. For further information contact<br />
Hazel on 0115 981 5184 or Richard on 0739 884 2647<br />
Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society<br />
- meet at 7.30pm on the 4th Wed monthly at St Leonard’s<br />
Community Centre, Bramcote Lane, Wollaton Village. Bus<br />
no.30/parking at rear. For more info. call Angela Gilbert<br />
0115 928 3414 or see website www.spanglefish.com/<br />
WollatonHistorical<br />
NEW COURSES<br />
STARTING FEBRUARY <strong>2020</strong><br />
West Bridgford<br />
Shopmobility<br />
Mobility aids available Mon, Wed &<br />
Fri from 10am - 2pm<br />
Also scooter & wheelchair hire.<br />
For details call 0115 981 5451<br />
www.wbshopmobility.co.uk<br />
westbridgford.shopmobility<br />
Spanish & English courses<br />
Private tuition<br />
Spanish for kids &<br />
Spanish homeschooling group<br />
Guarantee your place and book now!<br />
0758 319 4017 / 0115 958 0197<br />
WWW.LANGUAGETUITIONNOTTINGHAM.CO.UK<br />
singing for dementia<br />
by Charlotte Mendly<br />
Charlotte Mendly is the Musical Director for the<br />
Your Community Choir group. She is a singing<br />
teacher and pianist and runs community choirs in<br />
Nuthall, Ilkeston and Brinsley.<br />
The benefits of singing and dementia have been<br />
regularly highlighted in the media of late. We’ve seen<br />
the members of Nottingham Dementia Choir take<br />
to the stage with Vicky McClure and there seems to<br />
be a buzz around how the arts, specifically singing,<br />
can positively impact dementia sufferers and their<br />
carers.<br />
Singing has the ability to evoke emotion and in turn<br />
memory. We all have those favourite songs that take<br />
us back to momentous moments and as a result it<br />
stimulates recollection of events or periods of time.<br />
Singing engages brain activity and it can stimulate<br />
more mind power than usual. It can bring closeness<br />
between patient and carer through stimulated<br />
emotion and therefore it can inspire affection. It<br />
can also shift mood and agitation through stress<br />
release.<br />
One of the Your Community Choirs visited a local<br />
dementia group, Eastwood Memory Café, and<br />
witnessed the benefits first hand. We carefully<br />
selected our repertoire that we hoped would<br />
spark emotion and enjoyment. Printed lyrics gave<br />
the option for the members to join in. The choir<br />
commented on how rewarding it was and so we<br />
have booked to visit again next year!<br />
Many dementia groups try to incorporate music and<br />
singing into their meetings. To find a local group visit<br />
alzheimers.org.uk<br />
www.yourcommunitychoir.com<br />
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