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The North East Dementia Collaborative is working in partnership with local organisations to monitor dementia raising awareness activity within Hartlepool schools. A Steering Group has been set up to meet regularly to monitor and record any activity, provide support to dementia champions and offer dementia awareness sessions to schools where requested.

The table below summarises how many Dementia Friends have been created in relation to Hartlepool schools since May 2015. The aim of the partnership is to offer all Hartlepool schools the opportunity to participate in dementia raising activity. Please get in touch with Corinne Walsh, North Tees Dementia Collaborative Project Lead on 07958 125 060 if you would like more information.

School Brougham Staff and Governor
Date Feb 2016
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 45

School St Peter's Elwick, Years 3-6
Date Feb 2016
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 48

School Hart, Year 3-6
Date Feb 2016
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 48

School Manor Community Academy Health and Social Care Students
Date Dec 2015
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 18

School Hartlepool Sixth Form College
Date Dec 2015
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 15

School St Aidan's, Years 4-5
Date Nov 2015
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 47

School High Tunstall School Council
Date Sept 2015
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 680

School Brougham, Hart, St Peter's Elwick, Jesmond, Lynnfield, Rossmere, Ward Jackson (including Dementia Friends Session)
Date July 2015
Type of Event Book Launch (7 schools, years 1-2)
Dementia Friends 15

School High Tunstall School Council
Date May 2015
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 15

School Manor Academy Health and Social Care Students
Date May 2015
Type of Event Dementia Friends Session
Dementia Friends 15

School Manor Community Academy
Date June/July/Dec 15/Jan 16
Type of Event Career Advice sessions for Health & Social Care Students
Dementia Friends Year 10 across school

School St Hild's Church of England School
Date July 2015
Type of Event Career Advice
Dementia Friends Year 8 across school

School Dyke House Sports & Technology College
Date July 2015
Type of Event Student Placements/Industry
Dementia Friends Year 10 across school

School English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
Date June/July 2015
Type of Event Career Advice/Mock Interviews
Dementia Friends Year 10 across school

West View Primary School children visited Gretton Court during Dementia Awareness Week 2016.  The children sang 'pack up your olf kit bag', 'a long way to Tipperary', and a young girl did a solo.  The children then went on to read their favourite stories and show the residents photos from then and now of landmarks around the town.                                                                                                                                                                                                 

School Lynnfield
Date Dec 15
Type of Event Choir visited The Bridge

Hart Primary School

Pupils from years 3, 4, 5 & 6 at Hart Primary School became dementia friends on 2nd February 2016. They had some great ideas about ways of being dementia friendly, suggesting actions such as playing their games with people in their family who had dementia, and telling their family what they had learned. A dementia friends session is planned with staff and parents later in the year.

St Peter's Elwick CE Primary School

Pupil's from years 3, 4, 5 & 6 at St Peter's Elwick School became dementia friends on 4th February 2016. They had some great ideas about ways of being dementia friendly, suggesting actions such as talking about the past with people in their family who had dementia and wearing their badge with pride. A dementia friends session is planned with staff and parents later in the year.

Brougham Primary School Fourty-four members of staff and governors at Brougham Primary School became dementia friends on 3rd February 2016. Staff are considering ways of raising awareness within the school community.

Manor Community Academy Manor Community Academy supported two groups of health and social care students to become dementia friends. A number of pupils attended a 'level up lunch' about careers within the NHS and joint work is being planned to link some pupils with a local care home that supports people living with dementia. As part of the programme to raise aspirations at Manor Community Academy, monthly lunchtime sessions take place during which students hear from a speaker from the world of work or further/higher education. For further information click here.