News – Page 50

Help To Keep People With Dementia Safe

Do you know or care for someone with dementia?

We’ve launched a new scheme with Alzheimer’s Society to help find people with dementia if they go missing.

It’s called The Herbert Protocol and it’s part of our commitment to support Dementia Action Week (21-27 May)

It involves carers or loved ones filling in a simple form which they can give to Police Officers to assist the search process should the person with dementia go missing.

Amongst other things, the form details places they are known to visit, medication required and a recent photograph.

Full details of the initiative can be found on our website lancashire.police.uk/herbertprotocol.

If you’d like general advice or information about dementia, the Alzheimer’s Society can help – alzheimers.org.uk.

If you know anyone else who may be interested in this, please use the buttons at the bottom of this alert to either forward it on or share it on social media.

Attachments

Herbert Protocol Pic1.jpg – 3,123.6 KB

The Prince’s Countryside Fund grants now available to support community led groups and projects in rural areas around the UK

Applications open on April 30^th for community groups and charities to apply for grant funding of up to £50,000 from The Prince’s Countryside Fund, until June 14^th 2018. The Fund is committed to supporting projects which will reinvigorate and sustain community networks, by providing services and amenities.

Volunteering in Shropshire’s community run Beckbury Shop which was supported by The Fund in 2017, “has been the best thing I’ve ever done – it’s given me a new sense of get up and go” said local resident Inez. Having been housebound for several years following two operations, Inez now volunteers twice a week.

Claire Saunders, Director of the Fund said: “This is a critical time for people and businesses in our rural areas, and we are seeking applicants for our grant programme who can help to ensure that their rural communities can thrive now and in the future.

“We want to hear from innovative and creative community led projects that are responding to local needs and would urge people to consider applying. Whether this is bringing new life to your village shop and pub, increasing access to rural employment and training, or bringing together farming communities, we would love to hear from you.”

Funding is also available for projects that will improve the prospects of viability for family farm businesses, for example by providing training or education schemes.

Jen Andrews from Newquay Community Orchard said: “Our grant from The Prince’s Countryside Fund has enabled us to do so much – we have helped to foster an interest in rural skills to bridge the ever-widening gap in the understanding of the care, attention and sheer effort that our food producers put into creating our food.

“We also wanted to inspire careers in the rural sector and have been training disengaged young people in Practical Outdoors and Employability skills – we hope to see more young people getting into the rural sector, it has so much to offer!”

Organisations that directly support agriculture, such as The Farmer Network in Cumbria, are also eligible. The Farmer Network has run schemes to encourage young people to develop farming enterprises, through their Business Support For Young People programme, as well as providing ongoing assistance to farming families.

The Fund’s grant giving helps to support a diverse range of projects, often delivered locally by grassroots organisations and community groups, and since the Fund was set up by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2010 it has distributed more than £9 million to communities across the UK.

The Fund is particularly keen to receive applications from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Grant applications can be made from April 30^th to June 14^th 2018. Find out more and read the full eligibility and guidance document at www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/grants or contact Helen Aldis on 020 7566 6659 or [email protected]

ENDS

For more information or interviews, please contact Ellie Jesson on [email protected] or 020 7566 8792.

The Prince’s Countryside Fund was established by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2010 and aims to enhance the prospects of family farm businesses and the quality of rural life. We believe that the British countryside is our most valuable natural asset and its contribution to our everyday life cannot be underestimated.

To help support and secure the future of the countryside we:

Provide more than £1.2m each year in grant funding to projects across the UK thanks to support from our partners, events and donations
Celebrate and promote the value of the countryside
Lead projects to strengthen farm businesses, such as The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme
Commission research into issues affecting farming families and rural communities
Bring together individuals and businesses to help tackle current challenges
Help communities in crisis through our Emergency Fund

To find out more, visit the Fund’s website at www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk

Ellie Jesson | Communications Officer | The Prince’s Countryside Fund

+44 (0)20 7566 8792 | +44 (0)7718 792 563

[email protected] | www.princescountrysidefund.org.uku

The Villa Awarded 2 AA Rosettes

Keep People With Dementia Safe

Help To Keep People With Dementia Safe

Farming Grants Available