Fish Bits Lunch
Thirty people with dementia and their carers went to Fish Bits on Carr House Road for a delicious fish lunch. Most opted for their standard fish and chips, but the fish pie was also equally popular. The attentive staff Read More …
Generous Lions
George Collier and John Mills, from Tickhill and District Lions, presented Eileen with a generous cheque for £500 to DonMentia at the Dementia Garden within the Walled Garden at Tickhill Road Hospital
Early Bird Eileen Catches the Cheque
An early morning ribbon-cutting ceremony paid off handsomely for DonMentia founder Eileen Harrington, when supermarket bosses presented her with £250 cheque to support her valuable charity work. Eileen was the special guest of Heron Foods, who invited her to officially Read More …
LAKESIDE VILLAGE CHARITY OF THE YEAR!!!
Shoppers at Lakeside Village have been voting for the centre’s new charity of the year and the 2019/20 winner has been named as DonMentia. The local dementia charity was set up by Eileen Harrington in 2013 to raise money for Read More …
Off to a Tee
Many thanks to Wheatley Golf Club who raised an impressive £2705 for DonMentia at their annual Charity Event. Pictured is Eilenn Harrington nearly obscured by the huge cheque, and the guys who did us proud on the day.
Thanks to Aggreko
Just to say a big thankyou from DonMentia for Aggreko supporting the voulunteering programme and helping out Charity at Edlington Library. The Pop Up Shop raised another £105 which will help DonMentia to support people living with dementia and their Read More …
Ed Miliband goes Orange
Doncaster North MP Ed Miliband swelled DonMentia’s coffers when he dipped into his pocket to buy a jar of Eileen’s award-winning, world class marmalade at the official re-opening of Scawthorpe Community Library on Thursday 25 April.
Party Trip to The Deep
Off on our travels again as we took a total of forty people to The Deep, in Hull. The day wasn’t spolied by the weather, despite it being very windy on dockside and in the crow’s nest off the Observatory The Read More …
BBC Music Memories
BBC Music has created a website designed to use music to help people with dementia reconnect with their most powerful memories. Evidence shows that music can help people with dementia to feel and live better. Memories from teenage years can Read More …
Fund Raising at The Library
The DonMentia Musketeers Sam Sharpe, Mandy Burley and Jackie Henson, raising the profile of dementia and raising funds for DonMentia at Doncaster Central Library on September 19th 2018.