Who runs the sessions and are they trained? Expand Our Clubs are led by experienced Session Facilitators, who may be Sporting Memories staff or volunteers. Our staff and volunteers who are delivering sessions take part in comprehensive Sporting Memories training and ongoing development and review. All our staff and volunteers have undergone PVG (Scotland) or DBS (England and Wales) disclosure checks for working with vulnerable groups.
How do Sporting Memories Clubs help with conditions such as dementia? Expand At our Clubs, we use various prompts relating to sport to stimulate conversation and positive memories. Our ‘One-to-one reminiscence’ video tells you more about this and demonstrates some of the techniques we use, which can also be used at home. We have also produced a video about reminiscence by telephone, for those occasions when being together may not be possible. To watch the videos, visit our One-to-one reminiscence page.
What level of care are you able to offer during a session? Expand We provide a safe environment that is welcoming to everyone, accessible and dementia friendly. However, we are unable to provide personal care.
I would like to stay but not take part. Is that OK? Expand Yes, you are more than welcome to stay. You might like to do this if the person you care for does not at first feel confident or comfortable staying on their own.
Do I need to stay? Expand If you feel comfortable leaving the person you care for, you don’t need to stay. In fact carers often tell us they welcome the opportunity to go out for a coffee, shop, socialise with friends or share their stories with each other.
Will the venue be accessible and dementia friendly? Expand Yes, all our venues are fully accessible and dementia friendly.
Do you provide transport? Expand Unfortunately we are unable to provide transport to and from our session. Our venues have parking and are close to public transport links.
What if there are no Sporting Memories Clubs near me? Expand We are working hard to open more Clubs across the UK. If you would like to receive our latest news, you can sign up to our newsletter by following the link at the bottom of this page, or follow us on Facebook.