Dementia Friendly Haringey aims to make Haringey a place where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported. Dementia-Friendly Haringey brings together people from across the council, health services, voluntary and community sector as well as local businesses and residents committed to making the borough a friendly and accessible place for people living with dementia and their carers.
Dementia-Friendly Haringey's priorities are to create a place where people with dementia and their carers will:
- be respected and experience a greater level of dementia awareness in the community
- have greater access to health and social care support services
- have access to a range of local social activities
Sign up to Dementia Friendly Haringey
If you are a service or organisation interested in signing up to Dementia Friendly Haringey please contact DementiaFriendly@haringey.gov.uk.
A Dementia Friendly Haringey member works towards taking actions to improve their service and workplace to become more accessible for people with dementia. We ask you to commit to a minimum of 2 actions. This could be as simple as completing a dementia-friendly environmental checklist of your workplace or staff attending a dementia awareness session.
Next steps
If you would like to make your service, group or organisation more dementia friendly, please take a look at the dementia-friendly businesses guide on the Alzheimer's Society website. The guide contains information about how dementia affects people’s experience of interacting with different organisations. It also provides tips, guidance and signposting to additional best practice resources and tools to help businesses become more dementia friendly. Some examples of dementia friendly include:
- completing a dementia-friendly environment audit, to understand what small changes can be made to your workplace to make it more accessible
- becoming a Dementia Friend and help more people to understand dementia, reducing the stigma surrounding the condition and ensuring awareness of dementia is available to everyone. To find out more, please visit the Dementia Friends website
Local groups and activities
We have also developed leaflets listing local groups and activities for people with dementia and carers of people with dementia.
Dementia
Find out more about dementia, help and support services, community services and useful contacts.
See the Haringey dementia page for more information.
The Haynes Centre Dementia Hub
The Haynes Centre is a specialist dementia hub that provides different levels of support to adults with a dementia diagnosis.
See the Haynes Dementia Hub page for more information.
Dementia Friendly Haringey events
We hold regular Dementia Friendly Haringey events to bring together services, groups, organisations and local residents.
The events showcase local dementia services and activities in Haringey, and provide an opportunity to meet local organisations and learn about the services that they provide that aim at a more dementia-friendly community.
Dementia action week 2025
There are lots of activities taking place for those with dementia and their carers. Come join us!
HOPEC coffee morning at Wood Green Library
- Date and time: Monday 19 May, 11am to 12.30pm
- Venue: Wood Green Library, 187-197A High Road, Wood Green N22 6XD
Coffee morning including a dementia awareness session delivered in both Polish and English.
For further information please contact Monika on 07308 230008 or monika@hopec.org.uk or Victoria on victoriajj321@gmail.com
Singing for the brain at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
- Date and time: Tuesday 20 May, 10.30am to 12.30pm
- Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 782 High Road, Tottenham N17 0BX
Singing class for people with dementia and their carers in a fun and friendly environment.
To register to attend the group please email haringey@alzheimers.org.uk or telephone Syeda 07522 219363, Tuesday to Thursday.
Dementia Wellbeing Day at Ermine Road Day Centre
- Date and time: Wednesday 21 May, 10.30am to 4pm
- Venue: Ermine Road Day Centre, 2 Ermine Road, N15 6DB
A programme of dementia friendly sessions will be on offer to enjoy – activities will include:
- a sporting memories reminiscence session
- art workshop
- talks and information stalls
- chair based exercise
- cake decorating
A barbeque lunch will be available to purchase for £10. Pre-booking lunch is advised as availability will be limited on the day. Contact us to pre-book.
For more information please call: 020 8489 5925 or email: DementiaFriendly@haringey.gov.uk
Sensing a place reminiscence session at Bruce Castle Museum
- Date and time: Thursday 22 May, 10.30am to 12.30pm
- Venue: Bruce Castle Museum, Bruce Castle Park, Lordship Lane, N17 8NU
A VE Day commemorative 'Sensing a place', hands on heritage session for people living with dementia and their carers.
An interactive session with discussion and opportunities to view collections related to the topic.
Morning tea is also provided.
For further information please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk or call 020 8489 4250 (option 2).
Dementia friendly walk at Finsbury Park
- Date and time: Friday 23 May, 1.30pm to 3pm
- Venue: Finsbury Park, N4
A relaxed, accessible dementia friendly wellbeing walk.
The walk meeting point is the Stroud Green Entrance at 1.30pm, or you can meet us at the Finsbury Park Café at 2pm where we will be stopping for a refreshment break.
For further information please call Anita, Walks Co-ordinator on 07973 571921 or email get.active@haringey.gov.uk
