Resonate Arts - providing creative activities for people living with dementia and family carers

Fundraising to support the work of Resonate Arts, enabling people living with dementia and family carers to access life-enhancing arts experiences. The Covid 19 pandemic is having a wide-reaching impact and people living with dementia and family carers are especially affected in adverse ways. Many in-person support services have been halted and the enforced isolation of lockdown is causing accelerated decline and feelings of loneliness and sadness. This is a challenging time for family carers too, as there are few opportunities for respite and the risk of increased strain and relationship tensions. Since March 2020, throughout the duration of the pandemic, Resonate Arts has been striving to maintain support for people living with dementia at home, making special effort to reach those who are alone and the most in need. As well as facilitating arts-based activities using zoom, the charity is offering stay-in-touch telephone calls. Our volunteer 'Creative Befrienders' are engaging people with dementia in arts-based activities in their own homes and helping family carers to support continuing active participation. Our aim is to improve mood, promote wellbeing and give people with dementia a sense of purpose. Resonate Arts is appealing to all our supporters and friends to help us raise vital funds for people with dementia and families to continue to access life-enhancing arts experiences.