About Our Dementia Friendly Harborne Project
With the support of Edgbaston NNS and Public Health Birmingham, Alzheimer’s Society and Leaf Creative Arts are proud to be working together on a brand new project to improve the lives of people in Harborne who are living with dementia and their carers.
We are working towards making Harborne a more dementia friendly area by:
Listening to the needs of local people.
Connecting people with information about local services and community groups.
Offering free information packs and a one hour Dementia Awareness (‘Dementia Friends’) session to local businesses.
Local Supporters of Dementia Friendly Harborne
Ambacare
Forward Carers
Gateway Family Services
Boston Tea Party Harborne
Would you like to find out how to become more Dementia Friendly?
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Dementia Friendly Harborne Events
Harborne Market - 'Dementia Friends' information sessions: Saturday 15th November 12pm and 2pm
Come and meet the Dementia Friendly Harborne team at Harborne Market on Saturday 15th November between 10am and 3pm. We will also be running two FREE one hour Dementia Friends information sessions at 12pm and 2pm on the same day for anyone who would like learn more about dementia. These sessions will be held at Oasis Church on South Street, just off Harborne High Street, B17 0DB
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Dementia Awareness Evening
Come and join us between 5.30pm and 7.30pm at St Mary's Church in Harborne on Wednesday 26th November 2025 where we will be hosting various organisations who support people living with dementia in the local area. There will also be a free "Dementia Friends"...
Free “Dementia Friends” Sessions this Saturday
Come and meet the Dementia Friendly Harborne team at Harborne Market this Saturday 15th November between 10am and 3pm. You can ask us about what we're doing to make the high street an even better place for local residents to visit, particularly those living with...
Dementia Friendly Harborne
For the past few months, Leaf Creative Arts have been working with Alzheimer's Society, Edgbaston NNS and Public Health Birmingham on a brand new project to make Harborne more dementia friendly. We have met with local residents and organisations who support...
Creativity Club
June's Creativity Club was a lovely calm session. We continued to put the finishing touches to our aprons, with most people having a go at a fishtail leaf embroidery and producing some beautiful and unique results. Others were working on intricate mandalas which will...