Alzheimer’s Support has received funding from Wessex Water through Wiltshire Community Foundation for its Movement for the Mind classes in Devizes VOLUNTARY groups and charities helping communities recover from Covid have been boosted with grants through a partnership between Wessex Water and Wiltshire Community Foundation. The Wessex Water Recovery Fund is part of the Wessex Water Foundation, a multi-million pound initiative launched last June. Grants have been targeted at people struggling with money, schemes to strengthen communities, green recovery initiatives and projects to enhance nature and wildlife. Among the recipients of the £43,000 awarded through Wiltshire Community Foundation is Alzheimer’s Support. The group, which works all over north and west Wiltshire, received £1,800 to cover the running costs of its Movement for the Mind classes in Devizes. The group’s fundraising has been badly hit over the last year and needs help with running costs.
People have been encouraged to beat the lockdown blues by taking part in Alzheimer’s Support exciting Skydive for Dementia on March 21. The Wiltshire charity has arranged a dedicated jump day at Old Sarum Airfield and is inviting thrill-seekers of all ages to take part. Participants will experience 30 seconds of freefall at 125mph after which the parachute will open and amazing views across the Wiltshire landscape can be enjoyed as they descend. And as well as enjoying the experience of a lifetime, jumpers will also be supporting people living with dementia right here in Wiltshire. Seventeen-year-old Dan Edmonds is doing the skydive to support his grandmother.