A LOCAL home care company is to do a 5k walk in aid of the Bring Joy Foundation charity. As part of Dementia Action Week (May 17-23), Home Instead Tyne Valley staff are bringing children and dogs - and inviting anyone else who would like to join - to raise awareness. The Bring Joy Foundation aims to keep ageing adults happy, healthy and connected to their communities. Home Instead owner Heather Hughes said: “This is a wonderful charity which focuses on older people and raises funds to help local groups do something nice for their members. “In the past, we have helped to fund a library group who were going to have to give up their club sessions because they had run out of money. Often we are asked by a group to fund a trip to the seaside, Bring Joy will cover the cost of the journey and, perhaps, fish and chips while the group are at the beach.”