Our Ideas and Innovations Workshop on Art, Sport and Culture On October the 5th, we held our second Ideas and Innovation Workshop at the Friends’ Meeting House in Manchester, focussing this time on arts, sport and culture. Bringing together people living with...

BRIDGES Network+ Annual Conference 2026: Inspiring Hope, Innovation, and Community On September 14th, 2026, the BRIDGES for Dementia Network+ community gathered at the VOCO St. Paul’s in Sheffield for our annual conference - researchers, healthcare professionals,...

Our First Ideas & Innovation Workshop on Indoor and Outdoor spaces Evaluating how indoor and outdoor spaces can be designed to accommodate people with dementia   On the 28th of May 2026, the BRIDGES Network+ held its first Ideas & Innovation Event at the UCL Institute...

Minding the Gap When we talk about "building bridges" in dementia care, we have to look closely at who those bridges are actually being built for. Right now, there is a massive gap in the conversation around brain health. Dementia can affect anyone, regardless of...

Designing for Sight: Changing How We See Dementia in Research When we think about dementia, the conversation typically centers around memory loss. The most widely recognised symptom, it is the single lens that frequently influences research, technology, and...

Early Career Researcher Masterclasses Opportunity to involve people with lived experience of dementia in your research   If you are considering applying for funding from BRIDGES, we are excited to offer 18 Early Career Researchers an opportunity to speak to 2-3 people...

Exploring how technologies can better support everyday life of people living with dementia. In this second of three workshops, we unboxed a variety of items together - including a robotic companion dog, key-finding devices, a small motion-activated reminder device,...

BRIDGES for Dementia launch 5th Feb 2026 2 on on top “We have the right to be treated as human beings… and that means the right to decide who our communities are. It’s not for systems and professionals to decide who my community is for me...” Dementia remains one of...