March 2018
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Great demand for BS 10k Run places
Workshop will help local businesses make themselves ‘dementia friendly’
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B ENTRIES have opened for the 2018 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 10th June as part of the town’s community festival. But you’ll need act quickly if you wish to take part, as more than 470 of the 650 places available have already been snapped up. Organised by local ladies-only running club Sole Sisters, the race starts and finishes at the Jubilee Centre. The race route takes in much of the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve as well as stretches along Brook Way and Bradley Stoke Way. As well as supporting the mayor’s charities, Sole Sisters will this year be donating £1 per entry to raise funds for the Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre (BIRU). Penny Greenwood, Sole Sisters chair explains: “In September 2017 one of our dearest club members Dr Bex Mitchell and her family were involved in a horrific car accident which her partner did not survive. Her two children had extensive internal injuries; thankfully they are now fully recovered and being cared for by close family.” “Bex herself has a traumatic brain injury. Since November, she has been treated at the BIRU in Frenchay, the unit specialises in the treatment of patients, from 16 years and upwards, who have severe physical and/or cognitive problems resulting from a brain injury. The centre is led by a consultant neuropsychiatrist
who is supported by two consultants in rehabilitation medicine and another consultant neuropsychiatrist. They work with a team of psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nurses and support workers with decades of experience in neurorehabilitation.”
usinesses in Bradley Stoke and the wider north Bristol area are being invited to take part in a free workshop and networking event that will provide advice on making their organisations ‘dementia friendly’. South Gloucestershire Dementia Action Alliance (SGDAA) lead Winsome BarrettMuir said: “People with dementia live in all our communities and they and their carers are very likely to be among your clients and customers. That’s why dementia is your business.” “By undertaking some simple actions, you can make their experience a better one and ensure you are compliant with the Equality Act 2010. Through small, inexpensive changes you can make a big difference to your staff and customers alike. It’s good for business and it’s the right thing to do”. The event, which takes place at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke on Tuesday 27th March, is
being organised by SGDAA and the charity BRACE. It begins at 9am with an opportunity to network followed by three short talks, including one by BRACE chair of trustees Professor Stephen Lisney, who will give an update on progress in dementia research. The managing director of Wiltshire Farm Foods, Adam Michallat-Cox, will then describe the benefits of becoming a dementia friendly business, followed at 10am by Winsome Barrett-Muir taking delegates through the steps needed to make a business dementia friendly. Places are limited. Book a free place at www.alzheimers-brace. org/Event/southglos-dementiaits-your-business or email admin@alzheimers-brace.org
The Bradley Stoke Journal is an independent newspaper, produced without subsidy from the public purse Sole Sisters member Dr Bex Mitchell
“It is impossible for us to know what the future holds for Bex, but we can only remain positive and have faith in the expert care she is receiving at such an outstanding specialist centre and we hope that our fundraising will help to ensure that the BIRU continues to be sustainable for the foreseeable future.” ● To find out more about the race and how to enter, visit the Bradley Stoke 10k page on the BSJ website: http://bit.ly/bs10k
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