Our last Music for the Mind session of 2024 on 12th December had to be switched to Saltford Hall as the roof of St Dunstan’s Church Hall had been damaged in a storm. The first meeting of 2025 on 9th January had to be cancelled, when another problem was found at St Dunstan’s that needed urgent repair. Unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to arrange an alternative venue. We were advised that repairs were unlikely to be fixed before early February. We were determined to run a session on 23rd January and Saltford Hall was again free but only on Thursday afternoon. As a result numbers attending were slightly down but we still had a good old sing song.
The following Thursday, the 30th, was the fifth of the month so we decided to go ahead with a boccia session as usual. Saltford Hall was again the venue and there were over 30 people in attendance. There was a wonderful atmosphere in the room. Everybody got involved, cheering good shots and generally being very supportive to everyone. The players are improving a lot and we had a grand final between two couples, Hazel and Morris and Dennis and Vera. Hazel and Morris eventually won and the attached pictures shows them in action.
In early February we got the all clear from St Dunstan’s and we could return to the church hall on 13th February. This was great news and we immediately got in touch with all our volunteers and friends. We had a wonderful session with our biggest ever attendance. Everybody was so glad to be back home. It went very well, the singing was better than ever. A couple of guests attended the meeting and they both said how much they had enjoyed it.
Thanks to Lindy and June for leading the singing, to Judith and her team in the kitchen and to all our volunteers for the hard work they put in at every meeting. Great team work overall. Thanks to Tim Blowers, our Chair of Trustees, who does a lot of work in the background. Good luck Tim in the Bath half marathon on Sunday 16th March. Tim is being sponsored and all the proceeds are going to our group, you can donate here – https://bathhalf2025.enthuse.com/pf/tim-blowers1
Making Keynsham and Saltford dementia friendly 