Good morning everyone

Good morning all, thank you for joining us

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE

Oh how wonderful; Christine! So inspiring and thought provoking!

sounds fantastic \chris - enjoy life!

Good for you Chris! My mum is in the next room and I hope she is listening because I can't even get her to use a walking stick

Thank you Chris - you are an inspiration to us all

absolutely lovely hearing your descriptions Chris, thank you

Fantastic and so inspiring Chris :)

beautiful picture and so positive.

Thank you for sharing your story Chris. Great photo.

Loving these pictures

RG ...Would the building something (concrete) an actual acheivement that can be an outward act of achieving some permancy for those that may not be able to in other cognative ways or recalling such..?

Again growing , perhaps cookery etc..

We have a gardening group in Dunmow Essex meeting weekly on an allotment. Getting together outside in nature is such a natural way to connect socially, get a bit of exercise and share the fruits of our labour.

fascinating...so important to care for self

Great Reinhard. I'm lucky to have been able to wander around your garden.

yes, its about occupation - so very import for us all

Every year I grow flowers that my late mum really liked, such as livingstone daisies, freesia, tulips and daffodils. Of course daffodils being Welsh

I love the smell of Freesias!

There are lots of research on the benefits of contact with nature on the Dementia Adventure website https://dementiaadventure.co.uk/what-we-do/research/

Sorry it froze

That's wonderful Sheila, I can almost taste your soup

We bought a swingball game for the children that visit us but we ended up playing with it. What a giggle we had playing it. We had exercise and laughed a lot at the faces we pulled and the shots that we missed

My twin sister, who is an avid gardener, has worked with the residents of a nursing home. They have won "Britain in Bloom" awards but more importantly is the engagement of as many residents as possible to take "ownership" of what is now a wonderful, colourful active space! Terrific to observe from the sidelines on my visits!

so articulately explained Keith..inspiring..learnt so much..especially about the daffodil

Keith we share our favourite flower, the daffodil. I agree with all the things that you said about it. Also for me being Welsh it is a symbol of Wales

So lovely to hear about your passion Keith. Has inspired me to write the message above.

I think every area should have a community allotment

I can highly recommend the Thrive training courses and the resources that they share on their newsletter.

agree Damian, we need to focus on risk enablement

My Nightmare is a spider in a clown costume

Love the seed template board

really enjoyed the webinar today. sorry I have to leave. thanks Lynda

Me too, thank you very much!

Thrive looks amazing - would lobe to volunteer

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Today has been great, thank you to everyone

it has been superb

Lovely presentation Damian - a truly inspiring charity

Excellent and Informative Look forward to the next one.

Thank you - was really interesting and refreshing

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