Our 2024 Winter Fundraising Campaign

Warm hearts and healthy connections… wintering well, together

Our 2024 Winter Campaign focuses on the importance of staying healthy and connected while still enjoying nature. Our Outdoor Dementia Resource Centre in Badaguish provided the inspiration for the campaign.  

This December, we’re asking our supporters to help people with dementia and their carers to winter well by enjoying the great outdoors. Being able to enjoy nature can make all of us feel happier. It is especially beneficial for people living with dementia, bringing a sense of pleasure, comfort, stimulation and freedom. However, we also know that people with dementia face many challenges in safely accessing nature, from their local park to the wider countryside and Scotland’s many beautiful wild landscapes.

Your donation will help us to continue addressing these challenges, so many more people living with dementia can benefit from the wonders of Scotland’s green spaces. 

Support our Wintering Well campaign here

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Our Outdoor Dementia Resource Centre in Badaguish opened its doors in 2023. We visited the Centre to talk to staff and Centre users about the variety of groups and activities on offer throughout the year, but especially during winter when it can be harder to get outside. 

As well as a range of outdoor activities, the team there has created a schedule of events that aren’t weather dependent, allowing people to enjoy the Centre all year round. Indoor activities include Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, a nature themed ‘Bringing the Outdoors In’ programme, and even Gaelic language learning.  

We also met with regular visitors to the Centre, Peter and Rosemary, who explained how this wonderful space has benefited them. Rosemary was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2018, and being able to go to the Centre and enjoy the activities on offer there has changed their lives. 

“We discovered the Outdoor Dementia Resource Centre in Badaguish near Aviemore, and we are now regular visitors.  Kenny and his team there are worth their weight in gold. And there’s nothing we haven’t given a go - jam making, willow weaving, cycling, gardening … you name it! And of course, walking. That simple pleasure we can often take for granted, and one which offers so many mental and physical health benefits.” - Peter