Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance

The Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance (PDAA) is made up of over 100 organisations who have come together to transform the quality of life for people with dementia and those who care for them in Plymouth.

It was formed in 2011 as a partnership between Plymouth University and Plymouth City Council which continues to the present day. 

The PDAA aims to develop a Dementia Friendly Community which:

Recognises the great diversity amongst individuals with dementia and their carers, promotes their inclusion in all areas of community life, respects their decisions and lifestyle choices, anticipates and responds flexibly to their dementia related needs and preferences.

All PDAA members are asked to sign a declaration which commits them to the aims of the National Dementia Action Alliance and to create an action plan of how they will work towards becoming more dementia friendly as an organisation, including a minimum of three actions. Organisations that take steps to become dementia friendly can then be recognised with the use of the 'working to become dementia friendly' logo.

Our membership is drawn from all sectors within the city and continues to grow and develop. The PDAA welcome new partners and supports them in making their organisation more dementia friendly. Also, we actively encourage people living with dementia and their carers to get involved in our work and have their say.

Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance members

• Access Plymouth
• Action on Hearing Loss
• Amey
• Andrew Brown Dental Limited
• Barbican Theatre
• Barclays, Plymouth
• Blagdons Boatyard & Chandlery
• Bluebird Care (Plymouth & South Hams)
• Brook Green Centre for Learning.
• Call 24
• Cann House Care Home
• Caremark (Plymouth)
• Caring For Carers
• Chatsworth residential home
• Chelsea Building Society, Plymouth
• Churches Together in Plymouth (CTiP)
• Colebrook (SW) Ltd
• Curtis Whiteford Crocker Solicitors
• Curtis Whiteford Crocker Solicitors (Torpoint Office)
• Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Plymouth
• Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm
• Derriford Hospital Memory cafe
• Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS)
• Devon and Cornwall Police
• Devonport Naval Base
• Drake Circus LP
• Elm Surgery
• Ernesettle Community School
• Everyone Active - Plympton Swimming Pool
• First Southwest
• Friary House Surgery
• Gill Akaster Solicitors
• High View School
• Horizon Counselling Services
• HSBC Bank Plc (Plymouth)
• Independent Oral Health Educator
• Kitsons LLP (Plympton)
• Mannamead Surgery
• Marks and Spencer Plymouth
• Millbrook Healthcare
• Mrs Marvellous-Catch A Memory
• Nash & Co Solicitors
• National Marine Aquarium
• Need a cab?
• New Continental Hotel
• NursePlus Plymouth
• Park Indigo UK
• Parish church of St Francis of Assisi, Honicknowle
• Parish church of St Peter and the Holy Apostles, Plymouth
• Parish church of St Thomas, Keyham (part of the mission community of St Peter and the Holy Apostles, Plymouth)
• Penryn Memory Cafe, Falmouth University
• Plymbridge House
• Plymouth & Devon Chamber of Commerce
• Plymouth Albion RFC
• Plymouth Alzheimer's Society
• Plymouth Armed Forces Community Covenant Group (PAFCCG)
• Plymouth Arts and Heritage Service, PCC
• Plymouth Arts Centre
• Plymouth City Council - Library Service
• Plymouth City Council - Public Protection Service
• Plymouth City Council Parking Unit
• Plymouth City Council Street Cleansing and Grounds Team
• Plymouth Citybus
• Plymouth Community Homes
• Plymouth Dance
• Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
• Plymouth Octopus Project (P.O.P+))
• Plymouth Raiders
• Prestige Nursing + Care
• Purple Balm (Plymouth)
• Roborough Surgery
• Sainsbury's - Plymouth
• Sanctuary Care: Furzehatt Nursing and Dementia Care Home.
• Santander Plymouth
• Select Appliances Ltd
• Sentinel Healthcare Southwest
• St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
• Stoke Damerel Community College
• Telecare Plymouth
• The Budshead Medical Practice
• The Coop Food Store (Salisbury Road, Plymouth)
• The Dock Restaurant
• The Independent Living Advisor
• Minster Church of St Andrew
• The Pet Express (Plymouth)
• The Royal British Legion Devon and Cornwall Area.
• Thompson and Jackson Solicitors
• Torpoint Ferry
• UTC Plymouth
• Viewhear
• Wolferstans Solicitors
• Yelverton Surgery
• YMCA Plymouth/Discovery College
• Yourway Support Services
• Zest Physiotherapy for Life

For more information about how to get involved and become a dementia friendly organisation, please contact the Dementia Friendly City Coordinator, Plymouth City Council via email: Claire.puckey@plymouth.gov.uk or call: 01752 398922

Dementia Friendly Plymouth toolkit

Dementia Friendly Plymouth: why and how (PDF, 3 MB)

Dementia Friendly Plymouth Dementia Friendly environment checklist (PDF, 593 KB)

Dementia Friendly Plymouth awareness raising: options for staff (PDF, 896 KB)

Dementia Friendly Plymouth guidance for customer facing staff (PDF, 406 KB)

Dementia Friendly Plymouth memory concerns (PDF, 798 KB)