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For information on how to become an Admiral Nurse or to commission an Admiral Nurse service Visit the Admiral Nurse Academy website

Bratislava or Bust 2013

Dementia UK has partnered with Student Adventures to offer you the chance to take the ultimate roadtrip this summer!

Take a car that's less than £500 or older than your oldest team member and rally to Bratislava for a chance to win £2,000 and a host of other prizes.

Registration closes this Friday 14th June for the chance to have a real adventure with your summer.

More information here

Your adventure will take you from Kent, through France, Belgium, Lichtenstein, Italy, Slovenia and Slovakia, stopping at meeting points for social gatherings and arriving (hopefully!) in Bratislava!

Have the trip of a lifetime while raising money for Dementia UK.

Email fundriasing@dementiauk.org

Dementia UK Cornwall brings Admiral Nurses to Cornwall

Dementia UK Cornwall celebrate success at their first anniversary event with the exciting announcement that Admiral Nurses, specialist dementia nurses,will soon be working in Cornwall for the first time.

Dementia UK Cornwall, a local voluntary group, was set up just one year ago with the aim of raising funds to bring Admiral Nurses to families affected by dementia in Cornwall. Thanks to the group's phenomenal fundraising efforts, which have so far raised £60,000, this has now been achieved.

The money raised has enabled Dementia UK, to recruit two Admiral Nurses for Cornwall in an innovative partnership with Cornwall Care, Cornwall's largest care provider. These two posts will be the start of a community based service for the whole county. The announcement was made by Lisa Dann, Chair of Dementia UK Cornwall, at a special event at St Michael's Hotel in Falmouth.

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