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MUSIC MIRRORS - you can help!
Has a simple sound or snatch of music ever surprised you by opening up a whole world of feelings, or perhaps reminding you of things...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Oct 25, 20182 min read


How to do music and singalongs in a room full of sleeping residents
Guest blog from Sandra Currie, Care Home Entertainer. This happens to me all the time, and I've never had everyone still asleep at the...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jul 5, 20184 min read


If I can make one person smile today
I know that if I can make one person smile today, all my effort and energy will have been worthwhile. It's already a good day, I woke to...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jun 7, 20183 min read


Memory Walk helps raise dementia awareness
Yesterday we held our first community event, Wellingborough & District Memory Walk. The walk was designed to be fully inclusive for all...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Oct 2, 20172 min read


Sweet and Low
Sandra Currie has been a care home singer for 15 years, singing mostly in dementia units. I absolutely love my job, when you see the...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Oct 3, 20164 min read


Art & Music Therapy for Alzheimer’s
Gary Joseph LeBlanc, is the author of "Staying Afloat in a Sea of Forgetfulness," “The Aftereffects of Caregiving,” "Managing Alzheimer's...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
May 5, 20163 min read


Music and Memory
At The Daily Sparkle we have always been huge advocates of the power of music to awaken memories, help people make connections and to...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Apr 14, 20163 min read


World Rock Against Dementia 19 March 2016
The World Rocks Against Dementia (WRAD) day will be an international event on the same day being held in many countries around the world....

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jan 21, 20162 min read


The Purple Angel - planning for 2016
2016 is the year of WRAD which is the WORLD ROCKS AGAINST DEMENTIA , and for this reason, the chosen charity of the Global Purple Angel...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Dec 31, 20152 min read


Music Mirrors for Memories
Memories are a large part of who we are. Music helps us remember things – from mother-love to times-tables. But memories can fade –...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Dec 14, 20151 min read


Music & Memories - A chord that's never broken.
A Devon businessman, singer/songwriter and Dementia Foundation have come together to create a unique new system for helping people living...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Aug 21, 20152 min read


"They have dementia so what's the point in activities?"
“They have Dementia, so what’s the point in activities…surely they’ll just forget you’ve even been?” This was a quote that I heard the...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jul 27, 20153 min read
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