Foundation Impact Report 2025 - Report - Page 10
Our National
Strategic Partners
In 2024, we confirmed three year strategic partnerships with two incredible charities whose values
and work closely align with our own: Dementia UK and Young Enterprise. We’re providing £150,000 to
each charity over a three-year period to support their essential work. This marked a continuation of
our relationship with Dementia UK (who we first started working together with in 2020) and
the launch of a new partnership with Young Enterprise.
About Dementia UK
Dementia UK is bringing dementia care closer to the people who need it.
Their specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, offer free advice, support
and understanding to people with a dementia diagnosis and their loved
ones, whether that’s in person, online or over the phone.
How we’re supporting Dementia UK
Our annual grants cover the cost of employing a full-time Admiral Nurse
to provide much needed support through Dementia UK’s Helpline and
virtual clinic appointments. Hear more from Kensa about a typical day as
an Admiral Nurse.
“My shift begins at 1.30pm and as soon as I go ‘live’, a caller wants help with emergency housing. His mum, who has
dementia, accused him of stealing, threatened him with a knife and forced him out, leaving him homeless. I can’t
arrange housing, but I check who is involved in her care and whether she is safe. Mental health and social services
are already supporting them, and an urgent care meeting is planned. When he ends the call, I record my notes.
Another call comes through immediately. A 90-year-old man is struggling to care for his wife, who has become
verbally and physically hostile and hasn’t showered in months. He becomes tearful during the hour-and-a-half call. I
offer emotional support, suggest practical strategies and guide him towards formal help. It is an emotional call
for me too.
My next caller is a daughter worried her dad is showing signs of dementia but is refusing to see the GP. We discuss
ways to encourage him to make decisions about his health.
After 5pm I run three clinics, part of a new Dementia UK initiative to support working carers.
One appointment involves four siblings with different views on their mother’s care.
Another supports a father and daughter wanting to learn more about the physical
impact of a type of dementia called corticobasal degeneration. The last session is with
a granddaughter concerned about her gran’s increasing suspicions and accusations.
I return to the Helpline, finishing my shift at 9pm. It takes a while to wind down. I’m
still thinking about some of the people I’ve spoken to when I go to bed. But I know
I’ve done what I can and hope I’ve made a difference.”
We’re also raising awareness of Dementia UK’s work throughout
collaboration with the Openwork Business School to offer regular
CPD-accredited dementia webinars to our entire network.
Photo credit: Dementia UK, 2025
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