Support group details
- Group Name
- Inspire! Dementia-Friendly Choir
- Website
- Group Description
- People impacted by dementia meet with other residents to sing, connect and inspire one another and the community. We practise familiar and new songs with an experienced accompanist and choir leader and enjoy conversation over afternoon tea. We occasionally perform for community groups.
- Who can Join
- Anyone can join—no experience is needed. About 1/3 of members live with dementia, 1/3 are care partners or family, and 1/3 are other community members.
- Contact hours
- 1:30 - 3:00p.m. 1st & 3rd [+ some 5th] Thursdays of each month during school term.
- Where we meet
- Varsity Lakes Community Resource Centre, 20 Mattocks Road
- Town/Suburb
- Varsity Lakes
- Postcode
- 4227
- Services
- Choral singing with choir leader, piano accompaniment, percussion, some choreography, lyrics, afternoon tea, community networking, dementia awareness and support.
- More Info
- $5 per person towards afternoon tea per meeting. We are under the auspice of Varsity Lakes Community Resource Centre.
- Group Focus
- We focus on creating a dementia-friendly community choir for people with dementia and their care partners to share the joy and benefits of singing together.
- Area serviced
- Gold Coast
- Phone contact
- Contact the group by email