Latest news from the Essence Service – keep updated!

        To celebrate and highlight the importance of Carers Week, The Essence Service held a Carers Afternoon session on Wednesday 8th June 2022.

We are pleased to announce that our Essence Service Open Day yesterday was a huge success! The building was buzzing with the various organisations there, as well as those who visited us. The Essence staff want to thank all involved! We hope everyone found it helpful,...

If you or a loved one are experiencing memory loss, it may be a sign of dementia. Getting a dementia diagnosis can be daunting, but 91% of people affected by dementia agree that it is better to actually know (Alzheimer's Society, 2022). Having a dementia diagnosis can...

Did you know that April is Stress Awareness Month? Education around stress, the causes, the impact on an individual, as well as what can help are much needed.  For 2022, the Stress Management Society (https://www.stress.org.uk/) have set a theme of community –...

Are you a #veteran within the #Sunderland area? Age UK Sunderland (in partnership with the Armed Forces Covenant) are providing #veterans, aged 50+ a space to mix with other veterans who may have shared the same or similar experiences and who share a common...

Walking football has been found to benefit people with #dementia. It is a great form of physical and social activity, providing much needed stimulation. Age UK #Sunderland together with Raich Carter sports centre and Sport England are setting up a a brand new walking...

We are pleased to announce that our very popular Curling and singing sessions are returning to the Essence Centre in March 2022!!   Indoor Curling starting on Thursday 3rd March 2022, 2:45pm until 4:30pm at the Essence Centre, Doxford Park. Prior to lockdown our...

  UPDATE -  our scam awareness session has been postponed until the New Year. We will keep everyone updated once we have a new date. Thanks ????????Back by popular demand!   Our Scam awareness sessions in the recent past have ran very well and we have another planned...

Since the beginning of June 2020 we have successfully rolled out a number of virtual activities and we are pleased to report that they are going very well!Isn’t technology amazing at times! We are happy to share with you our positive feedback :)It is great for staff...

#Dementia Action Week is 17 – 23 May 2021. We usually have an open day to raise awareness for this important week but this year we aim to highlight an important request via social media. Alzheimer’s Society is asking you to help cure the care system by urging the...

We have another exciting virtual session coming up! We are welcoming friends from Beamish on Wednesday 24th March 2021, 11am - 12pm. They will be delivering a virtual information session on Zoom for us. The topic will be focussing upon how they have been working...

The Essence Service has been delivering Dementia Awareness sessions virtually on Zoom over the past few months. As you can see we have been receiving such positive feedback.Clearly, carers are finding these sessions valuable which is great to hear 🙂 Resulting from...

We have another exciting virtual session coming up! We are welcoming Healthwatch Sunderland back on Wednesday 17th February 2021, 11am - 12:30pm. They will be delivering a virtual information session on Zoom for us. The topic will be focussing upon the COVID-19...

The Essence Service has another virtual information session on Zoom! Dr De Silva - ‘Breaking news in #dementia’ - We are pleased to announce that we will be joined by Dr De Silva who will be talking about the latest developments around dementia.Please see attached and...

Further to our post earlier today, we have another virtual open day on Zoom for anyone to meet staff and find out about the service we offer. Hear about how we have responded to the pandemic and moved forward through one to one telephone support and virtual...