Lemonade Days | The First Dementia Social Club

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The social club for those living with dementia and their community.

Where joy meets dementia. Head on.

These are people in our neighbourhoods, our boroughs, our lives. Yet after diagnosis, support for their emotional and social needs is too often the missing link.Lemonade Days is not a clinic or a replacement for clinical care. It is designed to fill the emotional, social, and community-shaped gap left post-diagnosis.

The First Dementia Social Club 

Create, share, support & build up a vision in a female community.

A weekly, in-person community for people living with dementia and those who care for them. We create space for community, connection, and relief. When life gives you lemons, you shouldn't have to make the lemonade alone.

We are building a community of clinical, social and emotional professionals to support us

Partners & Affiliates

Every Tuesday at St. Mark's Community Centre E6, from 11am.

Each session includes:<ul data-type="checkmark-bullet-list"><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Movement</li><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Creative activities</li><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Conversation</li><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Comnunity</li></ul>We keep costs accessible and our doors open to everyone.Want to join a Lemonade Day?

Join our friendly weekly gatherings designed to engage and support individuals living with dementia through fun activities and meaningful interaction.

Weekly Social Club Meetings

Participate in tailored activities aimed at enhancing memory and cognitive function in a supportive environment.

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Memory Support Activities

A warm, welcoming space to socialise and connect - free of fear or stigma. Tea, conversation, and companionship. Every Tuesday.

Weekly Meetups

Personal-trainer-led sessions designed to keep bodies moving and spirits high. Because joy lives in motion, too.

Movement Matters

Music, art, and storytelling activities that engage, uplift, and spark connection. We create moments that feel good and make the days brighter.

Creative Expression

A built-in support network of people who've been there. Offering honest guidance, gentle hope, and strength by example.

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Peer Wisdom

Connection beyond clinical care

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Lemonade Days is funded by donations and grants. If you'd like to support what we're building, we'd love to hear from you.

Interested in partnering with us?

Join us at the next Lemonade Day

Lemonade Days began with a shared experience: a diagnosis, a prescription, and a quiet, terrifying silence about what comes next. We are a group of people—children, spouses, friends—who looked at our loved ones and asked: Is this it?We didn't accept silence. We decided to build something together instead.

What Now ?

The healthcare system handles diagnoses, prescriptions, and check-ins. We handle what happens in between appointments.Lemonade Days offers structured, in-person sessions that focus on:<ul data-type="checkmark-bullet-list"><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Connection and companionship because loneliness makes everything harder.</li><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Gentle movement because your body still deserves care.</li><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Creative engagement because expression matters, especially when words get harder.</li><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Peer support because no one understands like someone who's living it.</li><li data-type="checkmark-list-item">Relief for carers because you need space to breathe too.</li></ul>We’re already seeing signs of impact: more responsiveness, better mood, greater participation and a shift in how people talk about dementia.

What makes us different?

Lemonade Days is for all of us.It’s a place to:<ul><li>Feel less alone</li><li>Ask the hard questions</li><li>Get respite and guidance</li><li>Reconnect with your loved one outside the logistics of care</li><li>Join a network of people who simply get it</li></ul>We know this road. And we’ve made space for you here, too.

A practical, communal model for life after diagnosisDementia is one of the most pressing and under-resourced health challenges of our time.Nearly 1 million people in the UK are living with dementia today—about 1 in 11 over the age of 65—and that number is set to grow to 1.4 million by 2040.Meanwhile, around 700,000 unpaid carers are supporting loved ones with dementia, with many feeling overwhelmed and isolated.We're working to change this, with a community-first approach.

What we do 

Weekly in-person sessions led by trained facilitators.

Creating safe, structured spaces for people with dementia and their carers to connect, relax, and be supported.

Tailored movement, supported by a qualified personal trainer. As well as creative programming .
    
Stimulating engagement, independence, and focus, while supporting physical wellbeing and emotional expression.

Emotional and social relief for care support and families.

Reducing isolation, lightening the emotional load, and rebuilding relationships outside of the care dynamic.

Accessible programming.
    
Ensuring that income, background, or diagnosis stage doesn’t become a barrier to community access and care.

A model that can be replicated across London and beyond.
    
Laying the foundation for scalable, human-centred dementia support in other communities.

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What your support enables

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Early evidence already signals meaningful impact for those diagnosed and their carers.

We welcome:<ul><li>Recurring or one-off donations</li><li>Grant or foundation partnerships</li><li>Sponsorship of sessions or specific programming</li><li>In-kind or pro bono professional services</li></ul>We provide transparent impact tracking, pilot evaluations, and collaborative planning for all partners and donors. Dementia care doesn’t have to be clinical. With strategic partners like you, it can be compassionate, community-led, and transformative.

Lemonade Days (operated by Moments of Joy Charity. Charity no.: 1213826)