Take part NOW in the NEW ‘Living Well With Dementia Design Council Challenge’

One in three of us who live to 65 will have some form of dementia before we die.

The Design Council and the Department of Health want you to rethink life with dementia. A million people in the UK will be living with the condition by 2021. But there’s a difference between simply living and living well.

They are challenging you to make the lives of people affected by dementia better.

Take part in the Living well with dementia challenge

You give: time + your team + your ideas

You get: a slice of £360,000K + professional support

Design Council challenges are an opportunity to use your skills in a new area, whilst making a real difference to people’s lives.

Interested? Find out more at www.designchallenges.ning.com

This challenge is about coming up with new ideas and making them happen. If you want to get involved, put together a team of people and submit a PDF of your application by 5pm on the 30th of September 2011.

Please contact me directly if you are interested in partnering with Young Foundation on 0121 380 9019/ 07956 317 236 or eleanor.cappell@youngfoundation.org

Check Out Our New Case Studies

Healthy Incentives
An incentives programme that helps people to lead healthier lives or manage their long term condition by
rewarding them for adopting healthier behaviours.

NuroResponse
A new model of telecare for people with Multiple Sclerosis, using telephone, video and e-mail it will help MS patients to manage their condition.

Living Together with Dementia
A mental health training package that helps couples when one partner has dementia, promoting self-treatment and slowing the disease progression.

Maslaha Health
A new organisation which helps Muslims deal with the everyday dilemmas of living in western society such as healthcare, education and family life.

Start Again
A social enterprise empowering young people with mental health issues through exercise, community re-integration and employment opportunities.

Saheli
A health and fitness service by and for local women, removing barriers for Asian women to engage with leisure facilities and manage their health.

For more information look at Health Launchapd’s portfilo of projects