These funded workshops support families and voluntary organisations in Scotland. They provide care partners and volunteers with the knowledge, skills and solutions that may be helpful when supporting someone living with dementia. They also provide the opportunity to hear from others in a similar situation, offering a peer support opportunity helping to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation.

These funded workshops support families and voluntary organisations in Scotland. They provide care partners and volunteers with the knowledge, skills and solutions that may be helpful when supporting someone living with dementia. They also provide the opportunity to hear from others in a similar situation, offering a peer support opportunity helping to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation.

This newly developed course aims to enhance your knowledge of dementia by exploring both physical and psychological needs. The training is based on the biopsychosocial model of care to help increase knowledge, skills and confidence to support people living with dementia.

This award-winning course has been running since 2008. Facilitators, who are nominated by their organisation to take on the role, will complete the course over a two week period. On successful completion you will become a Registered Facilitator allowing you to support up to eight colleagues through the programme, using a cascade approach.

DSDC’s bespoke training on dementia design intends to redress the balance between dementia care and dementia design by focussing on the complex combination of the individual, dementia and the environment.

DSDC offers a free one hour RIBA CPD approved training session that provides an overview to dementia and design.