Ep 382 – Spink Comhaltas pays a visit to Liverpool and raising awareness of Dementia with Young at Heart Cafe.

In Part 1… We’re with Chris Boland at the Liverpool Irish Centre, welcoming Spink Laois Comhaltas, as they spend a few days away from Ireland in Merseyside.

Chris, as the Chairman of the Liverpool Comhaltas Branch, organised this event along with his Irish counterparts, Una Aylward and Genevieve Bennett.

This lively event packed with music and dance demonstrates just how popular traditional music is amongst the younger Irish generations, both here and across the Irish Sea.

In Part 2… Young at Heart Cafe is a non profit organisation that supports people with dementia and, as importantly, their families too. Caring for an elderly relative with dementia can have extreme challenges but Young at Heart is there to lend a supportive hand.

The aim of the weekly Cafe is to benefit both the person living with dementia and their primary/family carer so that social isolation can be lessened.

We speak to Patrice Doran and Mick Cassidy who both volunteer at Young at Heart and hear about how the syndicate behind the Black Swan in Luton support the work carried out by the organisation.

For more information…

Spink and Liverpool Comhaltas can be found on Facebook

Young at Heart Cafe is also on Facebook and at www.young-at-heart-cafe.org

Watch the Irish in the UK every Thursday night at 7.30pm on SKY 179 or Freesat 162. Repeated on Tuesday at 1 pm