Events

Relaxed cinema in 2020

Our relaxed cinema afternoons have a new venue…all are welcome at St Quivox Church Hall, on the corner of St Quivox and Caerlaverock Road. We needed more space to keep the audience comfortable, and we’re delighted to report that the first cinema afternoon... read more

Autumn’s Relaxed Cinema

Our relaxed cinema afternoons continue with a trio of films designed to get your foot tapping, to put a smile on your face, and a song in your heart. By “relaxed cinema”, we mean that our space inside Prestwick Community Centre isn’t as dark as a... read more

DFP on TV

Here’s Elissa and Julie talking about Dementia Friendly Prestwick, our Monday walks, and our aim – with Paths for All – to create the first dementia friendly promenade in Scotland*. *the world... read more

Public Consultation

We have the opportunity to help make Prestwick promenade more inclusive, accessible and dementia friendly. Thanks to Paths For All funding, this public consultation seeks to gauge the views of the community, with the aim of Prestwick becoming “Scotland’s... read more

Tommy’s Honour with Jason Connery

Our monthly cinema afternoons are done with Friends of the Broadway Prestwick. The fabulous pop up cinema equipment is theirs, and together we put on wonderful afternoons. The next event is a bit different….we’re thrilled to announce a special screening... read more

Cinema Afternoons

The last Friday of every month, our cinema afternoons are free for anyone to come along to. All of our volunteers have had our dementia awareness training, the venue is accessible, and we show all of our films with subtitles – these are events for everyone to... read more

Our Impact Report

Take a look at the progress and plans Dementia Friendly Prestwick has made since our launch in June 2016. We’ve worked with a supermarket to successfully introduce a “relaxed shopping” aisle, we’re delivering “dementia awareness”... read more

Christmas Cinema Afternoon

This Christmas, we’re showing a modern classic film – ELF! This hilarious film has slapstick humour, but a lot of heart, and a wonderful Christmas message. Watch it with us Friday 21st December, As usual, the film starts at 2pm, and we serve refreshments... read more

We want your help

Calling all “Prestwickians”! We need your memories, anecdotes and tall tales about the town. We’re going to make a board game for Prestwick. We’ve already had some help to create questions, and we’d love some more, please. Drop in to the Community... read more

Scotland’s Dementia Awards Finalists

We’re delighted to have been recognised by Scotland’s Dementia Awards 2018, which is a partnership with Alzheimer Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council; a celebration of World Alzheimer’s Day. We’re a finalist in the... read more