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Community-led support for those with dementia, their carers, and families with a cultural focus.

05/08/2026

Yesterday was special.

A huge thank you to Floating Counselling Community for partnering with Dignitate Charity on The Woman Behind the Care.

Thank you to Ruth from Dementia Adventure, Caroline from The Upfront Conversation, and Coach Elizabeth for sharing your knowledge, care and experience.

Most importantly, thank you to all the women who came along.

Wow — you showed up in numbers.

The room was full of warmth, honesty, learning and connection. We spoke about brain health, dementia awareness, women’s wellbeing, menopause, mental health, emotional support, respite and the reality of caring for loved ones.

So many women carry care quietly. Yesterday was about creating space for the woman behind that role.

A space to learn.
A space to reflect.
A space to connect.
A space to be cared for too.

Thank you to everyone who made the day so meaningful.

10/07/2026

We're almost a third of the way through South Asian Heritage Month.

Did you notice?

I ask because I've been watching the celebration posts, and I already know who is often missing from them:

The carers.

This year's theme is "Unity in Diversity." For me, that's not an abstract idea. It's my mother's kitchen.

When dementia began taking my mum's memories, I learned something the textbooks don't teach: heritage is what remains when memory fades.

The mother tongue she returns to.
The food she still recognises when names have gone.
The faith rituals her hands remember even when her mind cannot.

Heritage isn't just a celebration month. For families like mine, it's a care plan.

And here's the uncomfortable truth behind the theme:

"South Asian" is not one community. It's Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali and Urdu-speaking families, with different languages, foods and faith practices. A one-size-fits-all memory cafe serves none of us well.

At the same time, the system often fails to see any of us clearly. The stigma. The "we look after our own" assumption. The carers who never call themselves carers, so they are never counted, never reached, never funded.

That's why I founded Dignitate. Because cultural identity doesn't disappear at diagnosis, and neither should support.

So this South Asian Heritage Month, by all means share the food, the film, the festivals. I love them too.

But let's also ask who is caring behind closed doors, in a language our leaflets don't speak.

Unity in Diversity means all of us. Including the ones you can't see.

The photo is my mum, Elizabeth. Everything Dignitate began with her.

22/06/2026

Are you caring for someone and looking for a friendly space to connect with others who understand?

Join our Online Carers Circle this Wednesday. It's a welcoming opportunity to connect, share and support one another.

📅 Wednesday 24 June 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM
💻 Online via Zoom

Join here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81295982866?pwd=D6H2tvqGdilxi0CVx1C4RXPA9vIx9b.1

Meeting ID: 812 9598 2866
Passcode: 868070

Please share this post with any carers who may be interested. We'd love to welcome you.

14/06/2026

As Carers Week comes to a close, we want to thank everyone who has been part of such a busy, meaningful and active week for cultural carers.

Dignitate has been out at the Carers Market, holding conversations with carers and community members. We have celebrated the Cultural Carers Circle, gathered through Every Dish Has a Story, and continued our work around culturally aware dementia support through Caring Across Cultures.

This week has reminded us why cultural carers must be seen, heard and supported in ways that understand culture, language, faith, family roles, dementia, trust and lived experience.

Thank you to everyone who stopped to talk, shared their story, attended, supported or partnered with us.

The week is ending, but our work with and for cultural carers continues.

13/06/2026

The week is ending. The circle continues.

This Carers Week, Dignitate has been highlighting cultural carers and the importance of building support that understands culture, trust, language, family roles and lived experience.

But cultural carers need support beyond awareness week.

The Cultural Carers Circle is a reminder that safe spaces, shared experience and ongoing community matter.

Support is strongest when it keeps going.

12/06/2026

From one circle to wider change.

This Carers Week, Dignitate is asking how we build communities that truly recognise cultural carers.

The Cultural Carers Circle is one example of what can happen when carers are listened to and support is shaped around culture, trust and lived experience.

Now we want to work with more organisations, services and community partners to help cultural carers feel seen, reached and supported.

Carer friendly communities start with listening.

11/06/2026

This Carers Week, we are celebrating the first birthday of Dignitate's Cultural Carers Circle.

The Circle began as a focus group, created to listen to cultural carers and understand what support needed to feel like for them.

Over time, and through co-production between Dignitate and the carers themselves, it has grown into a safe and trusted space.

The carers helped shape it. They named it. They made it their own.

It is now a place where cultural carers can meet, talk, share experiences, support each other and have a moment of respite with people who understand.

These photos celebrate one year of the Cultural Carers Circle, and the community that has grown from it.

10/06/2026

Why are cultural carers often missed?

Sometimes people do not describe themselves as carers, even when they are giving regular support to a parent, partner, relative, elder or friend.

In many families and communities, caring may be seen as duty, love, faith, family responsibility or simply "what we do".

This means cultural carers can be missed by services, dementia support, carer support and wider community care.

At Dignitate, we believe carer friendly communities must recognise the different ways people care and make support feel safe, trusted and culturally understood.

09/06/2026

What is a cultural carer?

A cultural carer is someone whose caring role is shaped by culture, family, faith, language and community.

They may be supporting a parent, partner, relative, elder or friend, but may not describe themselves as a carer. In many communities, caring is understood as family responsibility, love, duty or faith.

That does not mean support is not needed.

This Carers Week, Dignitate is raising awareness of cultural carers and why carer friendly communities must recognise the different ways people care.

08/06/2026

It's Carers Week 2026, and we're asking:

Who cares for the cultural carer?

In many families and communities, people do not always describe themselves as carers. They may simply see it as looking after a parent, partner, relative, friend or elder because that is what family and community means to them.

But cultural carers still need support, understanding and recognition.

At Dignitate, we believe carer friendly communities must recognise how culture, language, faith, family expectations and trust can shape someone's caring role.

This week, we'll be sharing more about cultural carers and why they must be part of the conversation.

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