Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dementia Alliance launches during Dementia Awareness Week to strengthen local support for people affected by dementia
As part of our ongoing work to improve access to family-led decision-making services for all, Daybreak has recently joined the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Dementia Alliance. Joining the Alliance enables us to increase our work, in partnership with communities affected by dementia, to explore, learn and better understand how family-led decision making can support individuals and their families.
We’ve recently been meeting with different members of the community and support services, and have (in partnership with Age Concern Hampshire) produced a dementia-friendly leaflet to explain the Family Group Conference process.
Should you wish to speak with us on the topic, please do get in contact with our CEO, Debbie Burns: Email Debbie | Connect with Debbie on LinkedIn
In the meantime, we want to share further information about the Alliance, in celebration of Dementia Awareness Week. Keep reading to explore more.
This Dementia Awareness Week (18 – 24th May 2026), partners across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are coming together to launch the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dementia Alliance, a collaborative network designed to improve support, strengthen connections between services, and make it easier for people affected by dementia to access the help they need.
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dementia Alliance brings together people with lived experience, carers, community organisations and local partners from across the region to improve how dementia support works in everyday life. By taking a more joined-up approach, the Alliance aims to connect people to the right information, , strengthen community-based support, and make services easier to understand and navigate.
The Alliance is built on a shared commitment to achieve better coordination and collaboration across the region. Its work focuses on:
Bringing people and organisations together
Sharing information and good practice
Improving signposting to support
Helping shape more joined-up local services
By creating stronger links between services and communities, the Alliance aims to ensure that people affected by dementia - whether living with a diagnosis or supporting someone who is, can more easily find the right help, at the right time, in their local area.
Brogan Rehill, Head of Strategy, Partnerships & Community Impact at Age Concern Hampshire and spokesperson for the Alliance said:
“The launch of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dementia Alliance during Dementia Awareness Week reflects our shared ambition to improve everyday support for people affected by dementia. By working together across organisations and communities, we can make a real difference to how people experience and access support locally.”
The launch is being shared widely across partner organisations during Dementia Awareness Week to highlight the importance of collaboration in improving outcomes for people living with dementia and those who care for them.
Better support for dementia, through working together.
The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dementia Alliance connects people, organisations and services to make support easier to find.
Organisations and community groups are encouraged to share activity, connect with partners and help raise awareness of support available during Dementia Awareness Week.
To find out more or get involved with the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Dementia Alliance, please contact: supporters@ageconcernhampshire.org.uk