ILC Coffee Morning Feedback

ILC Coffee Morning Feedback

We had a brilliant coffee morning yesterday, and a fantastic turnout for the “Dementia Bus” experience.

Thank you to Alzheimer’s Support, Carer Support Wiltshire, Carers Together Wiltshire and Healthwatch Wiltshire for coming along with information stands, which was really valuable for our visitors.

Here are just a few of the feedback comments from the event:

“Excellent training. Not what I expected, in a positive way. A lot to take away to implement into my work practice”

“Made me much more empathic. I felt quite emotional during the experience when I thought about the people who have Dementia and realised what it might be like for them.”

“As a student who is still learning, I think this is the best, most interactive learning I have done so far on my OT learning process. It has changed my whole perspective of what Dementia is like. I found this very insightful and learnt lots that I can take into practice.”

“It was an eye opener and confusing. Different to what I expected. Makes you think and realise the complexity of this awful disease & to approach it in a different way. Thank you for the valuable experience.”

“It was an emotional experience, and I am very grateful for it; and grateful that this organisation exists.”

ILC Coffee Morning

ILC Coffee Morning

Join us for a friendly and informative Coffee Morning at the Independent Living Centre on Wednesday 4th June 2025, 10am-1pm. As part of this event, we’re thrilled to offer 3-hour immersive training on the Virtual Dementia Experience – a powerful, immersive opportunity that helps you understand what it might be like to live with dementia. Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-dementia-tour-the-dementia-bus-tickets-1335312859709?

Wheelchair Scales

Wheelchair Scales

Thanks to the support of Chippenham Borough Lands Charity, we now have wheelchair scales available at the ILC!

These can be used by anyone, and we can be fairly flexible on days/times, but we ask that the visits are arranged with us in advance so we can ensure the scales are not being used in our appointments at the time.

Anyone needing to use the scales will need to be able to operate them independently, or have someone with them who can, as we won’t always have staff available to help.

As a charity, we had to fundraise for the scales, so we do ask that a small donation is made where possible (a donation tin is with the scales) but this is not a requirement. 

Handmade Cards

Handmade Cards

A huge thank you to the wonderfully talented Ellie Rose for donating these beautiful handmade cards to us today. Her lovely designs are available for you to take home in return for a donation here at the Independent Living Centre, with all proceeds going directly to support our work #HandmadeWithLove #CharityDonation

New Email Address

New Email Address

We’ve listened to feedback, and we have a new email address! Don’t worry, the old one will continue working, but from now on we’ll be giving out ILCSemington@gmail.com as it’s easier to remember, and quite a bit shorter to type! Please update your saved contacts with our new details.