On the 26th September Dementia Carers Respite held the second Golf Day & Dinner at Harewood Downs.

The golf was rained off, but it did not in any way dampened the mood for a lovely evening.

The same as last year, the food, service and overall organisation were very good and appreciated by everyone.

Speeches includes an annual update by the Chairman Walid Marzouk on the charity’s progress with many mile stones reached, thanks to a great team. The crux of the matter was that the Charity has in a year, set up a working operation giving respite to dementia carers and receiving heartfelt comments of appreciation.

The Amersham Mayor Dominic Pinkney talked about the many good projects going on in Amersham and his early support and counsel to help set up Dementia Carers Respite.

Our Patron Eric Knowles was as always was both informative with his own experience of dementia and shared entertaining anecdotes with his attentive audience.

In 2023 we had a good golf day and dinner and raised £3341, this year we more than doubled our income raising a massive £7355.33 - equivalent to almost 300 hours of respite.

The money raised included donation from a few who could not attend, one of which was £1000 received on the day of the event.

A brilliant evening was enjoyed by all, the raffle prizes were once again high value, thanks mainly to Kathy Lansbury and Helen Green. The auction by Cotswolds racehorse trainer Richard Phillips was, as expected after last year, very entertaining and was the biggest contributor, with the 2 highest value items from friends of the Charity . All income on the day was brilliantly managed and logged in by Peter Healy, who did a great job helping wherever he could.
Without the contribution of our generous and supporting guests, none of it would have possible.

In supporting us, they know that money raised will go to give much needed respite to Dementia Family Carers who are desperate for a little time away from their mentally and physically demanding role and are very much appreciative of any help they receive.

We can’t wait for 2025!!!