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Wakefield Dementia Partnerships Conference
Wakefield Dementia Partnership Conference, a gathering where the experiences of people affected by dementia guide every conversation and decision. Together, we celebrate learning, collaboration, and putting people first.
Event Information
Date: Thursday 09 October 2025
Location: Wakefield Trinity RLFC, Doncaster Road, Wakefield, WF1 5EY
Time: 09:30am - 15:30pm
Cost: Free to attend
Registration: We have now closed registration for this event.
About the event
At this event, you’ll:
Hear powerful stories from people living with dementia and their carers, keeping their voices central in shaping care.
Understand how we can prevent dementia crisis and improve early intervention.
Explore the soft launch of the Dementia Element within the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
Discover the Maximising Independence Programme; Dementia Element, empowering people living with dementia to live with dignity and independence.
See how innovation is transforming dementia care, opening new doors for support.
Learn how to engage Black African and Caribbean communities, and how to truly include and amplify voices of those affected by dementia.
This free event unites health and social care professionals, community leaders, researchers, and people with lived experience working as one to build a more compassionate dementia care community.
Join us to learn, connect, and help shape a future where no one faces dementia alone.
09.30am – 09.50am - Attendee registration
09.50am – 10.00am - Welcome from our hosts. Elaine Wood, Carers Voice Partner, Ian Deakin, Dementia Voice Partner
10.00am - 10.25am - Creating Tomorrow. The Power of Partnership and Innovation in Dementia Care. Katty Keyhani, Local Services Manager
10.25am – 10.50am - The Human Side of Dementia. Voices of Strength, Philip Burton, Joan Taylor, Andy Howden, Dementia Voice Partners
10.50am - 11.10am - Developing Neighbourhood Multidisciplinary Teams, Rebecca Barwick, Associate Director of Partnerships and System Development, WYICB, Wakefield.
11.10am - 11.30pm – Break
11.30am - 11.50pm - Maximising Independence Programme; Dementia Element, Adult Social Care, Theresa Kirk, Interim Head of Service Provision and Intermediate Care
Julia Charlton, Business Communications and Engagement Lead
Lindsey Gaunt, Hospital Social Work Team Manager
11.50pm - 12.20pm - Preventing Crisis. Early Action in Dementia Support, Alzheimer’s Society: Danielle Cooper, Head of Local Services, Marija Taneska, Service Developer, Nuala O’Hare, Practice Learning Manager, Nidhi Singh, Practice Learning Officer
12.20pm - 12.40pm - Dementia Support in Hospital and Discharge, Steve Hallas,
Dementia and Delirium Discharge Team, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Teaching Trust
12.40pm- 13.40pm - Lunch
13.40pm – 14.05pm - Dementia Carers Matters- Dementia Carers United, Lisa Milsom, Sandra Greaves, Leanne Cooper, carers lived experience
14.05pm - 14.30pm - Inclusive Voices. Dementia in Black African and Caribbean Communities- Jo Herrero, Dementia Adviser
14.30pm - 14.40pm - Comfort Break
14.40pm - 15.00pm - Transforming Dementia Support Through Innovation, Dr Ella Moonan-Howard, Senior Innovator, Dr Tess Morris-Paterson, Founder & CEO, Hydro Care
15.00pm - 15.15pm - Addressing Health Inequality in Dementia. Challenges and Opportunities, Natasha Mort, EDI Project Lead / Regional Manager
15.15pm - 15.35pm - Table Discussion, led by Pat O’Halloran, Alzheimer’s Society
15.35pm - 15.45pm - Concluding Address by Councillor Duncan Smith, Chair of Wakefield Health & Wellbeing Board
15.45pm - Closing remarks from our hosts
Sculptures and paintings on display by Johnny Milsom Local Artist