Empowered Conversations

06/03/2026

I went along to the Alzheimer's Society Neighbourhood Health event in Manchester this week.

Listening to the speakers share the results of a 'Lived Experience Survey from 2025' validated the work we've been researching, developing and delivering for the last 10 years across .

Our team deliver a grant funded programme of work that enhances commissioned services and improves and for affected by .

We offer family caregivers 3 pyscho-social communication courses, with Empowered Conversations, a follow on course - Moving Beyond Words and thanks to Dr Maggie Ellis MBE we can also offer the Adaptive Interaction course! Our courses follow the changes in communication that dementia can bring.

We offer professionals working in this area, dementia and communication workshops and a range of communication courses.

We provide one to one dementia focused support for family caregivers. This supports families affected by dementia to stay together doing the stuff they want to for much longer.

We support a monthly carers voice group, Empowered Connectors, and a monthly bereavement group.

Like many working in this area, the Empowered team all have lived experience and has amassed a wealth of experience, knowledge and skills around dementia, communication, connection, support, grief, end of life and bereavement.

05/03/2026

Love getting a 5 Star rating from Trustpilot

"This course has taught me how to have better communication with my mum. It was lovely to speak to people. Listening to their stories really helped. A lot of good advice and tips from our course leaders. I now know of other courses etc. that are available."

We have a fantastic team of individuals with lived experience delivering our communication courses!

02/03/2026

We are officially in spring and it's not raining!

Some wonderful supported holidays from Dementia Adventure for affected by .

March offer is for family caregivers to go half price on some on selected holidays.

See -

Supported group holidays for people living with dementia and their family and friends to enjoy together. Have the break you deserve.

27/02/2026

The wonderful people at Dancing with Dementia have a Sunday lunch and fashion show happening, see details below

27/02/2026

Bumped into the wonderful Fiona Robinson today and I'm delighted to have been given these beautiful books. The exhibition is available to see at Pendleton Gateway and also at Aspire Care and Support for the next few weeks.

25/02/2026

Lovers of Lowry - you may enjoy watching this, it's on BBC 2 tonight or you can watch it now!

The secretive artist revealed as never before, with his voice lip-synced by Ian McKellen.

25/02/2026

Prevention sits at the very core of our work, while we can do nothing to halt the progression of dementia, we can support family caregivers to stay well within their caring role, enabling families to stay together at home for longer and reducing the risk of carer breakdown and the associated impact and costs for families affected by dementia.

20/02/2026

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20/02/2026

Moving Beyond Words offers carers of people with dementia some space to consider changes to communication they can make to stay connected with their family member.

The course follows on from the Empowered Conversations course, and works well for people who are now experiencing increased difficulties around word use and word understanding.

11/02/2026

“We are getting on now like mothers and daughters should do.

I’m looking at mum differently now, I was looking at her as a pain, now we are both acting differently. Mum doesn’t like questions, so I only ask questions that I really need to know the answer to. I realised I was asking questions for my own piece of mind. I’ve been using Invitation to Respond to find out what mum’s eaten, I won’t use it all of the time, just when I need to know".

Sue has recently completed the Empowered Conversations course, read the full story here -

https://empowered-conversations.co.uk/we-are-getting-on-now-like-mothers-and-daughters-should-do/



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I loved the course, absolutely loved it!   Sue’s mum has dementia, she doesn’t live close by, so Sue’s sister supports mum with the practical stuff and Sue helps with the admin side of helping a parent. Sue’s husband, Dave, has Parkinson’s. She visits mum weekly and also volunteers as a p...

10/02/2026

30th Anniversary of Humphrey Booth Day Centre.

Join us on Sunday 22nd February for a special anniversary Sunday Lunch from 12pm -3pm.

Enjoy a 3-course meal (pork roast), bingo and entertainment for £20/person.

Humphrey Booth Day Centre on Eccles Old Road.

Call us on 0161 737 5989 to book your place and payment is taken at the time of booking.