Ideas for activities

Below is a list of suggested activities as part of the APPLE-Tree intervention

Local activities

• North London, Arts4Dementia - local charity that are running free art classes over Zoom designed specifically for those with Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment or memory problems.

Click here for more details about Arts4Dementia

There is an intake for these classes in March 2021 and you can visit their website here for more information and who to contact to take part. Below is some information from the charity. 

We will be using both traditional and digital skills but no previous experience is needed. Participants will receive a tote bag full of materials that each week will be explored with exciting and unexpected results. The workshops will each start with a short group action in which we will all make a collaborative work together followed by a longer individual activity making along-side one another in smaller break out groups.

Exercise groups

• Age UK - exercise and physical activity classes

Recipe ideas

• BBC Good Food recipes

Stopping smoking or reducing alcohol

• Alcohol advice from Dr Jennifer Seddon, University of Bedfordshire

YouTube videos

• Pilates
• Chair Yoga
• Home Exercise
• Tai Chi
• Health walks
• Gardening
• Zumba
• Ballet
• Cycling
• Couch to 5k
• Cold water swimming

Social activities

• Creative Isolation - home-based, creative ways to support mental health, collated by MARCH Network

Staying connected

• Campaign to End Loneliness - Coronavirus and social isolation
• Campaign to End Loneliness - What will Coronavirus mean for older people?