Alzheimer Scotland –
Scottish Borders Office – Lyndsay Hornigold
19 Bridge St, Kelso TD5 7HT Phone: 01573 400324
Age Scotland About Dementia –
Area Co-ordinator Calum Strang calum.strang@agescotland.org.uk
Scottish Borders Council
LAC (local area co-ordinators team) Tweeddale –
Lynne Marshall, Jillian Scott, Joss Couchman @scotborders.gov.uk
Social Work Service
Tweeddale Social Work Office – Old County Buildings, Rosetta Road, Peebles
0300 100 1800
Team leader – Rebecca Money
NHS Borders Mental Health for Older Adults Services (MHOAS)
Melburn Lodge, Borders General Hospital (BGH) 01896 827105
Team Ian Torrance Senior Nurse and manager of
Firholm Day Centre, Innerleithen Road, Peebles
Post diagnostic team leader – Lynne Pringle, based at Firholm
Borders Care Voice – Manager Jenny Smith
Borders Care Voice is a Registered Charity, No. SC043731
Triest House, Bridge Street, Galashiels TD1 1SW T. 01896 757290
“Involving you to improve health and social care”
admin@borderscarevoice.org.uk
Borders Carers Centre – contact Debbie Rutherford
The Borders Carers Centre, Brewerybrig, Low Buckholmside, Galashiels TD1 1RT
01896 752431
For Unpaid Carers of people living with dementia or other life limiting condition
Local Peebles Group meets in the Park Hotel every 2 months
Borders Dementia Working Group an initiative of co-operation between Alzheimer Scotland and NHS Borders/ Scottish Borders Council and persons living with dementia and their carers to influence policy and strategy in SBC region. Contact 01573 400324
NIHR – National Institute for Heath Care and Research
Find out more about the ways to get involved in research and how you could help change people’s lives. Join Dementia Research https://www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/
DesHCA Stirling University –Dr Martin Quirke – Trustee Dementia Friendly Tweedale
Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale DesCHA
Ongoing research work, with local input from our DFT members, into designing home interiors for persons living with dementia to enable them to cope and live independently for much longer.
RVS (Royal Voluntary Service) Dementia group and local lunch clubs for elderly and alone.
Firholm Day Centre Mondays 10am – 2pm, leader Dawn Small for persons living with dementia.
Leckie Memorial Bakehouse Lunch Clubs, Peebles, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, 10am – 2pm, leader Julie McLean. Transport provided.
Innerleithen Lunch club, Friday 10am – 2pm, leader Dawn Dickson, transport provided. Referrals through GP or Social worker.
OPAL Older People Active Lives, area manager, Julie Houghton
A project by the Cyrenians and Eildon Housing aims to maintain and improve people’s social connections, independence and well-being by enabling regular social groups within Eildon Housing complexes. 01750 491090 or email opalborders@cyrenians.scot
Borders Community Action Group – CEO Juliana Amaral
Scottish Borders Third Sector Interface (TSI) with Scottish Govt
Linda McCullough – Tweeddale
To aid the development of voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises and volunteering.