Neighbourhood Return

Love and Return thy Neighbour. That’s the aim of the new Neighbourhood Return scheme, which aims to act quickly to find people with memory problems, such as dementia, who have got lost. We are looking for volunteers to join searches in their immediate area, who have a mobile phone which is regularly charged and has credit on it, and who can use text messaging. We know everyone isn’t available all the time, so the scheme aims to sign up as many volunteers as possible. If you aren’t available when we alert you to someone missing, just text back ‘no’. If you are free to help, our care centre will let you know where to search. You can sign up to the scheme at www.ourturn.org.uk or by phoning 0116 229 3118. This isn’t a huge commitment. You will rarely or may never be called to help, but by registering, not only will you help carers to feel supported by their local community, but should someone in your local area go missing you could help save a life. If you are a carer of someone with memory problems, you can register them using the contacts above. It’s free.