TV presenter Angela Rippon was delighted to team up with students from a Devon school in a new project to educate youngsters about dementia.
Stoke Damerel Community College in Plymouth is one of 21 schools across the country taking part in the Dementia Friendly Schools project.
Part of the prime minister’s Challenge on Dementia, it aims to raise awareness of the condition. There are 800,000 people with dementia in the UK and one in three people over the age of 65 will develop the condition.
“The lessons we learn from this initial stage of the project will ensure we can offer schools all over the country the opportunity of being involved in a nationwide scheme,” said Ms Rippon, who is co-chair of the Dementia Friendly Communities champion group.
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