World Horse Welfare’s Glenda Spooner Farm to host first official visit for people with dementia

When: 25 September 2019 at 11:00am

Where: Glenda Spooner Farm, Brincil Hill, Kingsdon Somerset TA11 7LA

What: Glenda Spooner Farm has become a Purple Angel Dementia Awareness Accredited Centre and will be welcoming three visitors with dementia to give them a chance to see and interact with some of their rescued horses and ponies.

World Horse Welfare’s Glenda Spooner Farm in Somerset has recently achieved Purple Angel Dementia Awareness accreditation. Enthusiastic staff members have all received dementia aware certificates and are now looking forward to welcoming their first set of visitors to the farm on 25 September.

Three residents from Immacolata house care home in Langport will be coming to the Farm to enjoy visiting some of the 80 horses and ponies in the charity’s care. They will be able to groom them if they wish to and hear some of the wonderful rescue stories. They can also explore some of the visitor tracks on the farm’s 220 acres of unspoilt countryside and take in the visitor centre and café.

Purple Angel was set up by Norman McNamara, a resident of Torbay, Devon in 2012. Norms was diagnosed with dementia at just 50 years of age and aims to change the way people see dementia. Purple Angel now has more than 1200 ambassadors worldwide, all with their own teams of volunteers and is recognised in 57 countries globally.