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This project successfully funded on 21st October 2025, you can still support them with a donation.
This project successfully funded on 21st October 2025, you can still support them with a donation.
‘Say it with a Smile’ provides a life-changing training course & calendar of social events for people living with dementia & their families.
No one should face dementia alone. Being diagnosed with dementia can be overwhelming, but we believe life can still be filled with joy, independence and connection.
‘Say it with a Smile’ began with a promise. Founder Hannah Say, inspired by a good friend, pledged to build something that would bring joy and support to everyone affected by dementia. From that promise grew a charity full of love, laughter and community. Our ‘Smile Family’ is a place where people can share their journey, find strength in each other and make beautiful memories together. Through social events, a carers' support group and our unique ‘Memory Steps’ Course, we offer both comfort and practical tools to help families cope. The four-week course offers carers and newly diagnosed families the strength, knowledge and confidence to face the challenges ahead. It aims to provide all attendees with a bank of knowledge, techniques, practical information and tools to cope with the condition - and covers topics such as understanding dementia from the perspective of the person diagnosed, medical support, care planning, benefits, power of attorney, medication, nutrition and community support. Our courses have already helped over 250 people and we have several more planned in the coming months.
Hannah and our wonderful team of volunteers welcome people into a place of warmth, fun and friendship. Together, we share nature walks, music and laughter over tea or roast lunches, we go on canal boat rides, dance at themed music parties and have fun at our ‘Bingo & Brunch’ mornings. We also organise outings for our younger ‘Smile Family’ members who have been diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
Our vision is simple but powerful: to replace fear with friendship, isolation with connection, and despair with hope. With your generosity, we can grow the ‘Smile Family’ and keep bringing joy to those who need it most.
Please support us today so we can bring more smiles, reach more families and ensure no one feels alone. Every donation helps us turn fear into hope, and loneliness into belonging.
Please give whatever you can—together, we can all keep smiling.
Thank you so much.
www.sayitwithasmile.org.uk
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made