The UK Dementia Awards 2026

Dear CHAIN member,

We would like to draw your attention to the following opportunity. Please pass on as appropriate. Thank you.

Dementia Community

The UK Dementia Awards 2026

The awards are judged by a panel of dementia experts, including people with lived experience, ensuring that every nomination is seen, valued, and understood.

Whether nominating a colleague, a team, a service, or someone whose quiet dedication deserves the spotlight, this is the chance to say: you matter, and your work matters too.

Friday 27 February 2026, 5pm: Nominations Close.

For more details please see: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/awards/listings

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Irina Johnston

CHAIN Administrative Assistant

 

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Previously: 'dementia' : 'carer'

'Nurse Emmanuel' by The Unthanks

'Nurse Emmanuel by The Unthanks is taken from the album The Unthanks - In Winter, out now. Listen to the whole album here: https://linktr.ee/theunthanksinwinter The song is written by Vanessa Lampert and Adrian McNally, set to the tune of O Holy Night, and is in tribute to the NHS, the work that medical professionals did over Covid, and the message that the NHS is in our hands, to protect and appreciate.'

My source: 'X' @TheUnthanks

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Health for All Film Festival still available c/o GANM

Dear Colleagues,

WHO HQ is delighted to share with you that the Health for All Film Festival still available for replay at www.who.int/film-festival in three languages, and would like to call your attention to the GRAND PRIX, an animation about a dedicated nurse (Phosphoros)? A student from El Salvador made this emotional film.

The above link contains a player with the six sessions of the event being accessible directly, and this helps now the public look at the portion they are interested in. You can easily access the playlist of winning films at:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9S6xGsoqIBWS_JUFdjXpdvLL86R_8VQq 

Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centers for Nursing and Midwifery Secretariat
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
525 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205
E. son-whocc AT jhu.edu
W. globalnetworkwhocc.com

Source: https://groups.ibpnetwork.org/g/global

Book: With the End in Mind

individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group

With the End in Mind
"It's the listening. It's the imagination. It's the ingenuity. Oh, and it's the price. Mannix clearly loves her job. They all love their jobs. But you don't watch young children lose their parents and not pay some kind of price. Mannix talks of being "rewounded in the light of duty".  And every day, they go back." p.31.

My source:
Patterson, C. (2017) A better way to die, Culture, The Sunday Times, 31 December, pp.30-31.

"You're a nurse? That's cool. How much do you make?"

Somebody asked:

"You're a nurse? That's cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. How much do you make?"

The nurse replied: "HOW MUCH DO I MAKE?" ...

I can make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you're scared. ...
I can make your child breathe when they stop. ...
I can help your father survive a heart attack. ...
I can make myself get up at 5 a.m. to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live. ...
I work all day to save the lives of strangers. ...
I make my family wait for dinner until I know your family member is taken care of. ...
I make myself skip lunch so that I can make sure that everything I did for your wife today is charted. ...
I make myself work weekends and holidays because people don't just get sick Monday thru Friday. ...
Today, I might save your life. ...

How much do I make? All I know is, I make a difference.

Re-post not only if you are a nurse or you love a nurse, but most importantly, re-post this if you respect their work.


My source: Stu Young, Royal College of Nursing Students 

Related 2014: "You're a nurse? How much do you know?"