The Barbara Award
Bristol Dementia Awards celebrate the champions of dementia awareness and support in Bristol and surrounding areas.
The Barbara Award for children’s groups and schools is named after Barbara Hall who founded BDAA with her husband Tony after her dementia diagnosis.
Barbara was a nursery nurse who dedicated her life to families, children and young people.
This award will be given to the group or school that has done the most to increase dementia awareness and support those living with dementia in their community.
Photo credits: Guy Manchester
Some of the things you can do:
Nominate a “link person” to be a contact between the group and BDAA or Dementia Wellbeing Service (DWS)
Link people are:
For schools:
Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service/Alzheimer’s Society – Sally.Townsend@alzheimers.org.uk
For children’s groups:
BDAA – office@bdaa.org.uk
• Host a dementia awareness session
• Organise a fundraiser/event for a dementia cause
• Help out at local care homes or groups
• Take part in intergenerational activities
This award is open to any group / school that works with children of school age i.e. 4 – 18 years
Nominations should be made and sent to office@bdaa.org.uk by 3rd July 2026.
Finalists will be invited to our Awards Ceremony afternoon.
Our grateful thanks to Joe Sims who presented our 2025 Dementia Awards.
The 2025 winner was Westbury on Trym Primary School.
The school has run a long-standing programme engaging
pupils and staff in Dementia Friends sessions and interactive
learning. Their April 2025 session included meeting people
living with dementia, creative activities, and Q&A panels,
raising awareness within the school and wider community.