Members of the public are invited to attend a care home’s weekly memory café.

The event takes place at Barchester’s Hawthorns Care Home, in O’Neill Drive, Peterlee, at 10.30am on Wednesdays to support the home’s dementia community and their friends and relatives.

General manager Nichola Williams, said: “We want to help and support relatives, friends and members of our local community who have loved ones who are living with dementia.

“The café is a great way to relax, make friends and to find out information about Alzheimer’s and dementia from our specially trained staff.

Members of the public are invited along to weekly coffee mornings at Peterlee's Hawthorns Care Home.

placeholder image — Members of the public are invited along to weekly coffee mornings at Peterlee's Hawthorns Care Home.

“We are inviting everyone to come along and have a coffee and chat to others who have friends and family living with dementia or are concerned about a loved one.”

The home added: “Come along for a chance to relax and unwind, enjoy some live entertainment and a fantastic spread laid on by the home’s talented hospitality team.”