Football club dementia charity gets more funding

A Premier League football club charity supporting people with dementia has received funding to expand their work.

Wolverhampton Wanderers' Wolves Foundation was given the undisclosed sum from the Premier League and Professional Footballers' Association to continue the Molineux Memories project.

A new respite group for people caring for a loved one with dementia will now be set up thanks to funding.

Emily Boyle from the foundation said the project has become an "important support network both for people with dementia and their carers to come together and enjoy a cup of tea and a chat".

"This new funding will help us expand the programme into the community and have even more impact, as well as be able to reach out to different demographics.

"Being able to involve more players from the club, past and present, is going to be a key part of Molineux Memories going forward," she said.

The project was launched in 2014 to support individuals with early-onset or diagnosed dementia with the aim of combatting loneliness and isolation.

The charity said funding would allow for the project to be delivered in care homes across Wolverhampton.

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