For Le Grand Départ 150 volunteers are required across Yorkshire to talk to spectators about dementia, promote dementia friends and to interview fans of all ages about their memories of Le Tour and of sport.
The first two stages of Le Grand Départ, Le Tour de France take place on 5 and 6 July and the dementia friendly volunteers will be called the Memory Makers.
Sporting Memories Network is working in partnership with spectator hubs and fan parks across Yorkshire to ensure people living with dementia can engage and enjoy this once in a lifetime sporting event.
This will be achieved through a series of actions that will:
- promote a positive visiting and viewing experience for people living with dementia and memory problems
- create a lasting legacy of uniting generations through memories of experiencing Le Tour, offering volunteers the option to support existing sporting memories projects established in cities Le Tour de France visits in Yorkshire
- create a legacy that enables older people to re-engage and re-connect with sport and connects generations across communities through volunteering, befriending and participation in sporting memories projects.
Teams of Memory Makers are required for spectator hubs in the following cities and towns (NB more venues may be confirmed):
- 5 July Leeds (x 4 hubs), Otley, Ilkley, Ripon, Masham, Harrogate
- 6 July York (x 4 hubs) , Knaresborough, Starbeck, Sheffield.
To register your interest in volunteering, visit www.sportingmemoriesnetwork.com/tdf2014
