A BAILDON community group, formed to help those living with dementia work, has been given special recognition.

The newly formed Baildon Dementia Friendly Action Group has received the Dementia Friendly Recognition Symbol following its work to make the town more usable for people with the illness.

Earlier this year, Baildon Community Link, working with other organisations including the Alzheimer’s Society and Bradford Council’s Neighbourhood Service, organised an event to look at how the town could be made more dementia-friendly.

Local artist Nicola Steffen painted a large forget-me-not, the flower used as a symbol for dementia-friendly communities, whilst local people gave their thoughts on how life for sufferers could be inproved.

That artwork has now been installed in the main hall at Baildon Community Link to mark the success of the newly formed Baildon Dementia Friendly Action Group.

Designated Dementia Champion Lucy Maddison said: "Basically we are creating greater awareness and explaining the fact that people that people can cope and also live well with dementia."

Baildon Dementia Friendly Action Group met several times and in September agreed an action plan of working towards Baildon becoming a dementia-friendly town.

The group hopes to train 100 'dementia friends' and run further dementia-friendly sessions. The next one is at session is being hosted by Churches Together in Baildon at St John’s Hall and will take place on Wednesday, November 19 at 7.30pm to 9pm.