A group of volunteers has presented Dementia Forward with 20 limited-edition jigsaws featuring scenes from the NHS.

The Friends of Harrogate Hospital has been fundraising since 1966 to improve the experience of hospital patients in Harrogate.

John Fox, chair of the organisation, said:

The limited-edition puzzles were designed by Sandra Gascoigne, an artist from Ripon, featuring scenes from the local hospital and wider NHS. Her theme was ‘humour is the best medicine’.

Dementia Forward is a local dementia charity for North Yorkshire, providing advice, support and wellbeing services for those living with dementia.

The new puzzles will complement the existing offering of group activities including a wellbeing café and singing classes.

Amy Senior, a community fundraiser at Dementia Forward, said:

The two organisations are also working together on an upcoming event, An Afternoon with Paul Martin, to be held at 2pm on Thursday, March 23 at the Old Swan Hotel.

Tickets are £20 and those attending can also have an object valued by Paul, best known for his work on TV show Flog It!, between 11am and 1pm for a donation of £5.

Dementia Forward is hoping some of the people it supports who have dementia will be able to attend the event, which will raise money for the Friends of Harrogate Hospital.

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