Mark and Karen set up Good Deeds Trust to provide assistance to the 3000 plus residents of Wigan Borough living with Dementia.

Good Deeds Trust is a small local charity, made up of volunteers, that has already formed a partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society to deliver a number of Dementia Cafes across the Borough of Wigan,situated in libraries and other locations.

The charity is keen to expand its work to help the general public and has now developed a contact system for people with Dementia which will give them greater security when travelling and will therefore allow greater independence, especially in the earlier phases of Dementia or ill health. This was intended to be a pilot project with the borough of Wigan for a sustainable roll out of the initiative across Greater Manchester and beyond.

The Purposes of the charity are

For the benefit of people living in Wigan Borough and surrounding areas and of such other areas as the trustees may determine, to:

1. Prevent and relieve sickness, and advance and preserve health. In particular but not exclusively people with Alzheimers and Dementia.
2. Prevent and relieve poverty
3. Promote social inclusion and cohesion
4. Promote other such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine. In particular by the provision of grants, money, items or services to individuals and other organisations in such a way as will promote these objects in a manner which is charitable according to the laws of England and Wales.