Elf Day

L-R Colleagues Sarah McCaffrey, Michelle Fletcher, Irina Erham, Zoe Cook, Leah Carmody

Elf Day fundraising for Alzheimers research at Plymouth Care Home

Staff and residents at a dementia care home in Plymouth have been dressing up as elves in support of Elf Day, the annual pre-Christmas fundraiser organised by Alzheimer’s Society.

Sarah McCaffrey, deputy manager at Butterfly Lodge in St Budeaux, said: “The goal is to have fun and raise money to support the amazing work done by Alzheimer's Society, and we certainly had a fabulous and...

Jo Brand, Alzheimers Society

Comedian Jo Brand urges people in Devon to express themsELVES for Elf Day

It’s been a tough year for many, but Alzheimer’s Society supporter and stand-up comedian Jo Brand is determined to help spread some festive cheer.

Jo wants people across the South West – where more than 92,510 people are living with dementia – to pop on a pair of elf ears, pull up their festive tights and shake a leg in some jolly jingle-bell slippers on Elf Day to raise some much-...