MALMESBURY School have launched their first Dementia Awareness week.

This month, the school as part of their commitment to being a happy caring, excellent community, launched the awareness week.

Students at the schools took part in an awareness assembly.

It focused on creating a dementia friendly generation followed up by a tutorial session explaining dementia, how to live with dementia and how to support people with dementia.

The school sold wristbands marked 'United against dementia' for the Alzheimer’s society.

Parents, carers, extended families and friends of the school community also got involved by making twiddlemuffs to donate.

Twiddlemuffs are a double-thick knitted muff, that a patient with dementia can twiddle in their hands.

You can also attach items to the twiddlemuff.

A number of sixth formers also went to volunteer in dementia care homes, with more taking on this opportunity after exams have finished in the summer.

Louise Stanton, senior curriculum leader for iLearn at Malmesbury School said: "This is an issue that affects many families in the U.K every year, and a growing number of our students and staff are becoming all too aware of family and friends living with dementia.

"The positivity and sense of purpose during this week has been incredible, we truly have come together to unite on this issue."