{"id":602183,"date":"2026-04-13T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602183\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:11:09","slug":"brella-brings-dementia-awareness-event-to-south-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602183\/","title":{"rendered":"Brella brings dementia awareness event to South Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Brella brings dementia awareness event to South Surrey<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 3:00 pm Monday, April 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p>A unique event that brings together art, storytelling and conversation to challenge stigma around dementia is coming to South Surrey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brellasociety.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brella Community Services Society,<\/a> a longtime non-profit that supports older adults and their caregivers, is closing out its Nav\u2011CARE project with an event that brings art, storytelling, and community leadership together in a powerful way.<\/p>\n<p>At the Nav\u2011CARE Community Caf\u00e9: Arts Showcase and Social, community members are invited into a warm, welcoming space where dementia is talked about openly and without stigma, a Brella release noted.<\/p>\n<p>Through expressive art, shared stories, and meaningful conversation, the caf\u00e9 demonstrates that dementia does not diminish personhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also reminds us that inclusion begins with understanding,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The event will bring together caregivers, community partners, and local political representatives, offering a rare opportunity to see how Surrey works collaboratively to build dementia\u2011inclusive communities.<\/p>\n<p>It happens Thursday, April 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Gracepoint Community Church in South Surrey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brella brings dementia awareness event to South Surrey Published 3:00 pm Monday, April 13, 2026 A unique event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-602183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}