Our annual report
See how we support people living with dementia and their carers across the Wirral. Our 2025/26 report covers the year's activities, funding and finances.
Why we publish our annual report
Every year we tell you what we have done, where the money came from, and where it went. It is for anyone who wants to know how Dementia Together Wirral works: Friends, carers, funders and partners alike.
Friends and carers
Funders and donors
Partners and trustees
What mattered most
A year of growth, partnership, and real change.
Activities ran at 20 locations
Twenty locations across the Wirral hosted between 15 and 20 activities a month, from memory cafés to Musical Minds, with new gardening and cookery groups in areas of greater need.
More than 60 volunteers gave their time
Two thirds of our volunteers have lived experience of caring, and they kept sessions running all year round.
Annual highlights
Here is what the year added up to.
Friends
More than 700 Friends are now part of Dementia Together Wirral, and over 300 took part in our activities during the year.
Governance
Allan Grogan, our founder, is Life President. John Rowson chairs a board of five trustees, supported by a small team of staff and more than 60 volunteers.
Sessions
About 2,000 session attendances across the year, from memory cafés to coach and boat trips.
Volunteers
More than 60 volunteers gave their time, two thirds of them with lived experience of caring.
Finances
Income of about £196,000 and an unaudited surplus of about £48,500. We met our financial targets, which keeps the charity on a steady footing for the year ahead.