Marketing and Information Coordinator

PALZ Shropshire aims to provide people who are now living with Alzheimer’s (or dementia from other causes) with a social environment of peer support and mental challenge. Meetings are held every month alternating between speaker and social. Attendees enjoy a range of interesting Guest Speakers providing intellectual stimulation to those who just happen to have Alzheimer’s or any other cause of dementia. These meetings aim to provide self-respect, confidence, mental stimulation and involvement to those who attend and their supporters. PALZ Shropshire focuses on who you are, not what you have, and recognises that just because you're losing your memory, you haven't lost your brain. 

We would be delighted to welcome anyone interested to a meeting or two to learn more.

Marketing and Information Coordinator Role Description

• Attend PALZ monthly meetings;
• Establish and maintain an Information Table of leaflets and event dates etc for attendees to browse at PALZ monthly meetings
• Source information from the PALZ email inbox and print out for the Information Table
• Where possible, attend Community Connector Meetings and other dementia-related events to gather information leaflets for the Information Table, take promotional photographs etc 
• Promote the work of PALZ Shropshire for people who are going through this challenging journey
• Manage online sources, social media 

Other activities shared around the committee (Secretary, Treasurer, Chair and other committee members)

• Book the rooms for the main meetings – 6 a year, 3rd Tuesday of every other month from January onwards
• Book refreshments for the main meetings
• Book speakers for the main meetings and liaise with those speakers ahead of their booked date
• Secure business sponsors for one of the main meetings
• Attend ad hoc and/or regular community events related to Dementia

About PALZ UK (Shropshire)

PALZ provides intellectual and social stimulation to people and families living with dementia now, whether caused by Alzheimer’s or other disease.
This is facilitated by monthly meetings which alternate between stimulating talks and informal and warm social gatherings.
PALZ recognises that just because you are losing your memory you haven’t lost your brain, and, as one supporter put it
“ from my family and friends I get sympathy, but from those at PALZ I get empathy” Generally those participants who attend are in the early to middle stages of dementia.

What skills do I need?

No specific skills required, but desirable skills include:

• Administrative skills
• Marketing and communicational skills desired but not essential 
• Organisational skills 
• Basic I.T skills (helping with email inbox etc)
• Have a warm and friendly disposition, happy to network where appropriate and promote the work of PALZ UK / Shropshire

When do I need to be available?

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Details

Availability to be discussed at initial meeting, but at a glance: Frequency: 6 times a year, every 2 months Duration: up to 2 hours Venue: varies between committee members’ houses and mutually convenient location in or near Shrewsbury