Initiatives and Funding

Have you seen our ladies wearing our FMN shirts and wanted one too? FMN gives out T-shirt and bumper stickers at every cafe for a donation cost of $25.00. Just ask one of our lovely champions or founders for one at your next cafe get-together. 

FMN is a not for profit, non funded community event. each month, our lovely ladies pay for the cost of running our administration, printing, table top activities and free raffles. They do it because this cause is so close to their hearts, and they care for every member of our community as they navigate the new future that life has laid in front of them. 

These T-shirt packs provide some support in keeping this initiative going, with 100% of any proceeds raised by FMN in any form, going straight back into the running of FMN cafes. They also have the added benefit of raising awareness of not only Alzhiemers, but also for memory cafe's and dementia support around WA. 

FMN is in the process of seeking government funding through Local Governments, and has so far been successful for two cafe's! This will help us help the community even more, and we are so appreciative of the support. 

Forget-Me-Not is looking to have pins produced to encourage dementia awareness throughout Australia. These pins would be available to wear to create knowledge and awareness of persons living with dementia. With a universally known symbol, it is our hope that if those living with dementia were to wander away from their carer, the general public would associate the pin with dementia and be more likely to offer assistance if found alone.

we have had a great response from those attending the FMN memory cafe's as well as from Local Governments and Minister Mick Murray MLA Minister for Ageing; volunteering; sport and recreation, but want to survey the community to see if this idea is supported. 

In 2018, Angi's husband Michael went missing in Kings Park, much to the distress of friends and family. He disappeared  around 4pm in the afternoon, and by 6pm the Police and SES were out in full force searching the area. Near 9pm a police officer managed to locate Michael in the City. 

Alone, he had managed to cross numerous busy roads and wander the streets until an officer recognised him and brought him back to family.

This was an amazingly outcome for the family;  more fortunate than many others who have been in this same situation. The realisation that Michael could have been lost and yet surrounded by people, while unable to understand he was missing, horrified the family. Things could easily have ended much differently. 

It was then that Forget-Me-Nots realised that finding a nationally recognised emblem, just as  with the daffodil pin and pink and blue ribbons, may help the general public become more aware of Dementia and the people who live with it.

Easier to spot than an emergency bracelet, and more visible than an ID card which would be placed in a bag or wallet, a bright pin would draw the eye and with enough knowledge, the general population would be able to more easily notice a person wanderingly alone within a crowd. 

Our aim with these pins is not to force our loved ones to wearing badges to make them victims of abuse or unwanted attention, but to give piece of mind to carers whose loved ones are prone to wandering while on excursions. 

These pins could be a simple yet effective way to keep Dementia in the minds and hearts of those otherwise unfamiliar with this disease. 

Forget-Me-Not has been in talks with the Freshwater Bay Rotary Club, who have been working tirelessly to fund and support us in obtaining our Dementia Awareness pins! 

Our Pins are now ready to be given out, at no cost at all of our cafe's.