Blue flower badge
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I can only see that badge in packets of 25 in the Society online shop. The new logo badge is available individually.
You'll see them both in this link -
https://shop.alzheimers.org.uk/index.php?route=product/search&search=Badge
You'll see them both in this link -
https://shop.alzheimers.org.uk/index.php?route=product/search&search=Badge
Hi agzy. I've seen these badges in Halifax banks for £1 each, other places too. Haven't yet seen the new ones on sale. Lindy. X
I'll keep my eyes open but don't need 25 of them and not forking out £30 but thank you for the link x
I think they're intended as wedding favours. Or alternatively my friend bought batches of them to give out to everyone at her husband's funeral.
Apparently the Society sell them but in packs of 25 so will keep my eyes open in charity shops and banks etc, thank you
Tesco used to sell them for £1 each both online https://www.dementia-community-roadshow.org.uk/shopping/137_pin_badges and in store, now withdrawn online but you local store may have some if you enquire.
I have been getting cross on FB (me? cross? surely not) as the original post has gone viral and it said people wearing the badge had dementia. ..
So I have been adding this to all the posts I see!
'Great to publicise the work re dementia but this is so misleading as it is a supporters badge not to show that someone has dementia.*https://shop.alzheimers.org.uk/weddings-and-celebrations/Flower pin badges x 25
And an obvious badge sadly serves to highlight someone is vulnerable and could lead to them being preyed upon. A discreet card is available that a carer can share with shop staff etc or the person with dementia may wish to share themself.*https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/.../publicati.../*774/helpcards
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So I have been adding this to all the posts I see!
'Great to publicise the work re dementia but this is so misleading as it is a supporters badge not to show that someone has dementia.*https://shop.alzheimers.org.uk/weddings-and-celebrations/Flower pin badges x 25
And an obvious badge sadly serves to highlight someone is vulnerable and could lead to them being preyed upon. A discreet card is available that a carer can share with shop staff etc or the person with dementia may wish to share themself.*https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/.../publicati.../*774/helpcards
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Thanks nitram - didn't test link. Going between different devices and activities...
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It seems they are also Masonic badges. Just spoken to mr google and first up was the ama-zing site
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8...vtargid=kwd-7773480220&ref=pd_sl_9k3f5wxl8z_e
Why on earth is the AS selling the same badge as the Masonic ones? It doesn't make sense.
I agree with Celia also that wearing a badge shows shows support rather than highlights a sufferer, just as those badges for other illnesses do.
I agree with Celia also that wearing a badge shows shows support rather than highlights a sufferer, just as those badges for other illnesses do.
The Masonic badge has a long history
http://www.masonicnetwork.org/blog/2009/the-story-behind-forget-me-not-emblem/
AS maybe started using it unknowingly, 'forget me not' seemed appropriate.
Does it really matter?
http://www.masonicnetwork.org/blog/2009/the-story-behind-forget-me-not-emblem/
AS maybe started using it unknowingly, 'forget me not' seemed appropriate.
Does it really matter?
The forget-me-not has been used as an emblem for miscarriage for a good few years now as well, I have received fund raising marketing stuff with it on today (fundraising from Birmingham University - one envelope each)
When I got the email last week(from Birmingham Uni - where I met OH) I thought it was from Alz Soc at first
When I got the email last week(from Birmingham Uni - where I met OH) I thought it was from Alz Soc at first
Using a forget-me-not probably hot but the badges look exactly the same and surely people would want to know just what they are supporting when the buy one. I would.
I haven't seen these pins on sale in shops myself, but my usual experience of various charity pins sold in shops is that they are in a box clearly marked with the named charity for which they are raising money/raising awareness - so it is unlikely that people buying them would be confused as to where their money is going.
I wear a forget-me-not pin, one that I obtained through the Alzheimer's Society. Until now I had never heard of any link the flower has with freemasons and nobody has ever mistaken my wearing it as anything other than in support of dementia awareness.
I wear a forget-me-not pin, one that I obtained through the Alzheimer's Society. Until now I had never heard of any link the flower has with freemasons and nobody has ever mistaken my wearing it as anything other than in support of dementia awareness.
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