Virtual Meeting – Wendy Mitchell – 12th October 2020

On Monday 12th October 2020 we  welcomed our next inspirational women, Wendy Mitchell, author of the bestselling book and Richard & Judy selection ‘Somebody I Used to Know’. Highly recommended and definitely uplifting.

Workaholic Wendy spent 20 years working for the NHS, where she would train nurses on how to roster staff. She admits the word ‘dementia’ had never entered her vocabulary. That changed on 31 July 2014, the day Wendy was told she had early-onset Alzheimer’s, aged 58.

Wendy started writing a blog about her ‘new life’ which provided a valuable resource when it came time for Wendy to write her book (alongside author and journalist Anna Wharton), the Sunday Times Best Seller ‘Somebody I Used to Know’, which was released at the beginning of 2018.

Shocked by the lack of awareness about the disease, both in the community and in hospitals, she vowed to spend her time raising awareness about dementia and encouraging others to see that there is life after a diagnosis. She is now an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society and in 2019 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health by the University of Bradford for her contribution to research. She has two daughters and lives in Yorkshire.

Wendy was booked to speak at the Lowry earlier this year but sadly all events have been either cancelled or postponed so we felt very honoured that Wendy has agreed to speak to CFWI members.