about this author

Ghazal is a Project Development Worker and administrator officer for Trent Dementia charity at the Institute of Mental Health in Nottingham. She has an MA in Counselling, MSc in Substance Misuse and BA in General Psychology. Ghazal is a graduate member of British Psychological Society. She has been working in the mental health sector since 2016. Ghazal's role in the Trent Dementia Empowerment Program is to support people living with and affected by dementia to establish peer support and advisory groups and activities across the East Midlands, and to organise events. She writes about her experience on the Trent Dementia charity blog. She is now facilitating a free monthly walking group for people living with dementia and their supporters at Highfields Park. Ghazal is starting another free walking group for people affected by dementia at Stonebridge City Farm in Nottingham.