Join Serve the City Brisbane as we support Dementia Australia’s Memory Lane Café, a welcoming social space for people living with dementia, their carers and support people.
This event is an opportunity to show kindness in action through simple but meaningful social volunteering — spending time with guests, sharing conversation, helping create a warm environment, and supporting moments of connection over coffee, tea and community.
Dementia Australia is the national peak body supporting people living with dementia, their families and carers across Australia. The organisation provides information, education, advocacy and support to help people impacted by dementia feel less alone, better understood, and more connected to the services and communities around them.
Dementia Australia’s Memory Lane Cafés offer regular social get-togethers for people living with dementia and their carers or support people. These cafés create a relaxed and friendly space where guests can meet others with similar experiences, build connection, access helpful information, and enjoy time together in a safe and supportive environment.
As volunteers, we will help support the café by welcoming guests, sharing moments with a warm smile of kindness (or two!) joining in gentle conversation, and helping create a respectful, inclusive and relaxed atmosphere. This is not a clinical or care role — it is about presence, patience, kindness and human connection.
By volunteering, you’ll help create moments of dignity, belonging and joy for people living with dementia and those who walk alongside them.
Come along to serve, listen, connect and help make someone’s day a little brighter.
No specialist dementia experience is required. We will simply be bringing our warmth, kindness, patience and a willingness to connect.
Why It Matters
For people living with dementia and their carers, social connection can make a meaningful difference. A welcoming conversation, a shared cup of coffee, or simply sitting together in community can help people feel seen, valued and less isolated.
Through this project, Serve the City volunteers will support Dementia Australia in creating a space of dignity, connection and belonging — one small moment at a time.
