Music for Dementia at Carterton Library

One of your most powerful tools for dementia is music therapy.

According to the charity Music for Dementia, "Music is special...Even if part of the brain is damaged, music can still reach other parts. It’s almost like it ‘gets in through the back door’ to memories, feelings and even abilities you thought you’d lost. There are hundreds of pieces of research suggesting different ways music can help people living with dementia and their carers, particularly around managing anxiety and improving quality of life...The evidence points to a simple message, music works."

Carterton librarian Andrew Bayliss runs a 'Music for Dementia' session on the last Wednesday of every month in the library. The next session will be on 28 October, 2026, at 10.30am.

Treasures Bereavement Cafe

Treasures Bereavement Cafe meets every other Saturday from 10- 11:45 am at the W.I. Hall and is run by Mary Hopper, a retired nurse and experienced counsellor and trauma therapist with a specialty in bereavement. A typical cafe involves an opportunity to chat or listen, to make friends,

Pickleball

Did you know Carterton has its own Pickleball club? Find out more by visiting their Facebook group.

Bereavement support at Carterton Library

This bereavement support group is run by Age UK. It meets once a month from 10-11.30 am on the second Wednesday of the month at Carterton Library.

Menopause support group at Carterton Library

If you're going through menopause, you are not alone. Talking to a doctor can be helpful, but sometimes you just want to talk to other people who are going through it. A menopause support group will be meeting at Carterton Library on the 2nd and 30th of November

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Treasures Bereavement Cafe

Pickleball

Bereavement support at Carterton Library

Menopause support group at Carterton Library