Simon's CST Activities Blog

A heartfelt thank you I just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to everyone who subscribes to and supports Simon’s Dementia CST Activities. Your kind messages, encouragement and generous donations genuinely mean so much to me. Every donation, however large or small, helps towards the ongoing costs of keeping the website and resources available and allows me to conti...

Continue Your CST Journey Online If you have enjoyed these activities and would like to make music a regular part of your CST programme, visit: www.cstsongoftheday.co.uk Here you will find a new CST Song of the Day, accompanied by carefully chosen facts, reminiscence prompts, discussion questions and suggested activities. The songs are selected to encourage memories, conversatio...

It looks like very few of you are visiting my other website, CST Song Of The Day www.simondementia.co.uk where daily short-form CST activities linked to carefully selected songs themed with calendar days are provided every day. It would be really helpful to know why this might be. I wonder if you could take a moment to complete this very short questionnaire ... If you could comm...

NOTE TO FACILITATORS - MIX THE SONGS UP SO MEMBERS HAVE TO CHOOSE WISELY, SOME ARE EASY, SOME ARE REALLY TRICKY AND REQUIRE GUESS WORK Playlist link here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMiAdF_I0iI&si=xJlQxvKj_Uzn50in ANSWERS Scotland – Scottish – Highland piper (kilt, sporran and tam o' shanter) – Flower Of Scotland Japan – Japanese – Kimono – Sakura Sakura Brazil – B...

Welcome to my September 2026 Calendar of Events – a month-by-month planner designed to help you prepare engaging Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) sessions and reminiscence activities. Throughout September you'll find a wide variety of awareness days, anniversaries, seasonal events and fun celebrations that can be used as the starting point for conversations, quizzes, reminisc...