'Community hero' pub makes £1,000 donation to help Eastwood residents with dementia

By Lucy Roberts
Published 15th Dec 2021, 11:07 BST
The cheque was presented to Eastwood Memory Cafe at its regular Monday Club meeting this week.The cheque was presented to Eastwood Memory Cafe at its regular Monday Club meeting this week.
The cheque was presented to Eastwood Memory Cafe at its regular Monday Club meeting this week.
A well-loved Eastwood pub has made yet another generous donation to support an initiative that helps local people with dementia.

The Dog and Parrot on Nottingham Road chose to donate a whopping £1,000 to the Eastwood Memory Café after being shortlisted in the ‘Community Hero’ category at this year’s Great British Pub Awards.

David and Kathryn Boam, and their friendly staff, made it down to the final six in the awards, with all of the shortlisted pubs being awarded funding by sponsor Coca-Cola to help them continue with the community work that got them to the final.

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As well as being a popular real ale house, The Dog and Parrot is very much a community hub and does a huge amount of charitable fundraising.

From left: Coca-cola representative Sarah Smith, Eastwood Memory Cafe chairman Dianne Rowley and pub owners Kathryn Boam and Dave Boam.From left: Coca-cola representative Sarah Smith, Eastwood Memory Cafe chairman Dianne Rowley and pub owners Kathryn Boam and Dave Boam.
From left: Coca-cola representative Sarah Smith, Eastwood Memory Cafe chairman Dianne Rowley and pub owners Kathryn Boam and Dave Boam.

Its focus is on supporting ex-forces and other important causes that matter to the team and its customers, li