Kickstarter call for documentary on Purple Angel founder and dementia campaigner

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Torquay’s Norman McNamara took the world by storm with his Purple Angel Campaign, which raises awareness about dementia related illness. Now a new documentary aims to take the message further, and there’s a kickstarter campaign you can contribute to.

Seven years ago Norman McNamara, who lives in Torquay, was diagnosed with dementia. Still in his 50s Norman decided he couldn’t just sit there and do nothing.

Seven years on, Norman’s quest to create more dementia friendly communities is well under way. His Purple Angel campaign has gone global -with more than 300 Ambassadors helping to spread awareness across the UK and now the world.

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This very real life story, without dramatisation nor fiction, says the filmmakers, is to be told in an upcoming documentary. The project’s producer feels that ‘the work of the Purple Angels and Norman McNamara, deserves to be told’.

Producer Laurence Kelly is keen to ‘show the variety of the work these volunteers engage in â€“ running memory cafes, dementia drop in centres and making those in their area dementia aware plus so much more’.

Director Will Thomas Freeman said: ‘We’re making this independently. Your support will help us tell an inspiring story and showcase the incredible work of this man and all the good his organisation has done for others. We want to bring the topic of dementia to the main stage.

“The more funds we raise, allows us to film more content, more people and more stories,” said Will. ” Please, help us to achieve this.”

Pop over to the kick-starter page to see how you can help.