Join the Million Squares Project

Thank you so much for your interest in taking part in the 1 Million Square for Dementia Project and joining the movement to raise awareness of this situation. I deeply appreciate it.

Scale and Significance

I mentioned in an earlier section that the scale and significance of dementia in the UK is huge.  So, creating even one square and dedicating to someone either living with or who has passed away from the disease, means you are making a difference; it will go a long way in achieving Dementia Sphere’s goal of creating greater awareness of dementia and jointly creating a caring community. Of course, the more squares you make, the closer we get to collectively achieving the goal of making 1 million squares for dementia and becoming part of a global movement.

Whether you know how to crochet and/or knit or not, the process to take part is a simple 3-step process.

Register & Create > Dedicate > Share 

Register & Create

To register please click on the link below and complete the required information 

Registration Form 

Once you have registered, you will be provided with a unique reference number.  Please quote that on any enquiries related to your squares.

Registration is only required once per person.

To create, you need to:

Crochet and/or Knit 4-inch square(s) 

If you do not know how to crochet or knit but are keen to learn and take part in the project, please click on this link (Help with your Squares page) where you will find links to instructional videos that provide both crochet and knitting tutorials

 

Dedicate

If you want to dedicate your square to somebody:

 

Think of

1. an alias or pet name for them and

2. 4 attributes/qualities of that person

 

PLEASE DO NOT USE THEIR REAL NAME DUE TO PRIVACY LAWS AND DATA PROTECTION

 

Share

To share both dedicated and undedicated squares 

Simply photograph each individual square and submit the image on our dedicated Facebook page (please click on the link)

I have also set up a Facebook Group (1millionsquares) so that members can share ideas and inspiration.  Please do consider joining the group by clicking on the link below:

Join the Facebook Group

IMAGE GUIDELINES

  1. photograph each square on a plain white background
  2. use good natural light if possible
  3. ensure your image(s) are of thumbnail size (150mm x 150mm) around 70kb