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Gateshead Cares: Keeping Gateshead Residents Who Wander Safe with Lumiio

Gateshead Cares: Keeping Gateshead Residents Who Wander Safe with Lumiio

Gateshead Council estimates that almost 1,150 residents are living with dementia, and with an aging population projected to rise by 17% in 2047, demand for extra support in social care is a key issue. That's why Gateshead Council has worked with safeguarding technology developer Lumiio to launch a pilot Smart Dementia Safeguarding Wristband initiative. 

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South Yorkshire Dementia Safeguarding Wristband: Supporting the Herbert Protocol with Lumiio

Conversations with police have suggested that each missing person search can cost as much as £9,000, not to mention the extreme emotional distress and physical strain for the missing person and their loved ones. That's why South Yorkshire Police are working with Lumiio again to distribute Dementia Safeguarding Wristbands as wandering protection.

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Supporting Independent Living in Uttlesford: Dementia Initiative with Uttlesford CSP, UCAN, and Lumiio

Summary By 2030, studies predict the number of individuals living with dementia in Uttlesford to be nearly 2,000. The Uttlesford Community Safety Partnership, charity Uttlesford Community Action Network (UCAN), and Lumiio are launching a new Dementia Wristband safeguarding initiative this...

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Announcing the Isle of Man’s Lumiio enabled Herbert Protocol Scheme

In the Summer of 2025, the Isle of Man Constabulary partnered with Hospice's Admiral Nurses, the Forget-Me-Not Charity, and Lumiio on a collaborative dementia safeguarding scheme to launch the Herbert Protocol in the area.

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Announcing Lumiio and Ards & North Down Council's Dementia Safeguarding Initiative

Announcing Lumiio and Ards & North Down Council's Dementia Safeguarding Initiative

As part of their effort to become Dementia Friendly, Ards and North Down Council launched a new Dementia Safeguarding Scheme powered by Lumiio’s specially designed dementia safeguarding products. Launched to coincide with the 2025 Dementia Action Week, led by the...

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Announcing Lumiio and Durham Police’s Dementia Safeguarding Initiative

Announcing Lumiio and Durham Police’s Dementia Safeguarding Initiative

In September 2025, our sister company Seritag partnered with the Durham Constabulary to support their ‘Tap Your Phone to Get Me Home’ scheme. This dementia safeguarding initiative focused on safety through community, working alongside the existing Herbert Protocol, to breakdown...

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Our History Supporting Dementia Safeguarding Initiatives

Committed to Developing Safeguarding From our inception, Lumiio has been committed to helping protect vulnerable people. Through our sister company Seritag the team worked with dementia safeguarding initiatives for over a decade prior to launching Lumiio.  Across our work supporting...

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Compassion meets Innovation: Sefton Council and Lumiio Protect the Vulnerable

Compassion meets Innovation: Sefton Council and Lumiio Protect the Vulnerable

What did Sefton Council and Lumiio do together? Sefton Carers centre, in collaboration with Sefton Council, reached out to us here at Lumiio in mid-2025 looking to provide wristbands for their unpaid carers and families. They were already using wristbands...

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Devon & Cornwall Police launch NDID Neurodiversity ID wristbands

Devon & Cornwall Police launch NDID Neurodiversity ID wristbands

Devon & Cornwall Police are running an NDID Neurodiversity ID wristband project. 

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