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‘In 30 years, there will be two million people with Alzheimer''s disease in Poland. Each of us is a potential caregiver and also a potential patient’, – argues Marlena Mayer, a dementia educator. So NGOs supporting people with dementia and their carers, as well as carrying out awareness and education activities for the public, should already work in every Polish county. Unfortunately, this is not the case. This is why our Foundation has been established to support the local community in the county of Nowy Sącz and the neighbouring counties in the area. As part of the project, we will streamline the operation of our organisation by standardising management and developing an income diversification strategy. We will establish a Foundation''s office that will serve as a permanent service delivery location. We will increase the effectiveness of communication with our beneficiaries by launching new tools: online campaigns and meetings with seniors. We will work more efficiently for the empowerment of people with dementia and their carers. We will organise meetings with experts to provide carers of people with dementia with the knowledge they need. We will initiate a community of people with similar experiences to support each other. We will involve people with the disease and their carers in the process of making recommendations on how to organise events with people with dementia. We will use the developed guidelines when organising a pilot event entitled ''The Nowy Sącz Brain Day'' to convince the local community and institutions that it is possible to create inclusive events involving people with dementia.