Mr John Douglas "Doug" Laing

Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of progressive conditions that affect the brain. There are over 200 subtypes of dementia, but the five most common are: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia and mixed dementia.

The brain is made up of nerve cells (neurones) that communicate with each other by sending messages. Dementia damages the nerve cells in the brain so messages can’t be sent from and to the brain effectively, which prevents the body from functioning normally.

Regardless of which type of dementia is diagnosed and what part of the brain is affected, each person will experience dementia in their own unique way.

Dementia can affect a person at any age but it is more commonly diagnosed in people over the age of 65 years. A person developing dementia before age 65 is said to have young onset dementia.

There are over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this is set to rise to over one million by 2021.

The maintenance Fund is for the the general upkeep and improvement of the Parish Chruch of St Nicholas Remenham. 

The Parish Church of St Nicholas Remenham offers you a warm welcome. Whether you have come to a service of worship, for private prayer, or just to enjoy a few moments of peace and tranquillity, we offer you our friendship and hospitality. This website gives some general information about the church and our services.

Our weekly service (usually from the Book of Common Prayer) is held on Sunday at 1115, and we welcome visitors of all ages.  We are part of the United Benefice of Henley with Remenham in the Church of England - our sister church is St Mary the Virgin in Henley-on-Thames, a short distance away on the other side of the river.

The Rector of the joint benefice of Henley and Remenham is Father Jeremy Tayler who was appointed in 2019. Fr Jeremy was born in Lincolnshire and brought up in and around Bristol, but has lived most of his adult life in London. He studied International Relations and History at LSE before building a career in research administration. He has also worked briefly as both a religious studies teacher and nursery nurse in Finland, and spent two years as a full-time parent, picking up an MA in History and Politics from Birkbeck along the way. He then trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge, before serving for three years as Assistant Curate at St John's Wood Church in the Diocese of London.

Fr Jeremy is a keen cyclist, and in his spare time he enjoys gardening, walks in the countryside and outdoor swimming. He is married to Maura, who is from Helsinki, Finland, and has two daughters Blanche and Ginevra). Maura, who loves classical music, works for the Diocese of London as PA to the Archdeacon of Hampstead.