The Rare Dementia Support Centre (RDSC) is the new home of Rare Dementia Support, a world-leading, UK-based service provided by the UCL Dementia Research Centre (DRC) and partners and funded by The National Brain Appeal, and will be a global exemplar of how best to support those living with rare dementia.

We wanted to create a welcoming, home-like environment where professional and personal experience could blend seamlessly—around the kitchen table. The calm and welcoming spaces are full of light and warmth, connected to an outside space and providing opportunities for a mix of interactions (one-to-one, small groups, seminars and training).

The RDSC will incorporate UCL’s world leading research and education about rare, inherited and young onset dementias.

Tucked away within a historic terrace on Woburn Square, the RDSC sits within a wider cluster of medical, educational and knowledge-based institutions in Bloomsbury’s Knowledge Quarter, linking research and clinical practice.

The centre will benefit from its proximity to Queen Square and the UCL Insitute of Neurology, facilitating a relationship that is ‘close in every sense’. People living with dementia and care partners can easily take advantage of the centre for support after a clinic or during lengthy research visits at nearby facilities around Queen Square.