“…The expanded Innovative Practice Section in this issue presents an opportunity to explore this message further by drawing together seven articles examining the benefits of different activities, ranging from participating in sports such as swimming (Hobden, Swallow, Beer, & Dening, 2019) and Boccia (Ovenden, Dening, & Beer, 2019), to playing board games (Miltiades & Thatcher, 2019a, 2019b) and learning about marine archaeology (Cutler, Palma, & Innes, 2019) or practising graffiti art (Hicks, Carroll, Shanker, & El-Zeind, 2017). As Miltiades and Thatcher (2019b) point out, the ability to help others and share knowledge is an opportunity often denied to people with dementia.…”