A care home has teamed up with a parish council to raise awareness of a deadly disease and maybe even break a Guinness World Record.

Quarry Mount Care Home and South Swindon Parish Council are spearheading an event for Dementia Awareness Week which is taking place from May 13 to May 19.

On May 15, the care home will be gathering at the Town Gardens bandstand in Old Town to raise awareness of dementia and paint rocks which will be arranged in the area as a 'rock snake'.

Residents from the care home will be there throughout the time manning a drop-in rock painting station and anyone is welcome to visit and design their rocks to form part of the overall snake that will encircle the bandstand itself.

Julia Cain, a spokesperson for Quarry Mount Care Home said: "It would be great if any local celebrities and as many people as possible could visit and help raise awareness of this heartbreaking disease.

"I have invited other care homes and the nursery that visits us will be painting rocks.

"I hope we end up with a rock snake the circles the bandstand. Each rock has a special meaning to the person who painted it."

The world record for the longest rock snake is currently 3,500 stones.

It is also hoped that a dementia association will also be on hand to give out information about dementia to anyone taking part in visiting. 

The event is weather dependent so everyone is hoping for some sunshine, but if the weather does take a turn for the worst it will likely be rearranged.

This is not the first time residents of the care facility have taken part in an event at the local outdoor space.

In February, Quarry Mount Care Home took part in a random act of kindness day with residents visiting the Town Gardens and giving gifts to unsuspecting members of the public.

Julia said at the time: "We had a wonderful day, we handed out daffodils and chocolates to random people, daffodils are my favourite flower and I hope that they got the same happiness from receiving the daffodils as I do. It was a lovely day.

"There's nothing better than making people smile - the gift of giving. Everyone was so friendly and surprised and thought that it was such a lovely thing to do. Spreading joy for the public and our residents."