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Featured inspiration
11-07-2014South EastMuseum of Oxford Recipes and Reminiscences ProjectThe main aim of the 2013 Museum of Oxford Recipes and Reminiscences project was to share and preserve some of Oxford’s cookery history via a progra... -
Featured opportunity
28-07-2014South WestAlive! Activity and Reminiscence Training Aug 11thThis one-day course provides care home staff with the tools to successfully lead activity and reminiscence sessions for their residents. Our traine... -
Featured Resource
16-07-2014Facilitators Handbook: Music-making in later lifeThe Facilitator's Handbook provides practical advice and frameworks for developing excellent practice as a facilitator of musical activities for ol...
Inspiration
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11-07-2014South EastMuseum of Oxford Recipes and Reminiscences ProjectThe main aim of the 2013 Museum of Oxford Recipes and Reminiscences project was to share and preserve some of Oxford’s cookery history via a progra...
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11-07-2014South EastMuseum of Oxford Morris Motors Centenary Reminiscence ProjectTo mark the Morris Motors Centenary (100 years of car making in Oxford) Helen Fountain, Reminiscence Officer at the Museum of Oxford teamed up with... -
23-06-2014Age Friendly Museums Day October 5th 2014The Age Collective Museums host new Age Friendly Museums Day on Silver Sunday. Age Collective is a partnership project between the British Mus... -
28-07-2014WalesArts Council of Wales and the Baring Foundation announce major arts funding award for older peopl...The Arts Council of Wales has been successful in securing funding from the Baring Foundationwhich is to pay for a two-year project of participatory...
Opportunities
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28-07-2014South WestAlive! Activity and Reminiscence Training Aug 11thThis one-day course provides care home staff with the tools to successfully lead activity and reminiscence sessions for their residents. Our traine...
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22-07-2014LondonActivity Leaders course: training in creative leadership for care staffThis course equips activity coordinators (and those in similar roles in care settings) to develop the meaningful activity they provide, by supporti... -
14-07-2014LondonEarly-Stage Dementia Awareness Training for Arts Facilitators, National Portrait Gallery, 29 Sept...This full-day training workshop will be run by Arts 4 Dementia and Alzheimer's Society. The aim of the day is to give arts facilitators greater und... -
10-07-2014Artist commissionsThe Baring Foundation has launched a new grants programme for Artist Commissions. Closing date is the 1st September 2014. Guidelines for applican...
Discussions
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24-03-2014Call-out: older people's participation in theatre and dramaI am a Research Associate at Keele University and am writing a critical review on 'ageing, drama and creativity'. The review is funded by the AHRC ... -
24-02-2014Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Seminar 2014A live transmission of the seminar for new WCMT fellows. -
08-02-2014Artists Working in Participatory Settings - surveyA survey is being undertaken to support the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) Special Initiative called ArtWorks, which seeks to understand and develop ... -
17-11-2013Manifesto for Age-Friendly Museums - Age Collective ConferenceOn Friday 22 November, the British Museum hosted the first Age Collective conference, during which the Manifesto for Age-Friendly Museums was launc...
Resources
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16-07-2014Facilitators Handbook: Music-making in later lifeThe Facilitator's Handbook provides practical advice and frameworks for developing excellent practice as a facilitator of musical activities for ol...
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16-07-2014Active Ageing with MusicThe Music for Life Project, funded by the New Dynamics of Ageing Programme (UK Research Councils) developed a series of videos, showing older peopl... -
09-07-2014Whitworth Art Sense iPad AppSensory play iPad app for adults living with dementia, using the Whitworth's collection. Co-produced with a group of older WEA learners. Free t... -
16-06-2014arts:impact evaluation report'arts:impact - Arts for Wellbeing in Derbyshire' delivered professional arts activity in older people's care settings and training for care staff a...
