Projects

How do you write about Dementia and Carers?

A podcast play about carers and dementia, Silva Lining’s Care Plan, from the perspective of a clinical researcher and neuropsychologist by writer Elspeth Penny It’s just a better way of treating a human being. Dons Coleston-Shields What happens when a neuropsychologist from Nottingham’s The Institute of Mental Health reads a draft podcast play about carers

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Silva Lining’s Care Plan

Watch the trailer: Silva Lining’s Care Plan trailer  Our recent work includes a previously ACE-funded project: ‘Silva Lining’s Care Plan’; we held rehearsed script readings in Bristol and Nottingham; live cello, comedic and puppetry elements. “A wonderful and moving exploration of the complex relationship between carer and cared for. Both heart-rending and laugh-out-loud.” Alex Coulter, Director,

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Creative Writing Workshops for Wecil, Bristol and Weston Super Mare

Letter to My Superhero: Elspeth is part of “Community Connections”, a social prescribing programme in the South Ward area of Weston-super-Mare. A full-time social prescriber is taking referrals from health professionals working in the For All Healthy Living Centre, who will connect people to non-medical support within their local communities and beyond. Cooked up by

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