The Bishop’s Palace in Wells hosted a ‘Nature Connection Course’ throughout September. Based on the National Academy input and with support from Somerset Wildlife Trust each week has focused on connecting to nature through the themes of ‘contact, ‘meaning’, ‘compassion’ and ‘beauty’. The course was a great success with participants enjoying the opportunity to connect to […]
Continue reading...The British Bird of Prey Centre in Carmarthenshire has been hosting coffee mornings for people living with cognitive impairment every two weeks from March to September. These events have provided an opportunity for participants to learn about and handle the birds of prey. Feedback shows participants enjoyed this unique opportunity to get close to the birds […]
Continue reading...Many congratulations to Seaton Tramway and the East Devon Wetland Rangers for completing their series of five Wetlands Explorer events throughout the summer. Not shy of a challenge, Nicola Stone, Director and the Learning and Activity Manager at Seaton Tramway, set out to run a different event every month. These included a watercolour session delivered by Frances Isaacs, […]
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On Friday 30th June ENLIVEN welcomed representatives from the Healthy Ageing Challenge programme who are funding a host of projects across the UK including ENLIVEN. George MacGinnis, director of the HAC and representatives from the research team co-ordinating the Social Behavioural and Design Research Programme were treated to an afternoon exploring Seaton Tramway – one […]
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On Friday 7th July participants involved in the ENLIVEN project Framing it Differently: Mindful Dementia Friendly Photography Walks at Beamish Museum will be showcasing their work at a final exhibition. The exhibition will be open to the public until Friday 21st July. Thanks go to Ian Beesley for supporting the 10 week programme.
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Throughout spring 2023, the ENLIVEN Knowledge Exchange Forum will spotlight our funded business projects and the work they are doing to make nature and outdoor experiences more accessible to people with dementia and their carers. We plan to hold a Forum once a month so all our partner businesses have an opportunity to present their […]
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We have been delighted with the range of applications to our Small Grants Scheme – thank you! Our Advisory Group panel, facilitated by Innovations in Dementia, have been working alongside ENLIVEN researchers to work through the submissions and will be in touch with their feedback. We look forward to working alongside businesses and projects to […]
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We are delighted to announce that the ENLIVEN Small Grants Scheme is now open for applications from partner organisations! You will find all the information on our webpage here. The ENLIVEN team are ready to work alongside you and support you in developing your proposals. The idea of the Scheme is to learn from each […]
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Around 40 of us gathered last Thursday for a really enjoyable morning of discussion and presentations from the ENLIVEN research team at the Knowledge Exchange Forum event. We were pleased to have a fantastic mix of participants including people living with dementia, those that support them, businesses, charities and other organisations – all interested in […]
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Our ENLIVEN partners will have now received their invitations to the Knowledge Exchange Forum to be held online on Thursday 30th June. The Knowledge Exchange Forum will bring together people living with dementia, people who support them in their everyday life, our network of businesses, charities, healthy ageing organisations, and the research team for a […]
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If you are a carer or a person living with dementia who took part in the ENLIVEN research interviews recently (with Katie, Steve, Stephan or Linda), then do come along to a one hour get-together over Zoom on 6th June. Steve Milton of Innovations in Dementia, will be hosting the session, which will be an […]
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The research team have been busily visiting many of our partner businesses and charities over the past few weeks, carrying out site audits, so we can explore how to make these spaces more accessible and learn from some excellent practise. We’re grateful to all of our hosts for making us feel so welcome, and look […]
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We need people with experience of dementia to tell us about getting out into nature. You’d really be helping us by doing our short survey: https://surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HGCBD8D Thank you!
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We were delighted to see 16 organisations attend the ENLIVEN COP, held online on 9th March. Our thanks go to Neil Warren, from Living Options, and Gordon Guest, South West representative for the Disabled Ramblers, who gave inspiring and informative presentations about the work they are doing to enable wheel chair users to access the […]
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Innovations in Dementia are asking people living with dementia, their families and carers to tell them about how they get out into nature, what difference dementia makes, and what can be done to help. Find out more in Steve’s clip HERE The survey take around 4 minutes to complete – if you have any contacts, […]
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The ENLIVEN National Call for Evidence is coming to a close soon! A huge thank you to all those who have already been in touch with ENLIVEN about submitting to our Call for Evidence. If you have not yet sent in a response but you do have experience and perspectives to share on improving access […]
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