Memories project set to continue

A project aimed at helping people living with dementia to record their memories has been such a success that it is set to continue.

Right at Home GF, the Farnham Herald, Rev Stella Wiseman and Hilary Roberts who is a volunteer from the Herald’s digital archive project, recently joined forces to host a programme of Writing Memories workshops in Farnham and Bordon.

At the first workshop, Dan Gee from the Herald and Hilary Roberts talked about the Herald’s archive, the importance of archives and the history of the community. Participants then learned from Stella Wiseman about how to collect and record their personal memories.

In the second follow-up workshop, people brought along items which represented important memories. Objects included photos, books and notebooks. With guidance from Stella, contributors worked together to preserve their memories in way that can be referred to time and time again.  

Liz Young, Business Development and Marketing Manager at Right at Home GF says: “The workshops were magical, and everybody had a lovely time talking about their memories and learning how to preserve them for posterity.

“It is our intention to share the ‘memories’ in a public exhibition and to hold more workshops so that even more people can get involved and record their precious memories.”

The Writing Memories workshops were launched during the Farnham Literacy Festival and ran throughout May as part of Local and Community History Month. Anybody who would like to get involved in the project, should email their interest to [email protected].