LATEST NEWS
Susanna is Woman of the Year!
We are delighted that our founder Susanna Howard has been recognised by the local community as Woman of the Year! Thank you to everyone who helps us keep going, and to all the other nominees. Thank You. Soroptimist International #Folkestone #Hythe #Womanoftheyear #arts #dementia #mentalhealth #isolation #carers #artsandhealth #spokenword #witnessing #visibility #words #books #performance
Read MoreLiving Words founder in The Independent 2019 Happy List!
Our founder Susanna has been listed in the Independent’s ‘Happy List’, link below. We are delighted that she has been recognised in this way, along with 49 other people who represent so many people in our country doing focussed work to support and change the world. A much needed reminder for us all right now.…
Read MoreSusanna & Oliver go to New York
Susanna and Oliver are off to New York to share our work at Alan Alda’s Centre For Communicating Science Stony Brook University with our colleagues East Side Institute for The Applied Improvisation Network! THANK YOU to all of our incredible supporters for making this possible.
Read MoreLiving Words & COVID-19
Hello there – We have spent the past few weeks working out how we can survive whilst asking people we work with what we can do and what is needed. As a small arts & literature charity, our work relies heavily on making projects and events happen, working one-to-one with those who have something to…
Read More#TalkingLIfe Podcasts
February 2020. In the podcasts #TalkingLIfe – as part of Wellcome Collection UCL #DRC Created Out of Mind hub – Susanna Howard spoke with Mike Parish and his partner Tom about their experiences of living with a dementia. Mike called for #carehomes and services to actively display #LGBT flags, in order to remove concerns about how one will be treated when approaching in an already vulnerable…
Read MoreNORMAL? FESTIVAL OF THE BRAIN – ANNOUNCEMENT
A message from Normal? Festival of the Brain organisers: Hello We expect you know what we are going to say… It is with sadness that we must tell you that Normal? Festival of the Brain is being postponed. It will be happening, we just don’t know when – yet. Our festival is all about…
Read MoreOur New Video Business Card
We’re so delighted with our new video business card, created by the talented Peter Farkas at New Style Pictures. What do you think? If the video attached doesn’t play for you, please watch, please click here.
Read MoreListen to Kate Chou’s piece from Susanna’s workshops in Taiwan
One of the participants from Susanna’s workshops in Taiwan, has written a piece to further share the work in East Asia. Just pop into google translate if you can’t speak mandarin: Here is a message and link from her – Kate Chou: ‘I was a member of Susanna’s workshop. It’s extremely helpful and i was…
Read MoreLiving Words is in The Elder Magazine
The Elder Magazine published an interview with our founder, Susanna Howard this week.
Read MoreFunny Old World – Song Release
THIS WEEK sees the release of FUNNY OLD WORLD. Watch the video by clicking here and, download the song – it is now available from all streaming platforms! The lyrics are the words of local Folkestonian, John Offen, who is living with late stage dementia. To create the piece John worked with Susanna, founder of Living…
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