Small Things

Setting The Scene

Sometimes the biggest challenge when trying something creative is getting somebody to join in in the first place. If an activity feels too “set up” it may make a person […]

Storybox

Storybox at Bury Art Museum – The Seaside

In lieu of our regular Storybox session at Bury Art […]

Storybox

Storybox at Bury Art Museum

We normally run a monthly dementia friendly creative session at Bury Art Museum on the second Tuesday of each month – for obvious reasons it will not be running this […]

Creative Ages

FREE Dementia Friendly Creative Resources

If you are a member of The Storybox Project : At Home please sign in here. The Storybox Project : At Home is a fun and inclusive programme of activities […]

Community

Home is…

This poem was created by the women’s group at the Jinnah Centre in Bury, supported by Jen Harris and Ferne Collins. It is part of the Age Friendly Manchester Culture […]

Older People

The Storybox Project AT HOME

Do you work with a dementia group and would like to try more creative activities? Do you support a family member or friend living with dementia and would like some […]

Climate Change

Final month of Nature’s Winter

Nature’s Winter is a unique installation at Windermere Jetty inspired by the weather and our surroundings. It explores nature and weather through a sensory experience of light, sound and story. […]

Climate Change

Nature’s Winter

We are delighted to be working with The Windermere Jetty to explore weather, its place in the natural world, and the way that it is changing. Weather surrounds us constantly. […]

Creative Ages

Work with us

We are currently looking for freelance workshop facilitators to join our team working on The Storybox Project. Do you think you have got the energy, passion and creativity to work […]

Creative Ages

Storybox Creative Cafe – Bury’s Creative Dementia Club

This September we are delighted to be returning to Bury […]

Creative Ages

Saying Yes

For every activity, workshop or project that we are involved in we try to create spaces where “yes” leads the way. In the simplest terms this means that as facilitators […]

Creative Ages

Time To Reflect

Very early in the life of The Storybox Project we realised that creating a journal to record and reflect upon our work would be a powerful way for us to […]

Creative Ages

A Sense of Play

Play noun – engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose verb – activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation Playfulness noun – the […]

Creative Ages

How does success look?

For all of us working creatively with people living with dementia it can be an ever changing playing field where people’s needs can shift and change significantly over short periods […]

Creative Ages

Treasury of Art Activities for Older People

Over the last year we have been delighted to work with The Baring Foundation to create a treasury of arts activities for older people. This consists of 50 activities to […]

Creative Ages

Looking Forward – New Year’s Resolutions

Do you like making New Year’s resolutions? For many people […]

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