A Map to You - Life Stories from the Living
A Map to You - Life stories from the living
brought to you by The Dot Collective
This podcast is part of the A Map to You project, which started in lockdown 2021 to document the life stories of participants living with dementia and their families.
'Life Stories from the Living' shares the vivid memories of those who live and care for dementia. Their stories, for the most part, are not about dementia, but stories from their past, of times that have made them who they are today - it’s about who they are, and not about their dementia. The stories are collected each week through reminiscence workshops with community groups in South East London, where actors and writers join these groups to uncover participants stories by engaging in conversation and activities. These stories are adapted and recorded for the podcast. We’ll also have special guests each week and discuss the importance of social stimulation, conversation and arts based activities for those living with dementia.
The Dot Collective is a registered charity and professional theatre company that creates and provides theatre for those living in care, particularly but not exclusively for those living with dementia. Our work includes touring professional theatre productions into residential care, transforming their spaces with theatre aesthetics to fully immerse audiences within the experience. We also create new plays based on the lives of those living with dementia and produce these for the participants and the public, on stage, in print and as audio recordings, raising a positive awareness of dementia and producing a keepsake for participants.
This podcast is supported by The City Bridge Trust
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 9
- Years Active
- 2023
Episode 8: Remembering & Moving On
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Episode 8: Remembering & Moving on
In the final episode, we look back at all the stories, remembering the people we've met at t…
Episode 7: All in a Day's Work
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Episode 7: All in a Day's Work
This week we discussed our working life, careers, jobs and pearls of wisdom!
At Link Age Southwar…
Episode 6: Finding My Place
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Episode 6: Finding my Place
This week we went elsewhere, to places we've been, would like to go and those we saw in photographs…
Episode 5: Hats off to Ya!
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Episode 5: Hats off to Ya
This week is packed full of imagination, and unique characters! We had a load of fun in the workshop …
Episode 4: If Music be the Food of Fun, Play On
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This episode is presented by Thomas Judd and features stories written by Vicky Gaskin, Shadia King and Laura Harling inspired …
Episode 3: Fun, Games and Laughter
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This episode is presented by Artistic Director of The Dot Collective, Laura Harling and features stories written by Matthew Se…
Episode 2: Fun, Friendship & Falling in Love
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This episode is presented by Artistic Director of The Dot Collective, Laura Harling and features stories written by Matthew Se…
Episode 1: The importance of conversation
A Map to You - Life stories from the living podcast by The Dot Collective
The Dot Collective is a registered charity and professional theatre company that creates and provides theatre for those living…
A Map to You - Life Stories from the Living
A Map to You - Life Stories from the Living launches with our first episode at 6pm on Tuesday 7th February presented by Thomas Judd featuring writing by Laura Harling and Vicky Gaskin, inspired by th…