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Screenplayers launched its first project: Set Up and Go! in September 2016 with an AWARDS FOR All Lottery grant Set Up and Go! ran a series of Reminiscence Therapy sessions, which were filmed and edited into 25 Video Stories, many of which focussed on the life stories of being a young child during the 2nd World War. Using the Video Reminiscence stories as inspiration, a Creative Writing Course ran alongside, with students from the University of Sussex, resulting in a piece of creative writing published in our blog. An important part of the project was to bring together different generations, and A level students studying Health and Social Care, interviewed residents of Lewes care homes and sheltered housing schemes, about their War time memories as children and young adults. Visit our BLOG pages to find the Creative Writing piece by 'Moments of Being' by Maria Antonia Reis Teixeira da Costa A selection of the 25 Video Stories are viewable on the Reminiscence Videos tab above Tara interviewing Mollie Grist who was 18 years old when the 2nd WW broke out. 
Louise interviewing Sam Hefferden, about life on an East Sussex farm as a teenager during the War.
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Maria, a University of Sussex student wrote about her experience of the project "This course has brought me a lot of joy. It has given me the confidence to write, gifting me a passion I thought I couldn’t have. For although I have always been a passionate reader, I never thought I would ever be able to author a creative piece, that I would ever be able to use this skill that I admired so greatly in others" "Seeing the reminiscence work with individuals in senior homes also brought me great joy, as my grandmother came to mind. It would have been lovely to have been able to have done the same with her. So often, we forget about the store of knowledge we could discover from our elders, the joy the simple act of listening can bring, to both the storyteller and to those listening." Community film-making project using the iMovie and iPad - accessible, user-friendly technology Screenplayers was facilitated by Workshop Leaders: Louise Hill-Hottinger and Tara Gould. Thank you to the Sussex Downs and University of Sussex students who gave their time to take part. |
The benefits of the Video Reminiscence sessions:
For the 80+ age group: Using the iPad as a reminiscence tool, we recorded interviewees talking about their memories, which were edited into video stories. Participants were given the option to use and learn how to play back their video stories on the iPad. The participants were 80+ years old, and the stories focussed on their childhood memories from the 1930s, 40s and early 50s. Most had used an iPad or seen their recorded memories before, and are fascinated to see their life stories told on this digital interface.
The 16-21 age group: A level Health and Social Care students took part conducting the 'Reminiscence Therapy' interviews. They learnt new communication skills, adapted to the individual requirements of each interviewee, as well as benefit form social and community awareness through cross-generational engagement. University of Sussex students used the Video Stories as an inspiration for a creative writing piece, published here on our blog.
Beneficial Outcomes of Set Up and Go! Reminscence Video Stories
1/ Speaking and sharing your memories. The 80+ age group benefitted from 'Reminiscence Therapy ', improving social and mental well-being and counter-acting feelings of low self worth, isolation and memory loss.
2/ Recording memories Individual participants kept their recorded memories on a memory stick for themselves and for their families ; and these memories will become a document of social history for posterity.
3/ Learning a new skill/ about digital recording The benefits of learning a new skill for older people are many : confidence raising, brain exercise to slow down memory loss, and digital inclusion and engagement. Watching back their own stories on an iPad or computer demonstrated the importance of digital inclusion for the 80+ age group.
4/ Volunteer Learning College students gained experience of care home settings, community engagement and taking part in a social history project with cross-generational perspectives.
5/ Creative writing skills University students taking part in the creative writing workshops had the chance to learn from an published creative writer, experienced in facilitating creative writing workshops.
The filming and workshops took place between November 2016 and June 2017.
For the 80+ age group: Using the iPad as a reminiscence tool, we recorded interviewees talking about their memories, which were edited into video stories. Participants were given the option to use and learn how to play back their video stories on the iPad. The participants were 80+ years old, and the stories focussed on their childhood memories from the 1930s, 40s and early 50s. Most had used an iPad or seen their recorded memories before, and are fascinated to see their life stories told on this digital interface.
The 16-21 age group: A level Health and Social Care students took part conducting the 'Reminiscence Therapy' interviews. They learnt new communication skills, adapted to the individual requirements of each interviewee, as well as benefit form social and community awareness through cross-generational engagement. University of Sussex students used the Video Stories as an inspiration for a creative writing piece, published here on our blog.
Beneficial Outcomes of Set Up and Go! Reminscence Video Stories
1/ Speaking and sharing your memories. The 80+ age group benefitted from 'Reminiscence Therapy ', improving social and mental well-being and counter-acting feelings of low self worth, isolation and memory loss.
2/ Recording memories Individual participants kept their recorded memories on a memory stick for themselves and for their families ; and these memories will become a document of social history for posterity.
3/ Learning a new skill/ about digital recording The benefits of learning a new skill for older people are many : confidence raising, brain exercise to slow down memory loss, and digital inclusion and engagement. Watching back their own stories on an iPad or computer demonstrated the importance of digital inclusion for the 80+ age group.
4/ Volunteer Learning College students gained experience of care home settings, community engagement and taking part in a social history project with cross-generational perspectives.
5/ Creative writing skills University students taking part in the creative writing workshops had the chance to learn from an published creative writer, experienced in facilitating creative writing workshops.
The filming and workshops took place between November 2016 and June 2017.
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