Sunday 11^th July (Norfolk / UK):

Summary of Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship –

I thought that it may be a good idea to summarise my Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship:

The theme of my Fellowship is ‘Arts and Older People’. I therefore visited organisations involved in working creatively with older people from a variety of settings and backgrounds in Ireland and USA. Following my travels and investigations, I will be writing a report for Winston Churchill Memorial Trust which will be published in due course, this report will summarise my investigations to include the additional information with which each organisation has provided me. I intend to use this report to discuss the good practice and learning which I have discovered and I hope to further explore the findings of the report ‘Ageing Artfully’ written by David Cutler at Baring Foundation http://www.baringfoundation.org.uk/ .

Ireland -

I spent two weeks in Ireland visiting the Bealtaine Festival 2010, seeing and taking part in festival events and exhibitions plus meeting participants, staff and management. http://bealtaine.com/

USA -

I then spent one month in USA and spent time visiting organisations and projects in Washington DC, Massachusetts, New York City and California. These are listed below:

Washington DC / Maryland:

• National Endowment for the Arts / AccessAbility Team: http://arts.endow.gov/resources/Accessibility/index.html
• National Centre for Creative Ageing: http://www.creativeaging.org/
• Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: http://www.danceexchange.org/
• IONA: http://www.iona.org/
• Arts For The Ageing: http://www.aftaarts.org/

Woburn / Boston:

• Artz is For Alzheimer's / Hearthstone Foundation: http://www.artistsforalzheimers.org/ / http://www.thehearth.org/index.html
• Whilst in this area I will be staying with friends of family at Cambridge Co-Housing: http://www.cambridgecohousing.org/

New York City:

• Museum of Modern Art, Alzheimer's Project: http://www.moma.org/learn/programs/alzheimers
• Lifetime Arts: http://www.lifetimearts.org/
• Elders Share The Arts: http://www.elderssharethearts.org/

California:

• Burbank Seniors Artist Colony: http://www.seniorartistscolony.com/
• Engage Arts: http://www.engagedaging.org/

Thank You to Winston Churchill Memorial Trust!

Finally, I would like to thank the staff, management and trustees at Winston Churchill Memorial Trust for making it possible for me to undertake such a fantastic trip and for supporting me in my travels! Thank – You! http://www.wcmt.org.uk/