On Saturday 24th March, we held our first Memory Café
at Holly Bank. The aim of the Café was for residents to reminisce with their
family/friends utilising Memory Suitcases we loaned from House of Memories at
the Museum of Liverpool.
The Memory Suitcases were different themed. There is a huge
selection to choose from, and the ones we opted for were Sports, Putting on a
Spread and General. When I picked them up, I was really surprised at how big
they were and the amount of items in each one.
They are such an excellent resource to utilise.
The residents that wanted to take part really enjoyed going
through all the items. The suitcases encouraged lots of conversation and got quite a few
laughs out of people. It was great to hear such lively and animated conversation.
We will be holding another Memory Café in June, in which we
hope to create Memory Trees with our residents, using the templates we have
from House of Memories.
We hope the Memory Café will grow in popularity and that
next time the weather will be warm enough for us to sit outside and hold it.
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