We were delighted to hold an interactive event in London to celebrate the launch of our expanded mission to offer our services to anyone in the UK in end of life care.
How I Became…Robert Peston
A huge thank you from Stories for Life
Our huge thanks to Robert Peston and Dorothy Byrne who on 5th May helped us to celebrate our history as The Hospice Biographers with the launch of our new expanded service as Stories for Life. Our grateful thanks too, to our audience for supporting the event and for participating in such a heart warming evening. Particularly Shelagh Musoke who movingly remembered her mother who was recently recorded by one of our biographers.
Dorothy took questions from our audience to discover more about Robert’s life story and how he became one of Britain’s foremost political journalists of today. We were delighted to have Ed Balls, former politician, pose some questions and to be joined by some of our biographers, supporters and donors who have enabled our charity to train in hospices throughout the UK. We are now determined to raise more funds to expand our service and record many more men and women in the last chapter of their lives in care homes, hospitals and under community care.
Gin and Jazz fundraiser – June 2022
We were delighted to host our Stories for Life Gin and Jazz garden party in June. Tommy Walsh ran the auction and our gin palace was a huge success with all proceeds going towards funding the recordings of precious life stories and memories.
“The human voice can be so nostalgic. I wish my own children and I could hear the voices of my own mother and father who died years ago.”
Jon Snow
journalist and television presenter.
Radio 4
Our launch story was announced on the Today programme when Radio 4 interviewed our founder Barbara Altounyan and Robert Peston. Amol Rajan was so taken with our service that Today ran their own version of life storytelling over the course of the next few weeks. Listeners found the concept profoundly engaging and sent in their own versions of their life stories.
“Recording this biography has given me a chance to say all the important things to my loved ones - so they can hear them whenever they want to”
Sue Ryder
Wheatfields
BBC’S Good Morning Programme
Our service was also recently referenced in BBC’s Good Morning Programme with a slot on Myton Hospice in Coventry who trained their volunteers with Stories for Life.
“I always thought I hadn’t done much with my life...but recording my biography has made me realise how full it has been.”
Sue Ryder
Wheatfields
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