Observations by the Happy Wanderers
Cornwall, UK2015, 2016
Observations in Nature
with Sensory Trust’s dementia-friendly nature based groupsCornwall, UK
Funded by Arts Council’s Project Grants
2017, 2018
The Happy Wanderers are a dementia-friendly walking group set up by the Sensory Trust in 2014. The group meet for a weekly walk in the St. Austell, Cornwall area every Wednesday. Each week the group were asked to chose a theme and to document their walks with this theme in mind, using the disposable camera. Themes included: shadows, green, picnic & sound. The books also feature little A6 books inside of them which reflect the theme through other media such as: a list of food for the picnic (written by a volunteer) a sound map & sun diagram.
Inspired by Observations by the Happy Wanderers, the Sensory Trust were awarded funding from the Arts Council to roll out the project with their other 4 dementia-friendly nature-based groups: The Potager Peas, Wednesday Wanderers, Bude Walking Group & Bodmin Walking Group. These books were exhibited at Potager Garden, Falmouth.
Inspired by Observations by the Happy Wanderers, the Sensory Trust were awarded funding from the Arts Council to roll out the project with their other 4 dementia-friendly nature-based groups: The Potager Peas, Wednesday Wanderers, Bude Walking Group & Bodmin Walking Group. These books were exhibited at Potager Garden, Falmouth.
