20/04/2014 Lifeline from Northern Ireland


20/04/2014

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Hello and welcome to Lifeline.

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-Ugh!

-Thank you.

-There you go, Graham. Thank you.

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Today I'm helping to build a shelter with a charity

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which symbolises the need for homes for the homeless,

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and we'll be hearing how laughter is the best medicine from one volunteer.

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It's brilliant.

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It really is, especially in times when people have no money.

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And, of course, we'll be looking at our community notice board too,

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but first to our main appeal today,

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the Reminiscence Network charity, a charity which tries to help

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tackle the isolation and loneliness felt by many of the elderly.

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CHILDREN SING

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The Reminiscence Network believes that each person has a unique story

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that is worth recalling, sharing and recording.

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Individuals, families and communities can learn

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from the past to help them understand the present.

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It can help them feel more confident about coping with the future.

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The network values people through cherishing their memories.

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I have to tell you a story. My mother baked soda bread,

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and it was based on a griddle, and at that time...

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As people grow older, there should still be the opportunity

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and encouragement to develop and explore new skills.

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It can be a very empowering experience.

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I'm going to do it a bit lighter, Tommy.

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We'll just do a wee bit of a light reflection on that now.

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Tommy, who suffers from Alzheimer's, joined one of the network's

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creative reminiscence groups and rediscovered his love of art.

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I'd forgotten all about it. I had no memory of it at all.

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And then that sort of clicked into my head.

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It makes you use your mind,

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and you have to concentrate

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and think about what you are doing.

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Things like that there, at least we do achieve things at the end of it.

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That gives us hope.

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Reminiscence groups meet regularly across Northern Ireland.

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This project is supported by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust

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and the Big Lottery Fund.

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The project also works with individuals on life story work.

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# They tried to tell us we are too young

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# Too young to really be in love... #

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-We learned so many things, Mammy, that we didn't know about.

-We did.

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Tales about her grandparents,

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about great aunts that went to America,

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about her life as a child in Ballymena, about her life as...

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She has a lovely voice, Mammy, and she did lovely operas,

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and good memories, bad memories, laughter, sadness,

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but the stimulation was just wonderful.

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This is my grandmother and this is her daughter.

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Photographs always tell a story, every photograph to me does, anyway.

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It's important to me for my grandchildren that

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they'll have memories of me when I was young.

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You can talk about a specific memory...

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'The Reminiscence Network provides a range of training programmes,

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'such as reminiscence work in dementia care, life story work,

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'and guided autobiography.

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'Familiar items from the past are used to help deliver the training.

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'Reminiscence Network, through their training, will enable you to build trust'

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with the individuals who are coming along.

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That's a lovely process in itself,

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and being part of allowing people to open up and share their story,

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and capture that.

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We shouldn't overlook elderly people.

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We should value and treasure them.

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We'd love to hear from anyone who would like to do training

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in reminiscence work,

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or indeed to set up a reminiscence group in their local community.

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That can be quite an expensive process,

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so it would be very helpful,

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any financial donation, no matter how small.

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For example, to make a life story book takes a lot of time and effort,

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and yet it can be a vital link to an older person

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recapturing their memories and really valuing their life experiences.

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That's what I just love,

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when we're all together and everybody is telling their wee bit

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about something, and it makes the past all come together, doesn't it?

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Reminiscence Networks helps thousands of people in Northern Ireland

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reconnect with their memories, enhancing lives and well-being.

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Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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# I'll tell my ma when I go home the boys won't leave the girls alone

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# They pulled my hair and stole my comb

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# But that's all right till I go home... #

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To make a donation to the Reminiscence Network,

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visit our website...

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Click on the "donate" button.

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Or send a postal order or cheque

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made out to the Reminiscence Network to...

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And you can learn more about volunteering for the charity

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on their website.

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The idea of banking the time you've spent volunteering

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so the hours can be traded for your own benefit

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is really catching on across Northern Ireland.

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This is a laughter yoga class at the Lighthouse Centre in Belfast.

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It can improve your mind and body and for instructor Cathy,

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her timebank participation improves her life too.

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You can come here and you can get things like,

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you can get decorating done,

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you can get your lawn cut,

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you can get your dog walked, even, in return for things.

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You can offer anything and get anything in return. It's brilliant.

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There's more information

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on timebanking for volunteers

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on our website.

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And now a quick look at our community notice board.

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St Vincent de Paul are looking for top-quality clothes,

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hats and accessories for their charity fashion show in June.

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You can contact them on...

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Northern Ireland's largest disability exhibition

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is being held at the end of May, and Motability will also host

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their big event show on the same dates. Visit...

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Or get your hiking boots on next month

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to help Northern Ireland Hospice.

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There are two fundraising trek routes in the Mournes.

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To register, just call...

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Or visit...

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Well, have a look at this.

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The Shack Attack is really taking shape now

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in a rather chilly Wallace Park in Lisburn.

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I'm joined by Diane from Habitat NI.

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Diane, you're keen for people to come along next month,

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get their hands dirty, build some shacks

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-and, of course, raise some money.

-We are, Jo,

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we're delighted to bring Shack Attack

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to Northern Ireland for the first time ever,

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and we really encourage people to build their own shack,

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gather scrap materials, create their own design and raise money for such a good cause,

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and helping people who are living in poverty housing around the world

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to move out of their shacks and into a proper home.

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And anyone can get involved - companies, individuals,

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people just looking for some fun and a bit of a challenge.

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Yeah, something a bit different to get involved with, but also

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to stay in their shack overnight, just to give them a flavour of what

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it's really like to live in poverty housing around the world.

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How do people actually go about

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getting involved in volunteering?

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They can phone us at our office,

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they can get involved by looking on our website,

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and they'll find all of the details on there about how to get involved.

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Listen, from a very chilly Wallace Park,

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I hope the sun shines on the day.

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All the very best of luck, and of course,

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all the details from today's programme are on our website.

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In the meantime, I'm heading in there to try it out for size.

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See you next time!

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