Memory Makers

11/05/2026

Last week, one of our fantastic pilot partners, Louise Newton from Brookside Care Home in Bamber Bridge, was invited onto the 'Magic Moments' show on Radio Leyland to talk about piloting Memory Makers.

It's on around 1:38 into the show if you'd like to have a listen.

Thursday's Magic Moments is presented by Colin Horniman and features songs from the 1920s to the 1970s plus a Top Ten from 1971 and an interview with Louise Newton from Brookside Care Home in Bamber Bridge about a new project they are trialling!

07/05/2026

Our long-term ambition is to help preserve one million memories.

It is a big goal, but the heart of it is very simple.

Every memory belongs to a person. Every person has a story. Every story has the potential to connect families, support care teams and preserve something that might otherwise be lost.

Memory Makers exists to make story capture easier, warmer and more accessible across care homes, hospices, community settings and families.

Through guided prompts, audio, video, photos, Memory Paths, Every Natter Matters sessions and shareable digital outputs, we are helping people record the moments, voices and experiences that make a life feel known.

This is about more than nostalgia.

It is about dignity, identity, connection and person-centred care.

One million memories may be the ambition, but the work starts with one conversation.

One person.

One story worth saving.

06/05/2026

Every Natter Matters is the audio-led conversation strand of Memory Makers.

It is built around a simple idea: not every meaningful memory begins with a serious question.

Sometimes it begins with tea, biscuits, music, rainy days, school dinners, Sunday lunch, neighbours, hairstyles, the pictures or the local chip shop.

These familiar topics can be gentle gateways into bigger stories. They are easy to answer, easy to join in with and especially useful in group settings, reminiscence sessions, coffee mornings, activity groups and community conversations.

The aim is not to force people into deep reflection before they are ready. It is to create natural moments where people feel comfortable enough to share.

A laugh can lead to a memory. A memory can lead to a story. A story can lead to connection.

Every Natter Matters helps care, and community settings capture those voices and moments in a simple, warm and accessible way.

Because ordinary conversations are often where extraordinary memories begin.

01/05/2026

We’re delighted to see our founder, Gareth Williams, featured in the May issue of Care Talk Magazine.

In the Q&A, Gareth shares the thinking behind Memory Makers and our mission to help care settings capture and preserve people’s stories in a calm, meaningful and human way.

At the heart of Memory Makers is a simple idea: every person has a whole life behind them.

In care settings, people can sometimes become known through their needs rather than who they are. Storytelling helps bring the person back into the room — their memories, relationships, personality and legacy.

Our platform is designed to support the conversations already happening between residents, families and care teams. It is not about adding pressure or creating another task. It is about making it easier to capture small moments over time, helping families feel closer and supporting truly person-centred care.

As Gareth says in the article, technology should never replace human connection. It should support it, protect it and then get out of the way.
Thank you to Care Talk for featuring Memory Makers and helping shine a light on the importance of preserving voices and creating legacies.

Read the full feature in the May issue of Care Talk Magazine, page 45.

Each month we meet key stakeholders and business leaders in the social care sector. This month we meet Gareth Williams, the founder of Memory Makers, a UK social-purpose organisation combining a simple app with a human-led approach to help care settings capture and preserve people’s stories. Memor...

21/04/2026

Meaningful work needs structure.

Some of the most meaningful things in life still need structure.
A good conversation needs space. A story-led project needs shape. A memory worth preserving needs the right moment, the right support and the right pace.

That is one of the reasons Memory Makers exists in the way it does.
Not just to say that stories matter, but to create a clear, thoughtful framework that helps those stories actually be captured well.

Because meaningful work should still feel manageable. Human, yes. Emotional, often. But also supported, realistic and possible.

If you're a care home or domiciliary provider, looking to support your clients in a new and meaningful way, please don't hesitate to reach out to either myself, Jenny Gordon, David Foulkes or any of the Memory Makers team

04/03/2026

On Sunday night, Founder Gareth Williams had the privilege of joining BBC Radio London with Dotun Adebayo to talk about something very simple:

What stories have been passed down in your family?

Not the headline moments.
Not the history books.
The real ones.
The ordinary ones.
The ones told around kitchen tables.

He spoke about Memory Makers and our mission to save a million memories, one conversation at a time.

Because here’s the truth:
Voices fade.
Moments pass.
And unless we pause and record them, they are simply lost.

In the interview, he talked about why history shouldn’t just belong to the “great and the good”. It belongs to people like Val in Crewe. It belongs to the gentleman who once spotted Paul McCartney and John Lennon in a Camden café and hadn't mentioned it for years until a song from the Beatles was played in one of our Memory Makers workshops. It belongs to your mum, your dad, and your grandparents.

These recordings aren’t just digital files.
They become heirlooms.

The tone of voice. The laugh. The pause before the emotional bit. The personality that never quite translates onto paper.

He also shared a personal story about losing his dad, a huge cricket fan. He and his brother later took his ashes to Australia during The Ashes, something he had always wanted to go and see but never got to do in his lifetime. That story lives strongly in their family. But not every story gets preserved like that.

And it’s easier than ever now.
Memory Makers isn’t just a platform.

It’s a promise. It's OUR promise:
No life should fade without being heard.

If you’re in care, healthcare, local government, community leadership - or simply someone who doesn’t want to lose the voice of someone you love - this mission is for you.

We can’t save a million lives.
But together, we can save a million memories.

(With thanks to BBC Radio London for the opportunity and permission to reference the interview.)

01/03/2026

This morning we’re heading down to Chichester ahead of our day tomorrow with Tangmere.

But before that, tonight we’re back on the radio, this time being interviewed by BBC Radio London.

We’ll be on just after 8pm if you’d like to listen in.

28/02/2026

Some of the wonderful team at Belong Crewe are taking on the Miners track of Yr Wyddfa in May to raise money for a dementia garden at the village. If you’re unable to donate, then please just share

Help Jessica Butler raise money to support Belong Limited

26/02/2026

What a morning!!

Founder Gareth Williams was featured throughout this morning on BBC Radio Stoke's Breakfast Show along with a wonderful interview with the amazing Val down at Belong Crewe.

You can listen again to the interview on BBC Sounds at 7.08am and here's the follow-up article from the BBC.

Gareth Williams is visiting care homes to help capture people's life stories in their own words.

24/02/2026

Great to be back at Belong Crewe helping to save memories with their residents

11/02/2026

We had such a lovely time yesterday running a Reminiscence workshop at Holy Trinity Community Café in Rhyl.

The attendees enjoyed talking about their past and reliving memories through sights, sounds and smells and had a great time testing out our app.

We're still looking to run a couple of FREE workshops over the next few weeks, so if you are in the North Wales or Cheshire area and work within a care/residential home, dementia or older people setting, we would love to hear from you.

A special thank you to the wonderful Paula Devlin who got in touch with us after seeing one of our posts on Facebook, thank you for taking the time to give us your thoughts on the workshop.