The

 Leeds  Care  Homes  

Project  
ü  The  first  large  scale  project  of  its  kind  in  
England  

ü  6  month  project  working  with  15  care  

homes  in  the  Leeds  area  

ü  Training  and  support  in  sports  based  

reminiscence  ac>vi>es  

ü  Fully  funded  to  train,  support  and  

evaluate  project    

ü  Funded  by  Skills  for  Care  Na>onal  

Workforce  Innova>on  Fund  

ü  Celebra>ng  the  rich  spor>ng  heritage  of  

the  Leeds  area  
 www.spor>ngmemoriesnetwork.com  

Who  are  we?  

 
A  social  enterprise  established  to  roll  out  the  use  of  
sports  based  reminiscence  ac>vi>es  with  older  people    
 
Concept  first  established  by  Michael  in  2007  using  
archive  images  of  football  with  older  men  with  demen>a  
(more  on  that  later!)  An  ini>al  study  by  Glasgow  
Caledonian  University  iden>fied  benefits  of  the  approach  
 
Ac>vi>es  are  suitable  for  group  and  one  to  one  work.  We  
ac>vely  encourage  the  involvement  of  rela>ves,  
volunteers  and  able  residents  to  help  facilitate  sessions.  
 
Currently  work  with  Care  Homes,  Day  Centres,  NHS  
wards,  Museums  and  Libraries.  This  is  first  wide  scale  
project  in  England.  
 
 www.spor>ngmemoriesnetwork.com  

You  don’t  have  to  be  a  sports  expert  

 
Each  home  will  receive  training  and  
resources  including:  
 
ü  Face  to  face  training  
 
ü  The  Spor>ng  Memories  Network  
Guide  
 
ü  Replay  Legends  Cards  
 
ü  The  Spor>ng  Pink  –  weekly  sports  
reminiscence  ar>cles  

ü  Sports  Annual  Amnesty  declared!  

 www.spor>ngmemoriesnetwork.com  

 
Public  exercise  to  be  launched  to  iden>fy  the    
50  Greatest  Spor7ng  Legends  of  Leeds.    
 
Each  home  will  receive  a  set  of  Replay  Leeds  Legends    
 
Thank  you  to  all  the  organisa>ons  who  are  suppor>ng    
the  project  and  to  our  speakers  today  
 
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