Rosetta Life receives funding!

At the end of April we were delighted to meet with Rosetta Life, one of the charities we provided funding for their Project - ‘Healing Landscapes’. 

Rosetta Life was founded in 1997 and offers those living with life-limiting conditions the creative means to explore personal narratives of illness and memory, as well as convey these live or online to an audience of their choice. Their vision is to ensure that everyone living with a serious illness has the potential to lead a full creative life, and that cultural activities are accessible to all.

In 2022, the charity formed a partnership between theatre students at Reading University and the Reading Stroke ambassadors. Together, they explored how the natural environment has supported recovery. We were delighted to have the opportunity to support Rosetta Life and help fund their ‘Healing Landscapes’ Project, which will allow the charity to create an audio recording of stories about their relationship to the Thames, and a 360 film of a journey along the Thames co-created with Reading stroke ambassadors. The film will be used to support stroke survivors in neuro rehab wards in Reading. Evidence shows VR has positive impacts on people in recovery, supporting acceptance of newly acquired disabilities. The immersive filmed content will be available on the hospital wards, offering patients in the stroke unit the opportunity to revisit their local landscapes, whilst hearing positive stories of recovery, told by those with lived experience of a stroke.

Representative from the Foundation, Georgia Burrell, met with Lucinda Jarrett (Co-Founder and Creative Director of Rosetta Life), Jennie Surmeli (Executive Producer), and several of the Reading stroke ambassadors, to discuss the project, dates for filming and creative writing workshop sessions, to create their 360 film. Thank you for having us Rosetta Life – we are excited to hear more about the incredible work that you do in our community and very much look forward to seeing the video!

You can find out more about Rosetta Life and the work they do here.