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It’s been a while since Book of You put anything into a blog so we thought it would be a great opportunity to update everyone on what’s been happening over the last 6 months. The Care Home Buddy project has been a huge success with a re...
I hope you like our new website! We are all thrilled with it and feel it much better represents the diversity of our work. Do take some time to look around all the different sections. If you’ve not connected with us for a while, you may be su...
Would you like to be part of a friendly, successful team who together make a real difference to people’s lives, or simply find out more about what we do? Then why not come along to meet us on Friday 26th January when we will be holding two Recr...
In late 2023, following receipt of a grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, Book of You began planning and working with 2 diverse community groups based within North East Wales. This followed discussions with North East Wales Community Cohes...
We are pleased to announce that Book of You were recently successful in an application to Denbighshire Key Fund. Unlike our usual projects, this is crucial for us right now as it is a capacity-building programme, enabling us to become more resilient ...
After the ongoing success of our community book projects, and specifically Ruthin Railway Book, we approached National Lottery Heritage Fund Wales to see whether they would be interested in funding a project about the Llangollen Railway which runs fr...
I’m sure by now if you follow us on social media, you will have seen evidence of our three Care Home Buddy projects that have been running this year in Denbighshire, Conwy and Pembrokeshire, with funding from Denbighshire and Conwy Age Friendly...
You might have noticed a lot of talk about Community Books lately. The Community Book is a relatively new branch of our work and the first two (containing community memories of Llanrwst and Rhos on Sea) were published shortly before Covid struck. Ove...
Yesterday a celebration event took place at Grwp Cynefin’s Awel y Dyffryn site to thank their residents from Bala and Denbigh who, over the past 12 months, have been crucial in the design and testing of a brand new Book of You app that will lau...
After over 12 years as a business working with storytelling and variety of clients, we felt it was time to put our experience to use and share some of it with others. This spring, we are launching a brand new training course all about how storytellin...
Next week you will be able to see our latest community book for the first time – all about the history of Ruthin Railway that closed in 1962. Come along to this free event at The Old Courthouse between 3-4.30pm on Tuesday 13th December and disc...
Come along to our FREE Community Book Celebration Event taking place at Rhyl Rugby Club on 31st August between 2 and 4pm. There will be the chance to see all the Community Books created with Book of You between 2020 and 2022 including books about Rut...