As a carer, I’d like to highlight what I think is one of the most important parts of a care plan: the bit that attempts to convey a little of the life history, passions, interests and preferences of the person being cared for. That way, helpers don’t just see an ‘old person’; they see the individual. Lately, I’ve been wondering how to record more of Marj’s life so that family and those who support her know a bit more about her. We know some stories between us, but not all, I’m sure.

Mr Harvey White became consultant surgeon at The Royal Marsden Hospital in 1976, and later held similar positions at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, St Luke’s Hospital for the Clergy and The London Clinic. Harvey has also been much involved in charity work,...

We were recently visited by Mrs Lore Graham and her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, who had commissioned the project. Mrs Graham arrived to pick up her copies of The Life of Lore Ilse Graham and kindly sign a copy for the LifeBook library

It wasn’t until he neared retirement that he had the perspective to consider other motivations.  Being first and foremost a business man, it didn’t occur to him to set up LifeBook as a charity, so the Social Enterprise was the perfect model for him to deliver social benefit.

Strike a Light is a non-profit community arts and heritage organisation which focuses on involving people’s life stories and local memories to engage a wide range of groups and individuals in creative and heritage activities, encouraging engagement and outreach as well as involving memories and archive material; making art to transform public and private spaces.

At LifeBook, we produce books for authors through the bespoke, customised service that we offer, each title tailored to the author’s needs. Dreaming a Nation, which follows the life of Sir Frederick Smith and charts the independence of Barbados, was produced by us for...

All our corporate histories have come through personal recommendations – a testament to the quality of work we produce.

We are proud to have helped produce this book capturing the stories of Tom’s career as a Norwegian foreign minister and with the United Nations.

The show's title is Niche work if you can get it (Life Story Writers).The programme produced from these interviews was transmitted on the 17th January 2018 at noon (12:00 GMT) on BBC Radio 4. You can hear it here. Press The Play Button.    You can also listen the show...