Our vision...
is a world where living with dementia doesn’t matter for who we are as people or how we live our lives.
Our mission...
is to bring out leaders in dementia who are inspiring and contributing to flourishing communities.
Be Inspired. Be Creative. Be bold.
At bold – Bringing Out Leaders in Dementia, we believe that everyone—whether living with dementia, caring for someone, or working in dementia support—has the potential to lead, create and inspire.
We’ve designed three flexible ways to get involved with bold: from free creative resources, to a monthly subscription community, to our accredited leadership programme. Wherever you are on your journey, there’s a bold pathway for you.
bold Free Resources Package – Always Free
Discover our open-access online library, designed with lived experience at its heart:
Explore films, music, blogs, podcasts, creative writing, and practical tools.
bold Subscription Package – Join the Community
£10/month or £99/year
Free for people with a dementia diagnosis or unpaid carers.
Membership includes a wide range of creative and wellbeing-focused experiences:
- Monthly bold Blether (Zoom): Guest speakers & creative workshops
- Social Prescribing Hour: Peer support, self-care & signposting
- Creative Activities: Dementia-friendly, accessible resources
- Monthly Resource Bundle: Films, podcasts, songs & more
- Community Register: Stay connected, join bold projects
- Creative Kit: Delivered to your door with everything you need to take part
Launching September 2025
bold Online Social Leadership Programme (OSLP) – CPD Accredited
A 6-week creative training course, delivered via Zoom.
Next programme starts 18th September 2025 (weekly sessions, Thursdays 10:30–12:30).
Learn alongside peers and explore:
- Storytelling, creativity & reflection
- Self-care, resilience & boundary setting
- Quiet Leadership & social change
- Hands-on creative activities (poetry, collage, movement)
Who’s it for?
- Dementia Practitioners: £300 (includes CPD certificate + FREE 1-year Subscription Package, worth £99)
- People Living with Dementia: FREE funded place
- Unpaid Carers: FREE funded place
Be inspired. Be creative. Be bold. Your journey starts here.
Our vision...
is a world where living with dementia doesn’t matter for who we are as people or how we live our lives.
Our mission...
is to bring out leaders in dementia who are inspiring and contributing to flourishing communities.
bold – Bringing Out Leaders in Dementia was designed to help those working with, living with, or supporting someone who has a dementia and for those who have an early-stage dementia to develop their leadership skills and build stronger networks so that they could grow in confidence and have greater impact.
bold Resources & Training
bold is a self-development programme and resources designed to build on living with dementia to support those living with dementia, their unpaid dementia carers and dementia practitioners
There are many misconceptions about living with dementia and we want to change that.
We imagine a Scotland where having dementia doesn’t matter for who we are as people or how we live our lives. A lot of people feel the same and are already taking the lead and making positive contributions to support people living with dementia.
bold is an innovative programme bringing diverse types of leaders together on an equal footing. It provides free leadership opportunities across Scotland to help those living with dementia flourish and make a difference.
The bold project brings together people living with dementia, family members, professional carers, NHS staff, artists and people from all walks of life. We focus on using creative arts methods, for personal development, whenever possible.
The five-year project is being delivered in partnership by Edinburgh University and Queen Margaret University and is funded by the Life Changes Trust.
5 years on and social that impact can be measured as:
12
bold Online Social Leadership Programmes delivered
18
bold blethers
175
partners as part of a thriving community including those living with dementia, unpaid dementia carers and dementia practitioners
15
bold films
15
bold workshops
11
bold resources
5
bold in-person events
4
bold songs
All co-produced by, with and for people living with dementia creating 1000's of bold ripple effects…
