Training

Re-Live offers experiential training for artists, health and social care professionals, educators, community workers, and organisations interested in creative and compassionate approaches to working alongside people and their stories.

Our training is shaped by nearly two decades of co-creating Life Story theatre, comics, music, and creative projects with communities across Wales and internationally. Grounded in lived experience, the training explores creativity, ethics, deep listening, co-production, trauma-informed practice, dementia, facilitation, and storytelling.

Rather than focusing only on theory, our experiential approach invites participants to reflect, connect, and learn through shared experience. We believe meaningful change happens when people feel seen, heard, and understood.

Re-Live has delivered training to more than 5,000 professionals, including NHS teams, care workers, artists, students, social workers, universities, charities, and community organisations.

Training areas include:

• Creative Life Story Practice

• Life Story Facilitation

• Ethics and Challenges in Life Story Work

• Experiencing Dementia

• Compassionate Communication

• Co-production and Lived Experience

In 2025, Bloomsbury Methuen Drama published Creating Life Story Theatre, written by Re-Live co-founders Karin Diamond and Alison O’Connor alongside Clark Baim. The book shares Re-Live’s approach to ethical and creative Life Story practice and now supports practitioners and organisations developing this work in their own settings.

“The best training I’ve ever done. This will stay with me always.” — Care Worker

“No PowerPoint! Engaging, insightful, and practical.” — Reablement Team Manager

For training enquiries or bookings please contact:
info@re-live.org.uk