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Established by David Clegg in 2001 the Trebus Project has worked with over a thousand people with dementia in care homes and the community. It is now the largest archive of free to access interviews with people with dementia in the world. 

Clegg was awarded a British Empire medal in 2019 for his work with people with dementia. 

“Patients with dementia, though, they are thought to be different: they – so it’s generally supposed – don’t have anything worthwhile to say about own situation; in fact they don’t have anything worthwhile to say at all. David Clegg’s book shows otherwise, revealing that if patients are listened to, are spent time with, there is underneath all the jumble and repetition and forgetfulness, a story being told by someone ... sometimes desperately ... trying to connect.  Alan Bennett

 “The Trebus Project throws down a gauntlet to the world of contemporary art, so often obsessed with youth, sensationalism and celebrity.”  Harry Eyres - Financial Times.

“Imagine an audio social history of the 20th century, told in scattershot sentences, explosions of rage, elation and sorrow, and the odd bombshell of heart wrenching howling emotion.”  Jane Anderson - Radio Times.
“These remarkable monologues contain not only scattered reminiscences, howling rage and sudden shafts of joy, but grains of gold reminding us that the old were once young, in love and excited by life, and still have insightful things to say.”  Radio Times.

“Stories that are sometimes funny, sometimes moving, sometimes like a Samuel Beckett play in their bleakness.”  Kate Murray - The Social Issue.

“David Clegg and his team of editors have given a voice to a group of people who are not only marginalised, but are also on the whole perceived to have nothing left to say or contribute in any valuable way. These stories show that everyone has a story to tell, even if it can be sometimes fragmented or difficult to interpret. All people need is for someone to truly listen.”  Alex Walker - Associate Director NHS Central Lancashire

It is an honour to be involved in this project – to give voice to an anonymous soul. The words held so much of the essence of her. A kind of magic that you should have taken the time to capture her words. It’s all in us – and it is a kind of poetry - the poetry of being us. Listening creates compassion… which is what we need now more than ever. Fiona Shaw CBE

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