An Invitation to join a special project.
About Hope for Home
The Hope for Home charity was born out of shared personal experiences looking after loved ones with dementia at home, and their mission is to help others to do the same.
The RSN has partnered with Hope for Home to deliver free embroidery kits to up to 100 carers of dementia patients who are living at home.
The Project
The RSN is working with Hope for Home to deliver up to 100 free embroidery kits to carers of people with dementia who are living at home.
The kits will include a unique hand-printed fabric and recycled materials and will ask the stitchers to consider their thoughts on nature. The final pieces will be returned and displayed as part of our 2027 exhibition.
Hand embroidery combines gentle cognitive stimulation, sensory engagement, and emotional reassurance in a calm, purposeful activity. The repetitive, rhythmic movements can be soothing and reduce anxiety or agitation, while following simple patterns or choosing colours helps maintain attention, hand–eye coordination, and fine motor skills. Embroidery can also trigger memories through familiar textures or techniques, supporting reminiscence and a sense of identity, and the act of making something tangible can foster feelings of achievement and self-worth at a time when confidence may be reduced.
Caring can be a lonely experience, so to support carers working on their kits, we will be holding monthly online sip & stitch session for participants to ask questions to the RSN team and to socialise with other carers.
The organic calico in the kits was hand-printed by staff and students at the RSN.
The stitched pieces will be returned to the RSN and be made up into a piece that will go on display at the Fragile Threads exhibition in 2027.
Are you a carer of someone with dementia who is living at home?
Find out more and apply for a free embroidery kit filling out the form bellow.