Having done the Ralph's Life CD to help promote mental health awareness and raise funds for the charity Rethink, Ralph's always got his nose to the ground for similar worthy projects.
Thanks to a random Tweet from Alison Moyet the 1Minute Memory project for Alzheimer's Society by Dave Kirkwood caught his eye! Ralph's previously blogged his creative 3hundredand65 charity project so it was no surprise to see how ambitious 1MinuteMemory is.
Sadly, his Father died on Friday 13th June 2014. He had been suffering from Vascular Dementia and complications associated with it. It had been a painful time for his whole family as it’s a cruel illness.
So on June 13th 2015 he'll be in a Manchester venue and draw a portrait every minute for 24 hours thus creating a 24 hour charity event for dementia charities entitled 1MinuteMemory.
The title comes from his family's experience with his Father...
"Before he lost all sense of himself and those around him completely he would forget a face in a minute."
"you could literally walk in and out of the room and he’d have forgotten you."
HOW TO MAKE 1 MINUTE MEMORIES
1Minute Memory Drawings
Find somebody to sit for you.
Draw a 1 minute portrait of them.
Give them the portrait.They go online to our page on Just Giving – 1 Minute Memory and they donate (we suggest a minimum of £1).You post a picture of the portrait on Twitter (instagram and facebook) mentioning us @1MinuteMemory and or #1MinMem1Minute Word Memory
Find somebody you want to write about
In less than a minute write some words about them.
Give them the words.They go online to our page on Just Giving – 1 Minute Memory and they donate (we suggest a minimum of £1).Share your words on Twitter (instagram and facebook) mentioning us @1MinuteMemory and or #1MinMem