There's No Bus Map for Dementia

Project highlights

• A peer support group for people living with dementia at the Beth Johnson Foundation in North Staffordshire worked with artist Cathy Leamy to create a comic about their experiences.

• The project came about because peer support group members felt that existing comics about living with dementia were highly negative.

• The comic focuses on living well with dementia.

• The aim was for people with dementia to speak for themselves in creating the comic, rather than via a carer.

• The design of the comic considered the needs of people with dementia (e.g. not text-heavy; avoiding ‘busy’ images).

• The project was funded by Arts Council England.