Digital Timelines is a training course and support materials to produce videos for the benefit of people with dementia. The project maximises the use of developments in ICT with regards “multi-media” digital devices and associated progress in consumer access to produce a training programme and bespoke digital resources which can encapsulate memory stimulating information from a variety of media to benefit specifically the person with dementia and their family and friends, as well as professional carers. The project aims to allow practitioners in care as well as family members to produce an effective resource which is at very little or no cost to the persons with dementia or their carers. The project encapsulates a research element which then makes an international comparison of the partner countries (UK, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey & Sweden) Which informs the development of the training package that is easily transferable and accessible to individuals, carers, family and professionals alike. The training package will be cascaded on a one-to-one basis or in small groups. It will further be available as an eCourse, and will be supported by examples of digital timeline videos, as well as an instructional video, to ensure that along with many other complementary support interventions, the products are universally and freely available as open educational resources. As well as the national research and international comparison report, it is intended that the project will train up to 72 participants, create 12 example videos, with 6 instructional videos. The resources will be available in the partner languages as well as English. Dementia is a universal phenomenon which is increasing at an exponential rate. It is estimated that there are currently 1.04 million (1.65%) sufferers in the UK, 270,300 (1.26%) in Romania, , 32,000 (1.57%) in Slovenia, 331,000 (0.44%) in Turkey and 173,000 (1.82%) in Sweden. (Alzheimer Europe 2012 stats) There are more than 10 million across Europe and 44 million globally. Directly linked to longevity, this is set to double over the next 20 years. Until, indeed if, dementia becomes curable, it represents an increasing cost challenge for governments, as well as an increasing social and moral challenge for humanity. These challenges therefore create demand by governments, communities and families for new, innovative and low- cost services which help to manage progress of the disease, maintain quality of life and help people stay away from expensive chronic support services This means that care for people with dementia is a growth industry and offers economic opportunities for European workers. Furthermore, the scope to use increasingly sophisticated ICT to help people with dementia is likewise a growth field, with new assistive technologies regularly coming on stream. Already, there are a variety of therapies accessible to dementia carers, family, friends and professionals , which help the person with dementia to sustain activity of the memory function and maintain good quality of life for as long as possible eg. compilations of favourite songs; written and photo-annotated 'life story' personal accounts. In our initial exploration of the potential value of and demand for the outputs of this project, Alzheimer’s Society UK have been most encouraging and supportive. The envisaged impact will be that many people in direct or indirect contact with people with dementia will become trained in the production of the digital timelines videos across Europe as well as be trained in the ability to train others in the production of same. This will allow them to appreciate how they or those trained by them can improve the life of a person with dementia by stimulating memories in a technical based multimedia way. A number of third sector organisations and SMEs providing health and social care. will benefit from knowledge exchange opportunities that might not otherwise be easily available via our community of practice, they will be able to share best practice and adopt the project learning materials as part of their programmes of education and training. Sustainability is an area where we already have very positive responses from internationally respected organisations including Alzheimer's UK. our sustainability plans, and our reach at local, regional, national and EU level is one of the major strengths of this project. We envisage that this project will sustain itself indefinitely and will generate a whole raft of similar intervention which focus on the individual.