Memories worth making. Journeys worth taking.
Memory Missions aims to help people share experiences that might otherwise be difficult to arrange.
Travel can become difficult long before the wish to go disappears.
Progressive neurological conditions can make the opportunity for travel feel uncertain. A meaningful journey can become harder to organise long before the desire to go disappears.
We want to work with families and experienced partners to explore what can be done, taking account of each person’s needs and circumstances.
A family hopes to visit Iceland.
A parent in their forties is living with ALS. They are still working, still making plans and want to share a journey to Iceland with their children while travel remains possible. The trip matters deeply to the family, but arranging it may be difficult. Changing mobility, accessible transport, appropriate medical advice and the uncertainty of timing all need careful thought.
We would start by understanding what the family wants and needs. We would then speak to appropriate travel, accessibility and clinical specialists to assess whether the journey could be arranged safely.
Illustrative scenario only. This is not a real participant, an approved journey or a mission that has taken place.
How we would approach a mission
Personal meaning
We would start with the person and their family, rather than a list of destinations.
Practical care
Accessibility, clinical considerations, timing and travel arrangements must be handled responsibly with appropriate expertise.
Shared memories
The aim is to give people time together that they will remember.
Could you help make a journey possible?
We welcome conversations with families, patient communities and potential travel partners.