Neil Mapes BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME

Neil Mapes – Dementia AdventurePOSITION TITLE

Chief Executive OfficerDementia Adventure Registered charity no: 1163163Unit 11, Old Park Farm, Main Road, Ford End, Essex, CM31LN

EDUCATION/TRAINING

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE(if applicable) YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY

Aston University B.Sc. 1996 Human Psychology

University of Bradford CE Cert 2001 Dementia Care Mapping

University of Essex - 2010 Visiting Fellow

A. Personal Statement

Neil Mapes Neil Mapes is co-founder and CEO of Dementia Adventure. He is a Clore Social Fellow, RSA Fellow and was selected by an expert panel of judges at NESTA and the Observer newspaper as one of “Britain’s New Radicals” – 50 people and organisations changing Britain for the better. Neil has a background in clinical psychology, dementia advocacy and adventure travel. Motivated by experiences in his own family he has worked for over 20 years to enable people living with dementia to have more choice and control in how they live their lives, bringing joy and positivity into re-framing how we currently understand dementia. Neil is widely regarded as an inspirational international speaker, author, trainer, facilitator, and social innovator.

B. Positions and Honors

Achievements (Chronological order, most recent first – where Dementia Adventure related labelled: DA)

1. Anglia Ruskin University/Essex County Council (DA) – one of 50 most innovative organisations in Essex 2016

2. Scotland’s Dementia Awards (DA) – Most Innovative Partnership (Finalist with Moray Council) 2016

3. NatWest SE100 Index Growth Champion (DA) – shortlisted 2015

4. Young Foundation Accelerator (DA) – successful social investment programme 2013/14

5. Scotland Dementia Awards (DA) – Most Innovative Partnership (with Visit Woods) 2013

6. Emerald Literati Network (DA) – Highly Commended Paper Award 2013

7. International Dementia Excellence Award (DA) – category: Risky Business, voted by international expert panel at Sydney conference 2012

8. Britain’s new radicals 2012 (DA) – selected by Nesta and the Observer as one of 50 new radicals, innovative individuals and organisations changing the face of Britain

9. Clore Social Fellow, the first fellow to successfully complete the 2010 Clore Social Leadership Programme.

10. UnLtd Fellow (DA), Successful completion of a level 1 social entrepreneur award from UnLtd for Dementia Adventure (March 2011)

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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle):

11. Dementia Choices, overseeing pilot site delivery and co-production of a range of awareness raising information products on self-directed support for people living with dementia (March 2011)

12. Green Exercise and Dementia, an innovative research project conducted as a Visiting Fellow with the University of Essex. The first of which to meaningfully link and explore the benefits of green exercise for people living with dementia (February 2011)

13. Mental Capacity Advocacy Project (MCAP), 2006 to 2009 - with Age Concern England. Set up, leadership and development of this innovative pilot project, this concluded in Oct 2009.

14. Evaluation of older people’s advocacy project in Ukraine, conducted an evaluation of a volunteer advocacy project provided by Age Concern Ukraine, a Department for International Development funded project with Age Concern England (March 2009)

15. Multi Media Advocacy Report, June 2008 - with Age Concern England. Led on one of the first research projects, within the scope of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, examining the social exclusion of older people who lack mental capacity - conducted by the RIX centre using a multi-media advocacy approach.

16. Promoting the mental health and well-being of older people – new qualifications, May 2008 - Led a team of Age Concern colleagues working in partnership with City & Guilds to jointly launch the first national qualifications specifically focused on older people’s mental health. Also played a critical role in the tri-tripartite relationship with Age Concern, Pavilion and City & Guilds to ensure learner and trainer packs were published to support these qualifications.

17. Younger people with dementia, 2006 – researched and established a specialist dementia outreach service with Alzheimer’s Concern Ealing, still in existence and now called the “Working age dementia group” at the renamed charity Dementia Concern Ealing.

18. Worldwide tour leading, 2002-2004 – career break and led adventure travel tours for Explore Worldwide – leading walking tours in the Canary Islands, cultural tours in Turkey, camping tours in USA and exploring the highlands and jungles of Guatemala.

19. An ACE Night Out, 2001 - started up one of the first Alzheimer cafes in the country, for Alzheimer’s Concern Ealing, a service still running and thriving.

C. Selected Publications (in chronological order, most recent first)Articles, reports and publications 1. Mapes – Green Exercise and Dementia IN: EDs Barton, Bragg, Wood and Pretty, Green Exercise – Linking

nature, health and well-being, Routledge (2016)2. Mapes, Milton, Nicholls and Williamson – Is it nice outside? – Consulting people living with dementia and

their carers about engaging with the natural environment. Natural England Commissioned Report NECR211 (March 2016)

3. Mapes – Getting out and about in the British Countryside: Dementia Adventure IN: EDs Marshall M and Gilliard J, Creating culturally appropriate outside spaces and experiences for people with dementia, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2014)

4. Clark, Mapes, Burt & Preston Greening Dementia – A literature review of the benefits and barriers facing individuals living with dementia in accessing the natural environment and local greenspace Natural England Commissioned Report NECR137 (Nov 2013)

5. Mapes - Risky Business conference report. Journal of Dementia Care Vol 20. No 5 Sept/Oct 20126. Mapes - Have you been down to the woods today? Working with Older People, Vol 16. No.1 20127. Mapes - Dementia Adventure shares nature based research. Caring Times Jan 20128. Mapes - Wandering in the woods. Journal of Dementia Care Vol. 20. No 1. Jan/Feb 20129. Mapes - Living with dementia through the changing seasons, IN: EDs Marshall M and Gilliard J (2012)

Fresh air on my face: Enabling people living with dementia to reconnect with nature, Jessica Kingsley publishers.

10. Mapes – Social leadership: My experience, Civil Society April 2011.11. Dementia and self-directed support - information leaflet and postcard for people living with dementia, their

family and friends, Dementia Choices and the Mental Health Foundation, March 201112. Personalisation and dementia - A practitioner's guide to self-directed support for people living with

dementia, Dementia Choices and the Mental Health Foundation, March 2011

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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle):

13. Personalisation and dementia - a resource for trainers on self-directed support for people living with dementia, Dementia Choices and the Mental Health Foundation, March 2011

14. Mapes - Living with dementia and connecting with nature - looking back and stepping forwards. Exploring the benefits of green exercise with people living with dementia. Dementia Adventure and University of Essex, February 2011 (report and accompanying film available via www.dementiaadventure.co.uk)

15. Mapes - It's a walk in the park: exploring the benefits of green exercise and open spaces for people living with dementia, Working with Older People, Vol 14, Issue 4 - December 2010.

16. Mapes - My steps to a social enterprise: a Dementia Adventure, InTouch magazine for social enterprises in East of England, Summer 2010 issue 30.

17. Mapes - Someone to speak up for me - Final report of the Mental Capacity Advocacy Project, Age Concern England, October 2009. http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/mhap.asp

18. Mapes - Volunteer Advocacy with older people who lack mental capacity, Working with Older People, Vol 13, Issue 1, March 2009.

D. Research Support

Current memberships and board positions Clore Social Fellow RSA Fellow UnLtd Fellow Social Enterprise UK (member) Social Enterprise East of England (member) Working with Older People (editorial board member) Dementia Action Alliance (national member)

Neil Mapes neil@dementiaadventure.co.uk01245 237 54807870770887

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