The Film My Gran
Scenes from the film My Gran - Screen play by Hannah Ellis Ryan The Film My Gran by Hannah Ryan-Ellis shows how easy it is for nursing or residential care home staff member to divert family suspicions when expressing concerns for loved ones. The plot shows how...
MyGran writer in Coronation Street
Hannah Ryan Ellis the creator of the screenplay MyGran performs in Coronation street Who is Katie McDonald actress Hannah Ellis Ryan in Coronation Street? And what is myotonic dystrophy? Hannah claims she is Katie McDonald the long-lost daughter of Jim and Liz...
Love and happiness in care homes! Can it happen?
CARE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS Placing loved ones into the hands of care homes is an awesome responsibility that, in the coming years, more and more of us will need to do. When we know that 99% of all UK care homes have a resident who’s been abused by a “carer”. The only...
Laughter the key to health
The power of laughter to bond families together speak volumes in such photos as this. Laughter is so engaging and delivers far more than we imagine. It’s true: laughter is strong medicine. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional...
MyGran Guardians changing care for the better
MyGran Guardians are spreading the word Together, we can help every residential care home in the UK become a place where our relatives have fun, feel loved and glow with happiness. Use the contact form and we’ll be delighted that you wish to join such an important...
The play “MyGran” by Hannah Ellis – Ryan
Judy Cullen wife of the MyGran founder James is with Granddaughters Eta and Ava after a dancing show. The lady in the striped sweater is Hannah Ellis-Ryan the writer of the play My Gran on which this website is based. The play is about abuse in a nursing home and how...
Dame Judi Dench W.I.S.E (Hons)
Cynthia Jackson W.I.S.E.
Charles Jackson W.I.S.E.
Margaret Russell W.I.S.E.
Margaret was born in 1917. Her mother died on Christmas day when Margaret was only thirteen years old. Due to the loss of her mother, she needed to help bring up her younger sisters and was unable to take up an academic scholarship. She later became married but her...
Hilary Halsey W.I.S.E.
Hilary Halsey was born in 1924. She was a bright young girl -brought up in a god-fearing family filled with love and laughter. During the war she became a land army girl and moved to Gloucestershire. She worked on the farm, helping in the fields, mucking out the cows...
Sylvia Sharples W.I.S.E.
Retired haute couture model Sylvia Sharples, well known in London's West End ran with the Chelsea set during the heydays of Mary Quant & Biba. Modeling with the likes of Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton all around the world. Sylvia is reticent about age and when...
Judith Cullen W.I.S.E.
Judith Cullen - Born January 1946 Judith Cullen is widely known as just Judy. She began her working life with what would become a successful hairdressing business at just seventeen years old. Like many other busy mums, Judy spent much of her early married life...
Elisabeth Moyle W.I.S.E.
Elisabeth Moyle (nee Arendt) was born August 1929 (will be 93 next month). She married her husband Alfred in the early fifties in Camborne Cornwall and they had four children. Elisabeth worked in a laundry in Cornwall until into her 70s. Born, one of seven, in Germany...
The W.I.S.E. Rocker
Here is a photo of our unknown lady biker "Rockin It" taken on the same bike in front of the same house but 71 years later! If you know anything about this amazing lady lets us know as we would like to celebrate her in the journal The music is from Marlon Brando's...
James Cullen
James Cullen FRSPH - FRSA GGAF Ambassador worldelders.org - Care Director CQE carequalityecosystems.co.uk James was born in 1942. He remembers food rationing, old money and phones stuck on a wall that you had to wind up to contact a switchboard to get connected....