between local citizens living with dementia and those responsible for introducing changes to the built environment.
Indeed, there is scope within our methods for direct participation from town planners, civic architects and local councillors with powers to push forward certain changes.
z The project highlighted the potential for place-based alliances and affiliations. For instance, there were clear overlaps with age-friendly and disability agendas as well as benefits for the visitor economy.
Future projects could consider bringing together representatives from different groups to better understand the shared interests surrounding changes to the environment, and for identifying priorities of greatest benefit in a context of finite funding or resources
z The most impactful aspect of our approach was through the visibility of people living with dementia in the places selected for audit. By announcing ourselves and our purpose we were able to challenge assumptions and show how embodied and cognitive diversity is so routinely overlooked in public spaces. In some cases, our visits provided a first step for a venue and its staff to consider new ways of working, interacting with diverse visitors on a path to more lasting change
z Finally, our mobile methods showed the cumulative benefits of moving from place to place, benefitting from the resources present in different types of setting. Rather than focusing narrowly on changes to discrete sites and spaces in the neighbourhood, this illustrated the need for joined-up policy that enables free movement and access across the neighbourhood, and beyond
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