The Closer We Get

'Epic'The Guardian. Multi-award winning BBC broadcast film about a Scots family healing before it’s too late. Watch on Vimeo & DVD. DM screening requests.

[The Closer We Get @TheCloserWeGet]

Pippa was a marvellous support to our film and to the training toolkit we made afterwards.
What a loss to her family, friends and to the stroke community at large.

[Stroke Association @TheStrokeAssoc]

We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor Pippa Tyrrell MBE, a former trustee and Vice-Chair of the charity and a true visionary in the stroke world.

[Karen J Guthrie @karenjguthrie]

My lovely hairdresser Tony just raved about @TheCloserWeGet to me for five minutes - he’d just watched it on Amazon 😍. Still a thrill 🙏.

[DailyShot @1dailyshot]

@karenjguthrie @TheCloserWeGet Hi Karen I met you + family at premiere of The Closer We Get in Edinburgh all those years ago, and ordered the DVD from you. I've just played it for my dear friend Wendy, visiting from Boston USA and we cried together for Ann: we wished we had had that relationship w/our mothers.

[Karen J Guthrie @karenjguthrie]

Ten years on (woah how did that happen?) and I’ve not managed to delete Mum from my phone. Maybe never will.
I like seeing her in there.

[The Closer We Get @TheCloserWeGet]

Happy Mother’s Day to a true star, Ann.

[The Closer We Get @TheCloserWeGet]

Our star Ann would be 84 today ❤️

[The Closer We Get @TheCloserWeGet]

Thank you to tiny but lovely Oxen Park Cinema club for the wonderful screening this evening - and for the armchairs and sofas too!

[The Closer We Get @TheCloserWeGet]

🔥Seven years of screenings!🔥
Tuesday March 8 at 7.30pm at the small and beautiful @OxenParkCinema Club, in director Karen’s adopted homeland - she’s doing a Q & A too 👏🏻
https://t.co/kfhPuphIh4

[Karen J Guthrie @karenjguthrie]

In the No Man’s Land between Christmas Day & Boxing Day, 5 years ago (how can that be?), my dad breathed his last with my wee brother Campbell by his side. I love this picture of them. Dad full of love and pride, Campbell somehow already wise and resolute, in the way kids can be.

[Karen J Guthrie @karenjguthrie]

My dad Ian never gave a toss for Father’s Day, or birthdays or anniversaries. Somehow he knew he’d be remembered whatever, the old charmer.

[Karen J Guthrie @karenjguthrie]

Here’s to these three, the best mothers I know ❤️

[NHS @NHSuk]

It's #StrokePreventionDay.

@TheStrokeAssoc is encouraging people to make one small change to reduce your risk of stroke. Info here: https://t.co/Dccn6n0Iar

Read more about how you can reduce your risk of stroke: https://t.co/K9AYTfC8Pa

#OneSmallChange

[Karen J Guthrie @karenjguthrie]

@ChrisLarkin2 @TheStrokeAssoc You suit that wig 😊.
Best of luck in your future plans Chris and thank you for everything you did to help @TheCloserWeGet reach audiences affected by stroke. When nobody else saw its potential, you did. Artists need more people like you, building bridges into the real world.

[Alison Guthrie @govangal68]

@GBSChiefExec @gbinscotland @CHSScotland @shellwood78 @HazeWatson @Marion65hotmai2 As a member of the @gbinscotland team & on a personal level this is touching. Both my parents suffered life changing strokes - they are gone but never forgotten & lucky to have them on film @TheCloserWeGet which tells their story & the impact of #stroke.

[The Closer We Get @TheCloserWeGet]

Wow. Really inspiring chat with a new care company looking to use our #seebeyondstroke training. Long chat about the importance of empathy, and tools to sharpen it in trainees. Thanks to @TheStrokeAssoc for the introduction!

[The Closer We Get @TheCloserWeGet]

Our stars, never forgotten 😍

[Alison Guthrie @govangal68]

It’s #WorldStrokeDay today - I remember my mum & dad every day. Both suffered #lifechanging strokes - here we all are before stroke changed our lives forever.

[Sanchia Berg @Sanchia7]

Dementia charities call for relatives of residents to be designated “key workers” so they can be tested for Covid and make regular visits to care homes.

[Karen J Guthrie @karenjguthrie]

The Life & Times of my Dad Ian. He’s gone, but whenever I need to push myself, he eggs me on from wherever he is now 💪🏻

[YoungMinds @YoungMindsUK]

Today is the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek.

Coronavirus risks having a serious impact on young people's mental health. We need to make sure that all young people and families who need immediate mental health support can get it.

Sign our petition.

https://t.co/VRAVGfubKH

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Did the government sacrifice care homes to #coronavirus?

The #COVID19 death rate among carers is double that of the general working age population. Here are some of their stories.

Read more here: https://t.co/mrSoSNl9Nq