“PENNY FOR THEM” IDIOM - TO ASK SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN QUIET, WHAT THEY ARE THINKING.

Celebration Stories are the stories of those we love, told back to them.

• A Celebration Story is what happens when you have all the things you want to say gently teased out and turned into a professionally produced book. 
• Handing over your Celebration Story will be a sincere and lasting expression of love to celebrate what someone has meant and still means to you. 
• It is the ultimate gift for a loved one who deserves a priceless, meaningful keepsake to treasure because life’s too short not to.

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Thought Collections are long and short-form biographies created from 1:1 interviews.

• When we reach a point where we wish to reflect on the life we have led, it can pose challenges to do so with those we love. Often we edit our version of our story for fear of hurting others but the need to say who we are; our story, our words, remains strong.
• Whatever the catalyst for wanting to record your reflections, your memories, your life; the act of capturing your thoughts in words, is not only immensely powerful, but a real gift to those with whom you share it. 
• penny for them was created to value your version. To support and guide you to freely express your story. To capture your words and craft them into a beautiful keepsake for you to be treasured.

I am Helen McNeill - a heart-led writer, creator and educator based on Boonwurrung land in Sandringham, Victoria. 

With nearly 30 years of professional experience in communications, Penny For Them came to be, having established a biography service for palliative care providers, Caritas Christi Hospice in Kew, Victoria. I am self-titled Thought Collector: listener, observer, thought-provoker, mirth maker and keeper of secrets.

Please use the contact page to submit an inquiry. 

 “Thank you for taking the time with Mum. We will cherish the biography; I only wish she had met you earlier so we had more of her history. "

 

"This is a beautiful piece of work. What you have done is provide the family with a record of his life and a great deal of comfort which I know they will cherish always."