Their story, told while they can still tell it
Living Legacy is a beautiful life story website made with your loved one, not after them. Their photographs, their chapters and, if you choose, their actual voice.
Living Legacy by Gathered is a handcrafted life story website for someone who is very much still here. We sit down with your mam, your dad, your grandparents, and gather the stories that families always mean to write down and somehow never do. The wedding that nearly didn't happen. The first house. The recipe nobody can quite replicate. It becomes a beautiful, permanent page the whole family can visit, share and add to, from £149 as a one-time fee.
The most meaningful gift a family can give
Most Living Legacy pages are commissioned as gifts: an 80th birthday, a golden wedding anniversary, a Christmas present from all the grandchildren together. Unlike a memorial, the person it honours gets to enjoy it. They see their life laid out beautifully, they correct the family legends, they add the stories nobody knew, and they hear themselves telling them.
And gently, honestly: a Living Legacy means their voice and their stories are kept safe, in their own words, forever. When the time eventually comes, it can become the heart of a full Gathered memorial. Nothing rushed, nothing lost.
Three ways to begin
- A guided question pack, answered in your own time
- Up to 50 photographs, curated
- A crafted life story website
- Hosted forever, never deleted
- A relaxed recorded conversation
- Their voice, on the page
- A written life story from the interview
- Up to 200 photographs, in chapters
- Hosted forever, never deleted
- Everything in Interview Edition
- Engraved QR keepsake plaque
- A printed presentation of their story
- Gift-ready for the big birthday
Interviews in person around Newcastle upon Tyne, or by video call anywhere in the world.
Questions families ask
What is a Living Legacy website?
A beautiful life story website made while your loved one is still here to tell it. It holds their photographs, their stories and, in the Interview Edition, their actual voice. From £149, one-time, hosted forever.
How is the interview recorded?
As a relaxed conversation, in person around Newcastle upon Tyne or by video call anywhere. There are no scripts and no studio. We simply talk about their life, and the best of it becomes the page.
Is a Living Legacy a good gift?
It is one of the most meaningful gifts a family can give. Many families commission one for a milestone birthday, an anniversary or Christmas. The person it honours gets to enjoy it, add to it and share it while they are here.
What happens to the page later in life?
It remains theirs for life, and it can grow whenever there is more to add. When the time eventually comes, a Living Legacy can become the heart of a full Gathered memorial, with their own voice telling their own story. The Gathered Permanence Pledge applies in full.