From Stage to Story: Care Research Webinar Shows the Life Story of Audience Frontman Howard Werth, and Why Every Resident's Story Matters
A free webinar on Monday 9 November will explore how knowing a person’s story can shape care. At its heart is the life story of Howard Werth, the singer and guitarist whose family is building his story together using the Storyteller app and platform.
Everyone has a story. Some include a life in music, sharing stages with Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Others are shaped by family, work, friendships, favourite places and the small details that make a life uniquely someone’s own.
A forthcoming webinar will bring that idea into a care setting. Louie Werth, founder of Care Surveys, will share the story he and his family have been building for his father, Howard Werth: the English singer, guitarist and record producer best known as the frontman of the art-rock band Audience.
The free 30-minute session, “Telling People’s Stories Well,” takes place online via Microsoft Teams on Monday 9 November 2026, from 1:00pm to 1:30pm GMT. Register for the webinar on the Care Surveys website. A recording will be sent to everyone who registers, including those who cannot join live.
A life that reaches far beyond the stage
Born in Clapton, East London, on 26 March 1947, Howard Werth went on to form and front Audience, a band known for its distinctive blend of art rock and progressive sounds. The group recorded with Charisma Records, the label also associated with Genesis, and later reunited in 2004.
Werth’s career included sharing stages with Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, touring with Rod Stewart and The Faces, and working with musicians from Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band in the United States. Before his music career took off, he studied art and designed album covers at Pye Records. He later created his own labels, including Luminous Records.
These details make for a remarkable life story. But the value of telling it is not limited to a famous name or an extraordinary career. Every person brings a history of relationships, interests, experiences and personal preferences that can help others understand who they are.
That understanding matters in care. A favourite song, a familiar routine or the memory of a much-loved place can offer a meaningful way to connect. When such details are shared with the people providing support, care can feel more personal and grounded in the individual.
A family story, built together
The webinar will use Howard’s life story as a real example of how relatives can gather and share what they know. Louie will talk about the story he and his family have been building in the Storyteller app, with After Cloud’s Garry Pettit, Head of Social Care, and Darren Evans, Founder and CEO, joining the session.
The event is hosted by Care Surveys, the feedback and reporting service built exclusively for the care sector. Its webinar announcement describes the session as a practical look at why people’s stories matter, how they can keep growing, and how they can contribute to high-quality care and CQC compliance.
The discussion will cover the impact of telling residents’ and clients’ stories, ways to keep those stories alive as people’s lives continue, and the role of lived experience in helping care teams understand the person behind the care needs.
It will also consider how collecting stories can contribute to evidence of person-centred care. A record of someone’s preferences, relationships and meaningful experiences can help care teams reflect the person’s voice in everyday support. It is not a substitute for good care or professional judgement, but it can help make the person’s perspective more visible.
For care providers, that connection between knowing the person and showing how care responds to them is an important part of the CQC conversation. The webinar will explore how life story work can support that practice and the evidence around it.
Everyday details belong in every life story
Howard’s story may include a stage shared with Led Zeppelin. For someone else, it may begin with the street where they grew up, the people they worked alongside, the Sunday routine they cherished or the song they always put on at home.
Those details do not have to be grand to matter. They can help staff start a conversation, support a familiar activity or understand what makes someone feel at ease. They can also bring family members and care teams together around a fuller picture of the person.
Storyteller by After Cloud provides secure digital life story software for children looked after and adults in residential and social care. It gives families and care teams a shared place to contribute to a person’s story, so important details can be available to those supporting them. Find out more about Storyteller Life Stories and trust and security.
Join the conversation on 9 November
“Telling People’s Stories Well” is free to attend and takes place on Microsoft Teams on Monday 9 November 2026, 1:00pm–1:30pm GMT. The session is open to care professionals interested in relationship-centred care, life story work and the role personal histories can play in high-quality support.
Register for the webinar on the Care Surveys website. A recording will be sent to everyone who registers.
Because every person in care has a story worth knowing. And whether it includes a celebrated music career or the quieter milestones of everyday life, that story can help others see the person more clearly.