News
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New National Lottery grant to reach more people with #MusicEveryDay
- 22nd September 2020
We are delighted to have received a new grant for just over £30,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund so that more people isolated in healthcare settings can experience the healing power of live music through our #MusicEveryDay live stream sessions.
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Veterans' voices help pen four new songs for Play it Again SAV!
- 11th February 2020
As part of our Play it Again SAV! project, a songwriting pilot ran in late 2019 with veterans at Scottish War Blinded, Erskine and Royal British Legion Scotland centres.
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Dementia communication training inspires MiHC musicians in Wales
- 5th December 2019
In January 2019, Music in Hospitals & Care received two grants from the Darkley Trust and the Arts Council of Wales to provide Dementia specific communication training days for our musicians working in Wales. Throughout the Spring we organised three training events, which took place in Wrexham, Swansea and Cardiff.
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Students on Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Music, Community and Wellbeing module will be observing professional musicians from Music in Hospitals & Care over the next two terms as part of an ongoing partnership with the institution.
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'Skye Songs' at Tigh Na Drochaid Centre
- 16th October 2019
Our musicians Kirsten Easdale & Gregor Lowrey will be visiting the Tigh Na Drochaid Resource Centre in Portree for a week of interactive music sessions culminating in a live performance for the local community.
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Singing in Welsh helps reduce anxiety for people living with Dementia in South West Wales
- 15th October 2019
Electricity distributor Western Power Distribution (WPD) has provided funding for 15 free live music sessions across South West Wales.
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