Our latest annual report is now available.
Live music is powerful. It is part of what makes us who we are. 2024/25 has been another year filled with thousands of hours of live music, sharing joy in hospitals, care homes, hospices and community spaces.
We see access to live music as a necessity, not a nicety. Last year, you helped us to continue to move one step closer to our vision – everyone should be able to access and experience the joy of live music. In 2024/25, we were able to reach over 47,000 patients, residents and service users.
“A patient called Jerry was clapping along to his request for the Beach Boys and his wife took a video to show the physiotherapists. She told us that he hadn’t used his left hand since having a stroke and they had been encouraging him to do this. She was delighted.”
Woodend Hospital Specialist Rehab Centre, Aberdeen
However, increasing costs and an uncertain financial landscape mean our fundraising has not grown at the rate we need to keep up with demand for our live music. We had to turn away requests from health and care settings due to a lack of funding. As we entered our second investment year of our strategy, we were able to improve systems and invest in staff to help us grow our income in future years. But progress has been slower than our ambition due to the difficult economic situation across the UK right now.
This won’t stop us championing and sharing the power of live music. Together we created 2,363 hours of live music in 454 health and care settings. Moments of joy, connection, happiness and respite from emotional pain and distress. We have continued to build meaningful partnerships that look towards a future of sustainable live music and our long-term aspiration that it is embedded in health and care.
Thank you for your support. Please share and consider making a donation to keep the music playing.
Kindness in harmony at Companies House
This Random Acts of Kindness Day, we are celebrating the Companies House choir in Cardiff, which brings colleagues together to boost wellbeing and raise funds for Music in Hospitals & Care.
Student Volunteering Week: Molly
It’s Student Volunteering Week, and we’re celebrating the important role student volunteers play in helping us share the joy of live music with communities across the UK.
Children’s Mental Health Week: Reuben’s Retreat
We’ve been sharing the joy of live music with children, their families and staff at Reuben’s Retreat in Glossop. The sessions are designed to soothe and support children with life limiting illnesses and offer an opportunity for families to connect with others who understand their experience.