Author: Cat Riley

There are a few different ways to raise money at no cost to you while you do your Christmas shopping online. Use any of these sites to help share the healing power of live music every time you shop.

We're so grateful for the support of groups like Buxton Musical Society, who stage Handel’s Messiah every three years in December. They have generously chosen to fundraise for Music in Hospitals & Care at their last two performances.

On Thursday 3 November, following our Annual General Meeting, the trustees were joined by some of our volunteer ambassadors, musicians and supporters at London Canal Museum for a special event.

Music in Hospitals & Care wants to hear from people with lived experience of mental health or mental health professionals to join a new steering group.

Caroline Barker has been a Senior Charge Nurse in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh’s Intensive Care and High Dependency Units for over 25 years. Our musicians have recently been able to go back into critical wards at the hospital for the first time since before the pandemic.

Lakeside House in Cardiff recently enjoyed our live music for the first time since before the pandemic with musician Richard Robling. Activities Coordinator Susan Carrick speaks about how important music is to their residents.

Olivia Bartley is a Specialist Occupational Therapist on Cherry Ward, an 11 bed assessment and treatment ward for people living with dementia at Bowmere Hospital in Chester, where Music in Hospitals & Care has been sharing live music for over 15 years.

We are delighted to be the Inner Wheel Club of Dover’s chosen charity for Mary Sherred’s year as President. We spoke to Mary about why she decided to support Music in Hospitals & Care.

Meet some of our newest trustees and find out how you could join our board.

Our ambassador talks about about her volunteering with Music in Hospitals & Care and the impact that it made on a group she spoke to recently.