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This week we are celebrating our fantastic volunteers and the valuable addition they make to the Music in Hospitals & Care community. We spoke to Lesley-Ann, a student who volunteered with our Music Delivery team in Scotland.
The second resource we are sharing share to celebrate our 75th anniversary is an animated guide on how to listen to music mindfully. Everyone can use simple exercises like this to help them slow down and reconnect.
Members of our Music Delivery and Fundraising teams recently completed their Mental Health First Aid training with Starra Education’s Joanne Docherty, a fully accredited mental health trainer and advocate based in Glasgow.
To celebrate our 75th anniversary we are sharing a series of resources throughout the year. The first we would like to share is some music conversation starters for health and care staff or family members to explore topics around music with a person they care for.
Music in Hospitals & Care is delighted to have once again received funding from The RC Sherriff Trust to share specially-created live music experiences with people who may not otherwise get to experience it in Elmbridge, Surrey.
Celebrate with Music in Hospitals & Care and turn your party into a fundraising event to help share live music with people in health and care settings across the UK.
Research and evaluation are the foundations that inform our programmes, including insights and findings from across the music and health sector and our own live music experiences.
On Tuesday 14 March we were joined by health and care professionals and some of our musicians at the Pierhead Building to celebrate our 75th year and showcase the genuine human connections made through live music for people with dementia, mental health and serious illness.
In celebration of our 75th anniversary our President, operatic baritone Sir Thomas Allen CBE, shares his reflections since becoming involved with the charity in 2005.
This month we were thrilled to feature on Givto, which has helped to raise vital funds to share the healing power of live music.