Music and health

There is a wealth of information supporting the benefits that experiencing music can have for our health and wellbeing. We are celebrating other organisations doing great work in this area and the important and insightful work taking place to explore how and why music can have such a profound impact for different groups of people.

Partner Organisations

Explore some of the organisations we have been partnering with to connect people and share #JoyThroughLiveMusic. They offer great resources, advice, activities and services which you can incorporate into your daily wellbeing routine.

• Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia is an interdisciplinary group of dementia researchers, people with dementia, dementia practitioners and representatives from a range of dementia organisations. Music in Hospitals & Care has a long-standing relationship with Deputy Director Dr Katey Warran and is currently working with ECRED and a range of other organisations on a two year research project titled IMAGINED to explore meaning-making processes in participatory arts for dementia activities, and how to evaluate these meaningful experiences.

• Playlist for Life want everyone living with with dementia to have a unique, personal playlist and everyone who loves or cares for them to know how to use it. Music in Hospitals & Care has been working with Playlist for Life Help Points in Wales to bring live music to people in care homes and sheltered accommodation and using their expertise and ‘conversation starters’ resource to bring personal playlists to life.

• Music for Dementia is a national campaign led by The Utley Foundation to make music available for everyone living with dementia. Music for Dementia shares scientific evidence for the benefits of music experiences for people living with dementia and the Power of Music Consortium brings together organisations organisations working to achieve shared goals of awareness raising, advocacy and delivery of services related to the benefits of music for health and wellbeing.

• Alzheimer’s Society campaigns for change, funds research to find a cure and supports people living with dementia in the UK today. The charity’s Singing for the Brain sessions brings people affected by dementia together to sing a variety of songs they know and love, in a fun and friendly environment. It also involves fun vocal exercises that help improve brain activity and wellbeing.

• Chiltern Music Therapy is an award winning not-for-profit organisation that provides music therapy and community music to people of all ages across the UK. Their experienced team of Music Therapists can provide a host of digital solutions to help people of all ages with a range of needs.

• Age UK aims to provide life enhancing services and vital support to people in later life. Music in Hospitals & Care works with Age UK to deliver live music in many of their regional centres, including a recent partnership in the North of England and as part of the Campaign to End Loneliness.

• Campaign to End Loneliness is a coalition of organisations and individuals, working together through research, policy, campaigning and innovation to combat loneliness and inspire individuals to keep connected in older age.

• Independent Age provides independent, free information and advice for older people and their families on care and support, money benefits and health and mobility, along with friendship services to relieve loneliness.