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Our Director was a commissioner working with the Utley Foundation and ILC-UK to explore the existing use of music in dementia care, and collating the wide-ranging evidence for its benefits, including using music to tackle anxiety, depression and stress in people living with dementia.

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We attended the World Congress of Music Therapy in Japan where Alexia Quin presented a paper exploring how music therapists who have led international skill-sharing projects have been inspired to undertake a series of pilot projects in the UK, supporting and enhancing care practice for young children, adults with learning disabilities and people living with dementia.

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Guest lecture to students on the Masters in Music Therapy course at the University of Roehampton, with a focus on skill-sharing as a technique for music therapists to extend the reach of their work and responsible international development practice.

We enlisted the help of our UK Partners who participated in projects within our “Bringing it all back Home” initiative to co-create a short film showcasing the impact and potential of the training projects for people offering care and activities to people across the lifespan within our UK Programme.

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We returned to Gisenyi to support our Local Partners working with The Gallagher Trust to reflect on and nurture their use of music with the young people with disabilities who attend the Ubumwe Centre.

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For the second year, the University of Transilvania organised a national music therapy conference in Brasov, at which we were delighted to present and give workshops to participants from around the country, as well as to attend many interesting presentations given by people across Romania with an interst in music therapy (including several of our Local Partners).

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We were delighted to award a 2014 graduate from our Distance Learning course with a set of musical instruments to support her continued use of music with children, young people and their families in Baciu.

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We returned to The Montrose Centre (Fort William, Highlands), to support staff with their ongoing use of music following the introductory training project delivered in 2016. Sharing successes, developing practice and troubleshooting.

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We returned to Moss Park (Fort Williams, Highlands), to support staff with their ongoing use of music following the introductory training project delivered in 2016. Sharing successes, developing practice and troubleshooting.

We returned to Haviland House and the Bradbury Centre, run by Guildcare (Worthing), to support staff with their ongoing use of music following the introductory training project delivered earlier in the year. Sharing successes, developing practice and troubleshooting.

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