List of activities

Working again in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we returned to Waterways Children’s Centre to support the ongoing use of music by staff who participated in our introductory training project in 2016. Sharing successes, developing practice and troubleshooting.

We convened our second CPD event for early years practitioners who had graduated from the Structured training: Early years programme. An opportunity to share successes, pool ideas and troubleshoot.

A short advanced training for our partners and local trainers in Cyangugu to consolidate their learning from the Tubakunde Exchange Programme, to encourage further development of this initiative and to strengthen their confidence as trainers.

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Building on our work in Rwanda over the past 7 years, and delivered in partnership with Hope and Homes, this 6-week field project introduced staff working at a Kigarama Centre in Kigali to ways they can use music to support the children who attend this community hub.

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Guest lecture provided to students at the University of Bucharest.

Our 7th delivery of this Distance Learning course, much aided by the work of our Local Moderator Monika Szabo. The course comprises a series of 7 monthly tutorials and written assignments, participation in an Intensive Study Weekend – hosted by the University of Bucharest – and a supervised Practical Assignment.

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A 6-week project providing training to staff delivering two strands of service within Guildcare in Worthing, to introduce music into the care and activities offered to to elderly people and people living with dementia. The music therapist who delivered this project, Hazel Child, was shortlisted for an Advancing Healthcare Award in the category “Realising potential through Creativity”.

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A 6-week project providing training to staff at Abbeyfield Care Home (Ballachulish) to introduce music into the care and activities they were providing for elderly people and people living with dementia up in the highlands of Scotland.

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A 6-week project providing training to two early years teachers at James Wolfe School in Greenwich, delivered in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, to introduce music to the care and development opportunities of the young children at the school.

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The 6th delivery of our Interactive Music-Making structured training for early years practitioners in London. Hosted by Clyde Early Childhood Centre and delivered in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, the course comprised a series of 12 weekly seminars and a practical assignment, evidencing their practice with a Practice Portfolios and a live presentation. This year saw the introduction of our IMM Award Scheme to support the participation of early years practitioners from settings under signficant financial strain.

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