List of activities

Guest lecture to undergraduates at The Academy of Contemporary Music (Guildford & Birmingham), with a focus on project development. Delivered online as a result of COVID-19 restrictions.

We produced an updated ‘2nd Edition’ of the Research Summary we first produced in 2016, in response to requests from people pioneering the use of music therapy in countries where it is not a widely recognised or established form of intervention.

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We offered three CPD events for early years practitioners to come together share successes, pool resources and troubleshoot. In light of COVID-19, two took place on Zoom. We also delivered monthly email bulletins, created new resources and guidance on using musical instruments alongside new social distancing and hygiene measures. We provided enhanced online access to resources and a mechanism through which individual partners might request specific support at any time.

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A second 6-week field project with Moss Park Care Home, a residental centre for elderly people in Fort William, many of whom live with dementia. We provided training to two new staff members, and top-up training to two further members of staff who had taken part in Moss Park’s first introductory training project (2016), to introduce and sustain the use of music within the care and activities of their residents.

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We returned to Invernevis House (Fort William, Highlands), to support staff with their ongoing use of music following the introductory training project delivered in 2019. Sharing successes, developing practice and troubleshooting.

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We piloted the Musical Instrument Fund in the UK, giving partners the opportunity to apply for new instruments when theirs have become tired, lost or broken. This was opportunity was in response to partners commenting that, in light of COVID-19, instrument sharing risked cross-contamination. Instruments were granted to Quaggy Children’s Centre (Greenwich).

Guest lecture to undergraduates at The Academy of Contemporary Music (Guildford & Birmingham), with a focus on project development. Delivered online as a result of COVID-19 restrictions.

Delivery of our Interactive Music-Making structured training for early years practitioners in London. Hosted by James Wolfe Primary School and delivered in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

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A 6-week project, delivered in partnership with Innovative Aged Care, providing training to five staff members caring for people living with dementia at Chelsea Court Place Care Home (London).

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A 6-week project provided training to three staff members and one volunteer working at Invernevis House, a residential home for older people, many of whom are living with dementia, in the highlands of Scotland.

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