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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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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 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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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 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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