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- Sustainability, Inspiration
Eilidh’s Story
United Kingdom
Eight years since staff at Moss Park Care Home first received music training, manager Eilidh shares how, and why, music is still such an integral part of care for their residents, many of whom live with dementia.
- Caregivers
- Dementia
- Unpaid carers
- Elderly
- Introductory training
Theo’s story
United Kingdom
For four-year-old Theo, music became the medium for revealing and channelling difficult emotions in a positive way, with the benefits seen in all areas of his life.
- Children
- Inspiration, Sustainability
Claire’s Story
United Kingdom
With a music programme embedded into the school’s provision, Claire’s story is a perfect example of what can be achieved when the use of music is sustained over a long period of time.
- Children
- Disability
- Sustainability
Silbia’s Story
United Kingdom
Learning to use music on a daily basis in your place of work is a step towards optimising care, but what happens when our Partners move on to new roles, or their use of music lapses? After a long pause in running her music sessions, Silbia’s story is a shining example of true sustainability and long-term impact.
- Children
- Introductory training
Piloting our approach in mainstream education
United Kingdom
When our Advisory Panel highlighted primary school children as a priority client group in light of the anticipated impact of the pandemic, we developed a 6-week tailored skill-sharing project, delivered in the Scottish Highlands.
- Children
- Disability
- Sustainability, Capacity strengthening
Changing the way we care: Capturing impact in the UK
United Kingdom
The creation of a film to capture our work in the UK proved to be an effective way to support our programme’s sustainability, while also enabling us to build capacity on an organisational level.
- Adults
- Children
- Dementia
- Disability
- Elderly
- Young people
- Introductory training, Capacity strengthening, Sustainability
Gill’s Story
United Kingdom
Interactive Music-Making Tutor Gillian O’Dempsey believes that supporting early years practitioners to see their existing expertise is crucial to developing their skills and confidence to run meaningful music sessions for the young children in their care.
- Children
- Disability
- Sustainability, Introductory training
Kheeima’s Story
United Kingdom
Kheeima demonstrates how you can build on your introductory training to create a much wider impact, and truly sustainable music, by utilising the support on offer from MasT – particularly during the most difficult of circumstances, the pandemic.
- Children
- Disability
- Introductory training, Sustainability
Carolyn’s Story
United Kingdom
Carolyn’s story demonstrates the perseverance and adaptability of our partners. It is proof of the continuing relevance of music in Early Years education in the face of adversity, with marked results for caregivers and the children they care for.
- Children
- Disability
- Sustainability
Embedding music into dementia care
United Kingdom
In early 2020, Clare Reynolds returned to Invernevis House for the usual Follow-Up Visit. She was delighted to find the staff had taken their training and adapted it to make music work within their schedules reflecting our own approach to on-site training.
- Elderly
- Dementia
- Caregivers

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Piloting our approach in mainstream education

Changing the way we care: Capturing impact in the UK

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Kheeima’s Story

Carolyn’s Story

Embedding music into dementia care