Work So Far

When we started...

• There were 8 children's hospices in the UK
• None had experienced music therapy
• There were no courses in using music for communication specifically with life-limited children
• There was no charity dedicated to helping ill and disabled children through the creative and therapeutic use of music

Today...

• There are 36 residential hospices for children, and a couple of home visiting services
• We have provided musical instruments for all of them
• 25 have established posts for music therapists with our help
• We have given in-house music workshops to the majority and offered residential training courses in creative music-making to all
• 230 members of care teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have attended our 7 two-part residential training courses
• We have provided instruments for 8 children's wards and children's centres
• We have funded or part-funded over 3,000 music therapy sessions with children in the community
• We have supported music therapy in schools and pre-school groups for children with special needs, in child development centres, in children's mental health units
• We have run a nationwide creative music project in schools for children with special needs, and are further developing our work in this area
• A book about our work has been published by Jessica Kingsley

Just three years after our inception we were awarded the Guardian Jerwood Award for Community Achievement.