VOLUNTEER MUSIC INDUSTRY SUPPORT – KEY CHANGES POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH MUSIC

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We are seeking a passionate and dedicated volunteer with a keen interest in the music industry and a talent for promotion to help develop support for our music and mental health charity.

What difference will you make?

Music can play a valuable role in recovery from mental illness. It can stimulate emotional and aesthetic responses, develop creative, technical, social, and vocational skills, improve expression, communication, confidence and self-esteem, and facilitate positive changes in behaviour and wellbeing. Our innovative approach draws on clinical therapeutic techniques and music industry practice using creative collaboration and culturally relevant music activities and genres. We aim to have a positive impact on health and wellbeing through reducing symptoms and relapse rates and creating new life opportunities. Founded in 2003 by patients at Highgate Mental Health Centre in North London in response to a lack of music on the wards, we’ve grown from a weekly music workshop in the hospital OT department into a charity that provides music programmes across London and regionally for young people and adults struggling with mental health challenges. Music mentoring programmes in hospitals and community Volunteering, peer mentoring & work experience opportunities Record label for musicians with lived experience of mental health Concerts & Open Mic’s in healthcare and community setting Our services are co-produced with participants and delivered by specially trained professional musicians, producers, artists, and industry experts in partnership with local health, care, cultural and creative organisations. We now offer programmes in Manchester, Birmingham, London and Brighton, supporting over 5,000 people each year.

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