Hello, and welcome to May’s newsletter. My name is Juliet Goldbart. I am Professor of Developmental Disabilities at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am proud to be a Director of Songbirds Music UK, and to contribute in a very small way to this exciting organisation. The value of music in enhancing wellbeing is well-established. I have seen, in my own work…

Hello and a warm welcome to our April Newsletter. We are busy with our training sessions at the moment with the RNCM 3rd Year students finishing their course in early May. Most of them have been able to observe remote sessions in hospital and home settings – hopefully next year we will be able to take them into…

Hello everyone and welcome to our latest newsletter. It feels like spring has finally sprung with all the gorgeous daffodils and blossom making a very welcome appearance! We have been extremely busy this month at SMUK HQ finalising our Innovate UK Creative Industries pilot and gathering together all the lovely rich evaluative data…

Hello everyone and welcome to our latest newsletter, it seems only 5 minutes since we said hello last month! As ever we are continually inspired by the hospital staff who make our projects possible, and who have enabled music to be accessed by children and families throughout the pandemic. Our February newsletter celebrates…

We are really excited to share our news with you each month, and hope you will enjoy reading about our exciting projects. We start the year with much to celebrate, after winning one, and being shortlisted for two awards! We continue to work hard to support children and young people both inside and outside of hospital settings in the Northwest…