Bingo fundraising evening
Music for my Mind was delighted to be chosen by a group of students from the University of Hertfordshire Event Management programme, who organised a fundraising event to support our work.
Improving the Quality of Life
for People with Memory Loss
and Dementia
Creating personalised playlists for those
About Music for my Mind
We all have favourite songs. Or a piece of music associated with a particular memory. And there’s growing evidence that music can improve the quality of life for people living with memory loss and dementia.
Music for my Mind (registered charity number 1167246) was founded in 2016 by Professor Keith McAdam, with the aim to improve the well-being of people living with memory loss and dementia, their family, friends and care-providers, by creating and making personalised music widely available, as an affordable social prescribing tool in dementia care. Through research and technological development we want to further the national efforts to raise awareness of the positive effects of music for people affected by dementia and enable easy access to personally meaningful music, wherever and whenever it’s needed. And we’ve only just begun.
The transformative effects of music
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About Music for my Mind
Music for my Mind was inspired from a creativity initiative in the Infectious Diseases Institute in Uganda. Our committed Board of Trustees, Team and Supporters are working towards our vision for every care home in Britain to have a music programme and for everyone living with dementia to benefit from music as an integral part of the therapy and care they receive.
How we utilise technology
Using music to access memories for people living with dementia is not a new idea; music therapists have recognised its benefits for many years. Using technology to select and deliver favourite music is new and we are exploring the possibilities by developing technological solutions.
Our contributions to research evidence
Our research will contribute to the evidence needed to influence policy makers, care providers and clinicians to deploy personalised music listening appropriately within dementia care and social prescribing. Read more about how our research programme has been developing over the years on a number of fronts.
Latest News
Power of Music Report
Exciting news has come this spring as the foundation Music for Dementia, together with UK Music, have just released their definitive report ‘The Power of Music’.
Will you join us for a challenge?
Calling all avid runners out there! We have two amazing fundraising opportunities taking place this Spring and we would love your support!
Celebrating Social Prescribing Week
Social Prescribing is a wonderful way of bringing care and communities together, and we want to tell you more about it and how music can play an important role.
MFMM’s 2021 Roundup
2021 was an incredibly busy year for Music for my Mind, and we want to share with you some of the highlights of our work!
This year saw the long awaited launch of the test version of our Playlist Maker App, an incredibly exciting way to create treasured personalised playlists for the people you love.
Hollick Family Foundation Support
Music for my Mind would like to thank the Hollick Family Foundation for their generous support over the years!
St Albans Bach Choir – Carol concert support
St Albans Bach Choir – Carol concert support This year, we were delighted to be chosen by the St Albans Bach Choir as one of the supported charities during their
Understanding Spotify and its recommendation tool
You might already have experience with Spotify or maybe you came accross it in our Playlist Maker app. Either way, we thought it would be useful to explain this facet of our work that comes up over and over again, but remains for many a bit of a mystery as to how it actually works: Spotify.
Willow Court care home receive Covid Hero Award
This week we would love to congratulate our friends over at Willow Court, Aldwickbury Crescent, who have just been highly commended in the Covid Hero Awards!
Real Life Stories: Barbara Windsor and Carey Mulligan
Both of these actresses, directly and indirectly affected by dementia, have done so much to not only talk about dementia, but to change the conversation: from passive woe to active, urgent, running and confident movement towards a change in social care, both nationally and globally.
We at Music for my Mind are incredibly inspired by the both of them.