We're a charity that provides award winning music and wellbeing services in hospitals and the community.
We support young people and adults with lived experience of mental health problems. Using a unique trauma-informed therapeutic approach our work promotes recovery from depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and other conditions.
Drawing on adapted elements of music industry practice our mentoring programmes are delivered by specially trained professional producers, artists, managers, and industry experts.
Our services in Manchester, Birmingham, London and Brighton are accessible for musicians and music lovers with all levels of ability and experience.
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In 2023 we brought mood-boosting music + healing creativity to 24 hospitals across England:
-The Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health, Newham, London
-The Beacon Centre CAMHS, Edgware, London
-Simmons House Adolescent Unit, London
-Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, London
-St Bernard’s Hospital, Southall, London
-St Charles Centre for Mental Health, Ladbroke Grove, London
-The Maudsley Hospital, London
-The Nightingale Hospital, London
-Highgate Mental Health Centre, Archway, London
-St Pancras Hospital, London
-Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, London
-John Howard Centre, Hackney, London
-Cygnet Hospital Harrow, London
-The Ladywell Unit, University Hospital Lewisham
-Lambeth Hospital, London
-Mill View Hospital, Hove
-The Oleaster, Birmingham
-Mary Seacole House, Winson Green, Birmingham
-Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester
-Meadowbrook Unit, Salford Royal Hospital
-Gardener Unit, Prestwich, Manchester
-Edenfield, Prestwich, Manchester
-Park House, North Manchester
General Hospital
-Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester
#wellbeing #music #mentalhealth #healing #creativity #manchester #birmingham #london #brighton
For Mental Health Awareness Week we’re bringing the joy of music into hospitals, studios and communities across Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, London and Brighton. 🎶
Every week participants are working alongside professional producers, artists and music industry mentors through:
1-1 studio sessions
Open mic nights and performances
Artist development workshops
Peer support and Musicians Wellbeing groups
Songwriting, recording and creative collaboration
Volunteering, training and employment opportunities
Our programmes create safe, trauma-informed spaces where people can build confidence, develop skills, connect with others and focus on recovery through music.
From hospital wards to professional recording studios, our sessions can open doors, reduce isolation and remind people they’re not alone.
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MentalHealth #MusicAndMentalHealth #Manchester #Liverpool #Birmingham #London #Brighton #StudioSessions #ArtistDevelopment #MusicProduction #PeerSupport #Wellbeing #TraumaInformed #MusicIndustry #Mentoring #Wellbeing
🎶 “Music always makes me feel happy when I’m sad.” – Jasmine Allen 🎶
Jasmine Allen is a 20-year-old trans woman, singer/songwriter and occasional rapper creating music inspired by soul, R&B, disco and 90s rap. Influenced by artists including Michael Jackson, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Prince and The Temptations, Jasmine brings classic funk and neo-soul energy into her sound.
“My first memory of music is listening to MJ and practising his dance moves.”
Music has been an important outlet for Jasmine’s wellbeing and self-expression, helping transform emotions into creativity and performance.
Currently working on a new song called Secret Lover, Jasmine has also recently released:
✨ City Lights
✨ Why Don’t We Live Together
✨ Everyone Needs Love
“All of it leans towards funk and neo soul vibes.”
#PositiveMentalHealthThroughMusic #SoulMusic #RnB #Disco #90sRap #NeoSoul #TransArtist #SingerSongwriter #IndependentArtist #MentalHealthAwareness
This week’s Musicians Wellbeing Session 🎶
Our free weekly online Musicians Wellbeing Session is a relaxed, peer-support space for musicians to check in, connect, and talk openly about mental health and wellbeing — using music as our shared language.
🧠 This week’s theme: How Sound Affects the Nervous System
We explore how music and sound affect the body, mood, and relationships, including:
• how rhythm, sound, and vibration affect the nervous system
• music as something we physically feel — not just hear
• calm, energy, tension, overwhelm, and emotional release
• connection and vulnerability through music
• balancing closeness, collaboration, and personal space
We also reflect on how this can show up differently for musicians:
• rappers sharing personal lyrics
• singers using their voice emotionally and physically
• producers experiencing sound fatigue, isolation, or long sessions
This session isn’t about analysing yourself or getting things “right.”
It’s about noticing how music affects your body and emotions, understanding your limits, and finding healthier ways to work with sound and creativity.
💬 Peer-led • lived experience • supportive space
🎧 Come to listen, share, or just sit in the space
🎹 No performing. No pressure. Come as you are
#musicandwellbeing #musicians #artist #producerlife #rappers #singersongwriter #mentalhealthawareness #creativehealth #nervoussystem #musictherapy #selfcare #peersupport #community
🎶 Brighton & Hove Studio Sessions 🎶
Creative space. Professional support. Real opportunities.
Studio sessions in Brighton & Hove offer the chance to:
Work 1–1 with experienced music producers
Develop sound, skills, and confidence
Connect with others through artist development and wellbeing sessions
Take steps toward performance and progression opportunities
Open to musicians in Brighton & Hove looking to collaborate creatively and work towards professionally produced, finished recordings in a supportive, trauma-informed environment.
Interested in getting involved?
Link in bio
#Brighton #Hove #MusicMentoring #MentalHealth #StudioSessions #MusicProduction #MusicIndustry #CreativeHealth
This week’s Musicians Wellbeing Session 🎶
Our free weekly online Musicians Wellbeing Session is a relaxed, peer-support space for musicians to check in, connect, and talk openly about mental health and wellbeing — using music as our shared language.
🧠 This week’s theme: The Importance of rest for artists and producers
We’ll explore how rest plays a key role in creativity, energy, and mental health, including:
• pressure to always be creating or releasing
• burnout and creative blocks
• guilt around resting or slowing down
• different pressures for rappers, singers & producers
• how rest supports creativity, focus, and wellbeing
This session isn’t about being more productive or doing things “perfectly.”
It’s about recognising the need for rest, understanding how it affects us as musicians, and creating space to slow down without guilt.
💬 Peer-led • lived experience • supportive space
🎧 Come to listen, share, or just sit in the space
🎹 No performing. No pressure. Come as you are
#musicandwellbeing #musicians #artist #producerlife #singersongwriter #rappers #mentalhealthawareness #creativehealth #burnout #rest #selfcare #peersupport #community
Leigh Patterson or Medley creates music which blurs borderlines between sample-driven instrumental Hip-Hop music and the more experimental side of Contemporary Classical.
His musical influences range from Joanna Newsom to JPEGMAFIA and his first two cassete purchases were Wu-Tang’s Enter The 36 Chambers and Mad Skillz - From Where??? Which feature production from heavyweights J-Dilla and the Rza, none less.
His first memory of music was listening to his Dad play Rock, Funk and Soul vinyl and other times guitar at home and feeling like he wanted to join it too. He would later recall hearing music whist being out with family or friends, as if he was inside a film. This internal soundtrack would follow and keep him hole throughout his boyhood.
Music became centric to his every existence, an extension of himself and a reason to be. In his young adult years, however, he went through several mental episodes in which music was always the requeim. Leigh endured a perioid where he had to stop listening to music with lyrics because he felt he was involved with or was the protagonist of the lyrics and stories he was hearing; he started to hear himself in the words. Overcoming this was tough but gave light to the instrumental picture behind the words and a love for instrumental hip-hop would reign after.
#InstrumentalHipHop #ExperimentalMusic #ManchesterMusic #MusicAsTherapy #MentalHealthAwareness #EmergingArtist #UKMusicScene #CreativeExpression
🎶 Liverpool Studio Sessions 🎶
Creative space. Professional support. Real opportunities.
Studio sessions in Liverpool offer the chance to:
- Work 1–1 with experienced music producers
- Develop original material, skills, and confidence
- Connect with others through artist development and wellbeing sessions
- Take steps toward performance and progression opportunities
Open to musicians looking to explore creative collaboration and work towards professionally produced finished recordings in a supportive environment.
Interested in getting involved?
Find out more - link in bio
#Liverpool #MusicMentoring #MentalHealthAwareness #StudioSessions #ArtistDevelopment #MusicIndustry #CreativeHealth
Introducing Abyss... music is life... I’m a night-owl gamer with a soft spot for dark aesthetics and loud rock.
When I’m not grinding through game worlds, I’m binge-watching anime and losing myself in stories that hit harder than reality. I live by a simple truths — it can’t rain all the time, It’s always darkest before the dawn…Even in the chaos there’s order, there’s always a spark worth chasing.
If you’re into late-night playlists, pixel worlds, and anime marathons, you’ll probably find me there already…
If the people we love are stolen from us. Then the best way to have them live on is to never stop Loving them, Buildings burn, people die but real Love is forever… it can’t rain all the time, but I like the rain it can’t cleanse your soul.
Shelter from the storm and never let the fire burn out, keep the kindle burning, keep a fire in your heart and let love light your way.
#NewArtist
#NuMetal
#AltMetal
#EmotionalRock
#MusicHeals
#RockInfluences
#MentalHealthAwareness
NOW BOOKING 🎧
Free Studio Taster Sessions
Manchester | Liverpool | Birmingham | London | Brighton | Great Yarmouth
Supporting musicians with lived experience of mental health challenges.
Step into a professional studio and explore a new way of expressing yourself through music.
• 1-to-1 studio sessions
• Work with professional producers
• Learn how the music industry works
• Open mic opportunities
• Build confidence, self-esteem and resilience
• Develop your sound and identity as an artist
Programme includes:
Studio sessions | Artist development | Live performance | Wellbeing network | Volunteering | Work experience
This is a chance to reconnect with your creativity, build new skills, and take steps towards new opportunities.
“Opened the door during my darkest days – helped me rediscover my musical soul”
Join a supportive musical community and take control of your mental health.
#musicindustry #mentalhealth #musicaltherapy #artistdevelopment #recordingstudio #mentoring #peersupport #wellbeing
This week’s Musicians Wellbeing Session 🎶
Our free weekly online Musicians Wellbeing Session is a relaxed, peer-support space for musicians to check in, connect, and talk openly about mental health and wellbeing — using music as our shared language.
🧠 This week’s theme: Generational Trauma
We’ll explore how experiences, patterns, and stories passed down through families and communities can show up in music and everyday life, including:
• inherited beliefs and expectations
• emotional patterns and survival responses
• cultural identity and storytelling
• how the past can shape creativity and self-expression
• finding your own voice within what you’ve inherited
This session isn’t about analysing the past or finding quick answers.
It’s about gently recognising what we carry, how it affects us as musicians, and creating space for awareness and expression.
💬 Peer-led • lived experience • trauma-informed
🎧 Come to listen, share, or just sit in the space
🎹 No performing. No fixing. Come as you are.
#musicandwellbeing #musicians #artist #singersongwriter #mentalhealthawareness #creativehealth #traumainformed #peersupport #community #generationaltrauma #selfcare
