Sing Up Foundation

💭"All behaviour is communication."💭 - @Alice Nicholls asks how can we better attune ourselves to the needs of neurodiverse young people? Join us as we explore singing and neurodiversity with two brilliant specialists - singing for health practitioner and researcher Abigail Mann-Daraz BSc. (Hons). MA (Voice Ped). GMBPsS and music therapist Alice Nicholls. Abi is a singing for health and wellbeing practitioner and researcher with a specialist focus on autism, stammering and mental health. She works with the Singing for Health Network and the International Centre for Community Music at York St John University. Alice is a neurologic music therapist and clinical supervisor covering neurodivergence, specifically autism, ADHD, brain trauma. They are currently working from Chiltern Music Therapy and Forget Me Not Children's Hospice in Huddersfield. Drawing on their work as music practitioners and their own lived experiences, they offer powerful insights into creating musical spaces where every child can flourish. Listen/watch now on: 🎧Spotify: ⁠https://spoti.fi/3Ybd2xT⁠ 🎧Apple: ⁠https://apple.co/3AbokKr⁠ 🎧Amazon Music: ⁠https://amzn.to/4f9fJXu⁠ 📺YouTube: ⁠https://bit.ly/4dWErcw⁠ #MusicTherapy #InclusiveSinging #MusicEducation #MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #autism #stammering #adhd

Immensely powerful and inspiring video featuring one of our recent podcast guests John Kelly - well worth watching! https://lnkd.in/e_MzR7Wr Listen to him on our podcast in our most recent episode here: 🎧Spotify: https://bit.ly/3YVqAPu 🎧Apple: https://bit.ly/3AqHxYN 🎧Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3raZXrF 🎧Youtube: https://lnkd.in/eA4mtawK

🎶 Calling All #SingingLeaders & Teachers! 🎶 Discover Powerful Singing Approaches for #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing Learn how singing activities can support mental health, from group singing sessions to using our voices in nature and therapeutic songwriting. Dive into our comprehensive guide: https://bit.ly/4fc8I80 #MusicEd #singing #creativehealth #musiceducation #singingforhealth #musicleaders

Many thanks to all of our supporters, followers, listeners and friends! We also wanted to send a special thanks to 7th West Wickham Scouts Group who are having a Christmas Concert this weekend and will be collecting funds to support our work. Another special thanks also goes out to London Oriana Choir Limited who selected us to be their charity this year and have been collecting donations for us at all of their concerts this year. There's still time to get tickets to go to their Christmas Concerts on 20 & 21 December in London. If you'd like to fundraise to support our work, get in touch. And, many thanks to all who support our work, listen to our podcast, download our reports and research and access our resources and materials. Thank you! #thankyou #christmasconcert #fundraising #charity

A huge thank you to Sing Up Foundation for inviting me Blue Cabin to take part in this conversation alongside John Kelly. A rich, insightful and thought provoking space, hosted with care and sensitivity by podcast hosts Celi Barberia & Baz Chapman. 🩵

🌟 "The sense of 'who am I?' can be at the heart of a care-experienced life" 🌟 - Jenny Young Listen in as Blue Cabin director Jenny Young shares the vital work of Blue Cabin's innovative Creative Life Story Work in supporting care-experienced young people. In our latest podcast episode "Music is a passport to freedom" (OUT NOW), we sit down with Jenny Young (from charity Blue Cabin) and disabled musician John Kelly and to discuss singing in relation to two different contexts where potentially life-limiting situations can affect mental health & wellbeing. John speaks about the power of singing for young people with disabilities whilst Jenny talks about music for young people in the care system. Many thanks to our wonderful guests. Listen/watch now on: 🎧Spotify: https://bit.ly/3YVqAPu 🎧Apple: https://bit.ly/3AqHxYN 🎧Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3raZXrF 🎧Youtube: https://lnkd.in/eA4mtawK #MusicEducation #ArtsandHealth #EDI #Inclusion #musiced #InclusivePractice #careexperienced #singingforwellbeing #childrensmentalhealth #lifestorywork #singingforhealth

"Inclusive practice is best practice" - John Kelly. We agree! 🎯 In our latest podcast episode "Music is a passport to freedom" (OUT NOW), we sit down with disabled musician John Kelly and Jenny Young (from charity Blue Cabin) to discuss singing in relation to two different contexts where potentially life-limiting situations can affect mental health & wellbeing. John speaks about the power of singing for young people with disabilities whilst Jenny talks about music for young people in the care system. Listen/watch now on: 🎧Spotify: https://bit.ly/3YVqAPu 🎧Apple: https://bit.ly/3AqHxYN 🎧Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3raZXrF 🎧Youtube: https://lnkd.in/eTxHWy2g #MusicEducation #ArtsandHealth #EDI #Inclusion #musiced #InclusivePractice

💡 Brilliant tips here from Emily Murphy 💡 Thanks for chatting with us and sharing your insights and advice on creating an inclusive singing strategy!

"Singing is a whole body experience..."- Emily Foulkes, researcher and director of Music For Good UK and the Singing for Health Network. 🎶 🎯 In the Sing Up Foundation's latest #InspiringVoicesPodcast episode, we're joined by both Emily and clinical psychologist, researcher and writer Dr Naomi Fisher to explore how we can create safe and supportive spaces for young people facing mental health challenges. How can we use singing to empower young people and help them flourish? Listen to our newest episode "Designing an environment where young people thrive" - OUT NOW. Spotify: https://bit.ly/3YVqAPu Apple: https://bit.ly/3AqHxYN Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3raZXrF Youtube: https://lnkd.in/eMKpYyYQ #mentalhealth #wellbeing #singing #musiceducation #musiced #education #musicmatters #singingforwellbeing #singingforhealthandwellbeing #childrenandyoungpeople #learning #CAMHS

💡💡💡 "We miss a trick with young people by obliging them to do things because we make learning harder..." Naomi Fisher on our #InspiringVoicesPodcast NEW EPISODE OUT NOW: "Designing an environment where young people thrive" with Dr Naomi Fisher and Emily Foulkes How do we create an environment which is safe and supportive to young people facing challenges with their mental health? What’s wrong with the current system, where waiting lists for mental health can be years long? And can singing really help? Yes it can, according to clinical psychologist, researcher and writer Dr Naomi Fisher, and Emily Foulkes, researcher and director of Music For Good UK and the Singing for Health Network. Many thanks to our wonderful podcast guests! 🎧 🎧 🎧 Spotify: https://bit.ly/3AJ0yWF Apple: https://bit.ly/3ZtN7n3 Amazon Music: https://bit.ly/3YYV81z 📺 Youtube: https://lnkd.in/ea-zuBU6 #mentalhealth #wellbeing #singing #musiceducation #musiced #education #musicmatters #singingforwellbeing #singingforhealthandwellbeing #childrenandyoungpeople #learning