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We're just in the middle of recording the second series of our Inspiring Voices Podcast. The second series will focus particularly on how we can inspire young voices and especially on how children and young people who are faced with particular challenges in their lives that effect their mental health can be supported through singing and music-making. Series 2 will be out in a few weeks so make sure that you're subscribed on Spotify or Apple or on your favourite podcast platfo

Sing Up Foundation launches new website and resources to support singing for mental health and wellbeing

The Sing Up Foundation is looking for individuals who are passionate about singing and music-making and improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing to join our Board of Trustees for our charity. Following a period of growth and development supported by Arts Council funding, this is a unique opportunity to help shape our charity and support our work.     Trustees will have an interest and experience with children and young people and a passion for improvi

Sing Up is seeking an organisation or individuals to carry out research on the education sector

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This brand new music education podcast explores the benefits of singing on mental health and wellbeing - new episodes out every fortnight

Sing Up Foundation launches Inspiring Voices, a new podcast exploring the role of singing in improving mental health and wellbeing

Over Autumn 2023 on the Sing Up Foundation podcast, Inspiring Voices, we'll be meeting fascinating singers, teachers, researchers and more, to explore singing for mental health & wellbeing for children & young people. Ahead of our first 2 episodes, featuring Sophie Garner and Aga Serugo-Lugo, we're delighted to share our trailer to give you a flavour of what's coming. You can subscribe now to get the episodes as they are released: Spotify: https://bit.ly/IVPodSpotify Apple:.

Our new Inspiring Voices podcast is coming this September. Join us as we explore the power of singing to transform lives.

Sign up to be the first to know when this brand new report is available. The research conducted by Dr Hala Jaber, Dr Fran Garry and Professor Helen Phelan from the University of Limerick's Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and commissioned by Sing Up Foundation will include a literature review and collection of case studies, interviews and recommendations for further development of work in this area. The research is supported by the British Council through Sing Up Founda

See the full schedule of our two-day online conference 'Singing for Mental Health and Wellbeing: Spotlight on Children and Young People'. Run in partnership with Music for Good and the Singing for Health Network, the conference will run on 26 May and 30 June 2023 and recordings will be made available for all ticket holders. Book your tickets now - there are one and two-day tickets available. https://bit.ly/SHNBookCYPTicket Full schedule - May 26th - Focus on inclusion and wo

Sing Up Foundation, Singing for Health Network and Music for Good are partnering to deliver an online conference.

The Sing Up Foundation has announced that Dr Jeremy Sleith has been appointed as the next Chair of the Board of Trustees.

NEW DATES ADDED: Find out more and apply to take part in our pilot training course for singing leaders who deliver one to one or group singing with children or young people.. Music for Good, Sing Up Foundation and Sing Up are seeking participants to take part in a course in January on developing trauma and mental health-informed singing practice. The course will run fortnightly for a total of 5 sessions that will be 2.5 hours each. There will also be a follow-up feedback and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 December 2022 Sing Up Foundation appoints a team of researchers from the University of Limerick's Irish World Academy of Music and Dance to conduct a research review on singing with young refugees Young singers from the British Council’s World Voice project in Greece performing in a celebration concert. Sing Up Foundation has appointed Dr Hala Jaber, Dr Fran Garry and Professor Helen Phelan from the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music

Project Lead Baz Chapman updates on progress and consultations around the Foundation's work to create a platform to support singing for children & young people's mental health & wellbeing. I’m working with the Sing Up Foundation on a project funded by Arts Council England’s Culture Recovery Fund. We aim to take major strides in supporting singing for mental health & wellbeing in children & young people, by creating an infrastructure which helps anyone looking to develop thei

Sing Up Foundation is looking to appoint a charity fundraiser to help the organisation bring in funds over six months commencing December 2022/January 2023. The commission can be for a freelancer, a fixed-term employee or an organisation. The Foundation has already secured a sustainability grant from Arts Council England, which will help it to create a permanent online platform to support professionals (including those who are not expert singing practitioners) working with si

Sing Up Foundation are inviting organisations to tender for a literature review and a collection of case studies and best practice Political and other types of refugees form a group with added vulnerability to developing mental illness, thought to be due to a complex interaction of social, biological and psychological factors, playing out over the lifespan and across communities. Anecdotal reports from teachers working every day with young refugees in their classrooms and fro

Find out more and apply to take part in our pilot training course for singing leaders who deliver one to one or group singing with children or young people.. Music for Good, Sing Up Foundation and Sing Up are seeking participants to take part in a course this Autumn on developing trauma and mental health-informed singing practice. The course will run fortnightly for a total of 5 sessions that will be 2.5 hours each. There will also be a follow-up feedback and development sess

Baz Chapman shares with us as he begins working with the Sing Up Foundation as a project lead on a sustainability programme supported by ACE