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Our Joint Head Baz Chapman joined BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour this week to discuss why singing matters for young people's mental health and wellbeing and why so many lose access to it just when they need it most.

As mental health challenges among children reach crisis levels, Sing Up Foundation is launching research to inform its State of Play report on how singing supports children and young people's mental health and wellbeing. The Foundation's Practitioner Survey (https://bit.ly/SUFSurvey2026), live this week, will gather insights from teachers, music leaders, mental health professionals, and youth workers internationally to build this picture of current practice, challenges, and

The mental health crisis among children and we need your help to understand the full picture and learn how we can support you in your work.

Our friends at Youth Music recently scooped a Heritage Award at the British Documentary Film Festival. Their #RescueTheRoots short film, produced by Tell Studio, showcases the life-changing impact music has had on the lives of three young people, as well as cutting a stark picture of the urgent crisis facing grassroots youth music organisations.

Sing Up Day is back on June 18, 2025 ! Join us for a global celebration focused on empowering children and young people through singing and music. This year, the Sing Up Foundation has teamed up with Sing Up to highlight the strong link between singing, mental health, and wellbeing. What's New for Sing Up Day 2025? This year's theme focuses on self-belief and tapping into your inner power. We're excited to bring you: A new anthem:  Learn and sing In me I trust a specially c

Sing Up Foundation is today publishing a new report, ‘Then the dream started to be more’: Singing and Music-Making with Refugee Children...

Two weeks to go until episodes of our new series of Inspiring Voices are launched! Check out our trailer below to hear from some of the first few guests of the series. We've had some fascinating conversations that we can't wait to share with you. The Inspiring Voices Podcast  features conversations exploring the role of singing, songwriting, voice exploration and creative music-making in transforming young people's mental health and wellbeing. Subscribe now on your favourite

Check out our interview on the Singing Teachers Talk podcast - talking about the Foundation, Sing Up's roots and the benefits of singing

Our new series of Inspiring Voices is coming soon. We thought you might a quick preview of who we will be talking to ...

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

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:.

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.

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

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

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