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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.

What’s the feeling around Music Education Hubs about singing and music making to support mental health & wellbeing? Baz Chapman attended the Music Mark Conference in Nottingham in November to find out. It was great to be able to join Sing Up colleagues and attend the Music Mark Conference, to represent the Sing Up Foundation and to be a panellist for a session on Wellbeing in Schools.

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...

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

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.

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

Through our focus groups we've been exploring singing for mental health and wellbeing and how we can support vocal leaders to lead this work

Let's explore what is meant by singing for mental health and wellbeing and what makes these singing sessions distinct from others.