Nordoff and Robbins

Relive all the best bits from this year's O2 Silver Clefs! 💙 Thank you to everyone involved for helping us raise more than £760,000 for music therapy 🎶 With a special thanks to O2 (Telefónica UK), Virgin Media O2, Amazon Music, RAYMOND WEIL, American Express, Tysers Live, Live Nation Entertainment, AEG Presents UK, ASM Global, Oak View Group, PizzaExpress Live, PPL, Ticketmaster UK, Two Tribes Brewery, Kylie Minogue Wines, Marshall Group and All on the Board.

We're delighted to announce that Jason Iley MBE, Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment UK and Ireland will receive this year’s Music Industry Trusts Award (MITS), recognising his contribution to the British music industry. The MITS award will be presented to Jason on 4 November at an event that raises vital funds to support our work. Since 1992, the MITS Award has raised millions for Nordoff and Robbins and The BRIT Trust, while recognising the outstanding individuals that have made the UK music industry what it is today. In a career spanning three decades, Jason has consistently championed new talent and has worked with some of the biggest names in music. We're looking to forward to celebrating Jason's career and raising money for music therapy in November! Read more on our website https://lnkd.in/eGAfSVAb

It’s been an unforgettable day at the #O2SilverClefs! 💙 We’ve been celebrating the incredible musical talent of blur, AC/DC, Chaka Khan, Mark Knopfler, Texas, Jessie Ware, Loyle Carner, The 1975, Jacob Collier, Young Fathers, Ezra Collective and Cat Burns. We’re so grateful to everyone who supported the event, including O2 and all our sponsors. Together we’ve raised an incredible £760K and counting so we can help more people through the power of music therapy 🎶 Thank you to everyone who made it possible including Amazon Music, RAYMOND WEIL, American Express, Tysers Live, Live Nation Entertainment, AEG Presents UK, ASM Global, Oak View Group, PizzaExpress Live, PPL, Ticketmaster UK, Two Tribes Brewery, Kylie Minogue Wines, Marshall Group and All on the Board. O2 (Telefónica UK) Virgin Media O2

Our open letter from the Power of Music Consortium calls on the next Government to ensure music is a central part of health and education policymaking. You can read the full letter below and show your support by signing up to the Power of Music Consortium here: https://lnkd.in/eHdrGAzD

Want to know what each party’s manifesto has planned for music? Take a look at this info ⬇️

We were delighted to host The BRIT Trust at our London Centre yesterday! Our partnership with the BRIT Trust and our shared belief in the power of music is vital to our ability to deliver music therapy to those who need it most. This year we are celebrating 35 years of partnership, and an amazing £9.2m donated by the BRIT Trust. Their support has allowed us to deliver over 250,000 music therapy sessions and reach almost 100,000 vulnerable children and adults.

We form part of the Power of Music Consortium, together with UK Music Ltd, Music for Dementia, the National Academy for Social Prescribing, Manchester Camerata and more. Our open letter to all candidates ahead of the general election calls on the next Government to ensure music is a central part of health and education policymaking. Our four key asks are: 1. Maintain music as a key part of the social prescribing agenda. 2. Build on the Power of Music Fund financial model, combining public funds with those from philanthropy and business, to widen access to music-based support and gather data on the health impacts and the scale of financial savings to the NHS. 3. Work with music and health organisations to develop a national training and education strategy that encompasses: a. Increased music tuition for children and young people at school. This should include training and recruiting 1,000 more music teachers, the delivery of an arts pupil premium and an increase in funding for Music Education Hubs. b. Training for musicians in how to use music therapeutically. c. Give relevant frontline health and care professionals musical techniques and resources that help make it easier to provide person-centred care. 4. Partner with the music industry and wellbeing sector to raise public awareness of the therapeutic power of music so they can incorporate it into healthy lifestyles. 5. Appoint a coordinating role within the Cabinet Office to embed music across arts, health and education policy and harness its full health and money-saving potential for the nation. You can read the full letter here: https://bit.ly/4ez6y39 The Consortium has engaged with over 200 organisations to date, and we are grateful to all the organisations who have participated in our sessions or contributed ideas. You can show your support and sign up to the Power of Music Consortium here: https://bit.ly/3xHJcHT

Today we had a very special guest at our intergenerational music therapy session, Dave Rowntree from blur! The session is run by our music therapist Kylie at Barchester Healthcare's Red Oaks care home in Henfield. Dave came to see our work in action ahead of blur being honoured with the prestigious O2 Silver Clef Award in a couple of weeks 💙

There's still time to get muddy for music therapy! 🤎 Music Mudder with Wasserman sees teams from the music industry take on an adrenaline-pumping outdoor obstacle course in the picturesque woodland of Dorking, Surrey. All the funds raised will go towards music therapy, helping vulnerable people across the UK. Find out more https://lnkd.in/ebwjtSQQ

Want to find out more about our Master of Music Therapy programme in Newcastle? Join us at our in-person open evening on Monday 1 July 😊 Meet with tutors, find out more about the programme and check out our facilities. 💻 We’re also running an online open evening on Wednesday 26 June. Book your place https://lnkd.in/eHFQsuFP