The Rayne Foundation

We very much welcome the new University of Roehampton Take Note Resources; 100 Everyday Musical Ideas for Carers to Use with Older People, created by Adam Ockelford and Fiona Costa. Congratulatons on an excellent piece of work. Live Music Now sponsored the resource with the generous support of the The Rayne Foundation and the Linbury Trust. https://lnkd.in/dmnAdzEQ This new resource offers practical ideas to integrate music into day to day dementia care and is useable by people who might not consider themselves musical. At yesterday's launch at the University of Roehampton, Adam Ockleford discussed how this project had showed him that people living with dementia can discover and learn new ways to make music, as well as maintaining and reviving existing skills and abilities. These resources give lots of easy ways in for people caring for them to support this, and as Adam put it to “Do the music first”. "We get bogged down with cooking and personal care, and making connections can get lost. Doing the music sessions had a huge impact. They helped to get the connections back. Not only for the relationships with residents but also as a team as well.” - Indira Baster, Manager at Params Care Home Also supporting and featuring at the launch were chair of Live Music Now, Sir Vernon Ellis, musician Christopher Roberts, as well as guests from Dementia Carers Count and the National Care Forum, with a lovely performance from the Warblers singers from Cinnamon Care Collection. Live Music Now will use the new Take Note resource alongside our Live Music In Care programme, which integrates music into the living and caring experience. As well as growing new skills and confidence in the workforce and supporting care homes to be happier places to live, we also see additional benefits such as reduced medication, improved quality of care and increased job satisfaction. #LiveMusicInCare #TakeNote #MusicalCare #MusicAndDementia #PowerOfMusicFund

This week we attended a fantastic launch of Take Note - 100 everyday musical ideas for carers to use with older people. The event was uplifting, energising and brought to life the real power of music to support, inspire and give joy as we age. Live Music Now University of Roehampton Douglas Noble Janet Fischer https://lnkd.in/eG_a2eEt

We’re so grateful to The Rayne Foundation for supporting Blue Cabin’s work over the next three years. And of course, thanks also go to our Chair, Adam Kent, and Vice Chair, Catherine Hearne, for their brilliant support with all things funding, as well as Fundraiser,  Lucy Stone for her brilliance, kindness and expertise. https://lnkd.in/eyWqDFXJ

A fantastic opportunity for young people wanting to make (more) music with others. Orchestras for All are a fabulous, expert (and fun!) organisation which The Rayne Foundation is very proud to support. Please spread the word to those who would enjoy and benefit from this.

an exciting moment…

Dreams do come true! And not just dreams for ourselves but what we want for others. Your dreams can even be attended by the new Care Minister. It’s been many years now that I have been fighting for care workers having a voice in important meetings, decision making and the future of social care. Often finding myself the only current/ former care worker in the room. Care workers belong in every room where decisions are made about them and social care. They are not just tools to deliver care but people with huge hearts, amazing ideas and the expertise to drive positive change. Yesterday The Care Workers' Charity launched the Care Worker Advisory board and the Care Worker Champions projects funded by the amazing and easy to work with The Rayne Foundation . We held a lovely event at the House of Lords sponsored by the wonderful Baroness Julia Neuberger. We had amazing care workers join us as the event was all about them. The Care Minister Stephen Kinnock joined us and delivered a speach that gave us hope and stayed longer than expected to talk to many wonderful people in the room. Huge thanks to my team for all of your hard work on this. Thank you to our event sponsors and everybody attending. Now how can you make your dreams of those of others come true?

It was an absolute privilege to attend the launch of The Care Workers' Charity Care Worker Advisory Board and Champions Project at the House of Lords yesterday. Thank you to The Care Workers' Charity team for your vision and hard work to get the project to this point. We are proud to fund the initiative as part of the Better Careers for Better Care programme and can't wait to hear more from passionate and inspiring professional care workers about their experiences, challenges and solutions for adult social care. Read more about the opportunity to become a Care Worker Advisor or Champion here https://lnkd.in/ej6WkQQk

Happy first birthday Homecare Workers' Group, we are delighted to support your important work to support and amplify the voice of homecare workers

We are delighted to be supporting Who Care Wins! The second national careers conference and exhibition for school and college conference this November, organised by Hallmark Foundation

Invitation to Tender: The Future of Community Assets   We have an exciting opportunity to partner with the Rayne Trust to produce a research and advocacy piece of work exploring the value, state and possible future for our community assets – particularly those multi-functional spaces we typically describe as community centres and hubs. This forms part of a wider emerging programme the Trust is taking forward in this area. If you are passionate about and expert in the areas of community leadership, social infrastructure, design and their benefits to local regeneration, and can produce thoughtful and compelling communications, please take a look.   Deadline for proposals is 26 August 2024. Contact Chris Falconer for further information.