We had a wonderful time at our 30th Anniversary Conference at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on 3rd April 2025. It was a full morning, from Lesley’s introduction sharing Jessie’s story and the creation of Jessie Fund, the group Hey Dumba samba with Mark Withers, Charles Hazlewood’s call to action to be authentic disrupters within the music space, to Mark Hildred reassuring his group that all music cupboards contain a tangle of wires and accessible tech that it is worth digging out the manual for and Ray Travasso giving case studies of his ‘Sound Foundations’, including the amazing Band Practice sessions at EACH Hospice. After lunch, we welcomed pupils from Piper Hill school who showed us a brilliant example of how our sessions in schools work, with one pupil even leading the thank you song at the end, followed by students from the Royal Northern College of Music who told us about their experiences of our creative music residency as well as demonstrating some of the techniques they learn on the training weekend. Many of us are still reflecting on the powerful stories shared by the authors at the book launch, all music therapists and parents with extensive experience of music therapy in palliative care settings, brought together by Victoria Kammin and Julie Russell. If you would like to purchase a copy of the book ‘Music Therapy in Children’s Palliative Care: Collaborative Family and Practitioner Voices’, you can find it here. We ended the day with singing and movement, led with joy by Jess Baker. Music can often be seen as a nice add-on to provision. This day showed that it is so much more than that, and that we need to work together to continue the quiet revolution of ensuring all children and young people with complex needs are given the chance to express themselves through music.