Our training course ‘making music with special children’ returned in November for two in-person days in both York and London. It was great to be able to have the time together to be practical and hands on, and have meaningful musical conversations across locations. Both groups fully embraced the opportunity...
Our musicians Steff and Shaun had a great time at our recent creative music project at Highfield Littleport Academy, near Cambridge. It is an area community special school catering for children aged 2-19 with significant and complex learning difficulties, who may also have associated physical disabilities, sensory, communication or medical...
Our small office team work very hard managing all things Jessie’s Fund, and our morning coffee helps to keep us going. So, we were very pleased to hear that local company Howden Coffee wanted to partner with us. Set up in Howden, East Yorkshire, their focus is to sell exceptional...
Our Founder Lesley met with Bill Cawley, former Mayor of Leek, last week for a cheque presentation by York Minster and the statue of Constantine. Bill kindly chose Jessie’s Fund as one of his two mayoral charities for 2022/3, and raised £4800 to be shared between the two charities. He...
As we move towards our 30th Anniversary in 2025, we’re looking to expand our Board of Trustees, to bring in different people with skills and experience to complement our present team. It doesn’t mater if you’ve not been a charity trustee before; what’s more important is the skills and experience...
In the summer term, we visited Piper Hill School, Brentwood School, Springwood School and Springside School, working with pupils aged 4-19 with a range of special educational needs. The students were paired up and then allocated to a project with two of our experienced musicians. They were asked to reflect...
We had an amazing day with the students, staff and parents from Presfield High School, Rowan Park School and Bluebell Park School, with the SKY music hub, for our Eurovision sharing event. We look forward to sharing some of their songs about summer, teamwork and what happens when you eat...
Thank you to everyone who supported us by nominating us and sharing the link for the Movement for Good prize draw, from the Benefact group. We are pleased to share that we are one of 150 lucky charities who have won £1000! This donation allows us to fund music therapy...
A fantastic free concert was held at York Barbican on Saturday 24th June in aid of Jessie’s Fund, raising over £400 to help children with additional needs through the power of music. It featured wind and brass musicians that have traveled all the way from America, as well as two...
We recently ran a five-day creative music at The Dales School, Northallerton, who cater for children aged 2-19 with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties, which the school said was a ‘magical experience for all involved’. Our musicians Joe and Helen worked across a range of classes to bring...
