This year we celebrated 30 years of music helping children find their voice, and we couldn’t have done it without our brilliant supporters. We’re deeply grateful to everyone who: Donated to or fundraised for us; Hosted or attended an event; Joined our conference Building the Way Forward Together or came...
We are coming to the end of our 30th Anniversary year and we are very grateful to everyone who has supported us through well wishes, donations and fundraising events. We are finishing the year with a concert at the University of York on Saturday 13th December. The University Choir &...
You did it! Thanks to your Big Give donations, we have raised an incredible £23,605 as well as £2,778.75 in Gift Aid, giving a grand total of £26,383.75 We are excited to use your donations to bring music to more specialist settings next year through our digital resources and in-person...
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death from cancer of bass player Andy Baker – one of Jessie’s Fund’s key musicians over the last 20 years or so. Andy seemed to be at home performing in almost every genre of music, whether classical, jazz, folk or rock. This...
As the final months of our 30th Anniversary celebrations arrive, we are reflecting on what the future holds for Jessie’s Fund. Our mission is to give every child with a life-limiting illness or complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) a voice through music. The question is: how can we...
Exciting developments are coming to our schools programme. We have been granted funding from Paul Hamlyn Foundation for the next three years to improve the sustainability of our impact in schools. We will be working alongside our musician team and school partners to create an accreditation framework for specialist school...
Have shares which are uneconomic to sell? Help support us by donating your small shareholdings to ShareGift, the share donation charity. ShareGift is an independent UK registered charity (No. 1052686) which specialises in releasing the money locked up in small shareholdings, but accept donations of any size. ShareGift specialise in...
We are pleased to announce that our two-day training course is returning in November. We will be running the course in York (10th-11th) and London (17th and 18th) and we look forward to welcoming our next group of music makers. It is a practical, hands-on course that is suitable for...
We are delighted to announce that our Founder Lesley Schatzberger has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 for Services to Children with Life-Limiting Illnesses and Communication Difficulties. Lesley shared:  “To say that I was surprised to be awarded this honour is an understatement, and I...
We returned to York Festival of Ideas on Saturday 7th June with our talk ‘Making Sound Waves: Musical Transformations.’ We last spoke at the festival in 2015 as part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations and we were delighted to be back for our 30th! In this talk, our Founder Lesley...
