After a year and a half of being silenced, York’s chamber orchestra, the Academy of St Olave’s, celebrates getting back to live concerts with a popular programme in aid of Jessie’s Fund. The Academy of St Olave’s and Jessie’s Fund have strong links: the orchestra’s director is Alan George, Jessie’s...
Zizi45, who is 7 years old, watched her dad Criztoz, DJ, using 7 inch vinyl records – also known as 45s – at home and on live streams. As she loves music she wanted to try DJ’ing and really enjoyed it and spending quality time with her Dad. She now...
You can be part of the world’s first 100,000 person marathon by joining the Virtual Virgin Money London Marathon. This takes place on the same date as the classic run – 3rd October 2021 – but you make your own route, with plenty of incentive from the organisers (including getting...
Little Bridge House is one of three hospices run by Children’s Hospice South West: Jessie’s Fund has supported music therapy there for some time. Ceridwen Rees, the music therapist at Little Bridge House, was furloughed during the first lockdown, and tells us that when she went back, staff and families...
Since November 2020, Kirsty Ormston has been developing the Music Therapy Service on the Neonatal Unit at University College Hospital, London. Music therapy has helped with interaction, soothing, and bonding, and has provided many families with the confidence to sing with their infant. Music therapy also provides an opportunity for...
It will come as no surprise that our events celebrating our 25th anniversary last year had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, but we are thrilled that two have been rescheduled. The performance of Messiah by The English Concert, directed by our Patron Trevor Pinnock – originally to have...
One of our last projects before the world was turned upside down by the pandemic was at Mabel Prichard School, in Oxfordshire. Mabel Prichard School is a community special school for children and young people with complex needs from the ages of 2 to 19. The school says ‘We believe...
This year our training courses have been rather different in format, but still full of fantastic ideas and techniques for making music with children who have complex needs. Initially we scheduled two courses, but due to popular demand we added a third, all delivered online, led by our expert team...
Music Nomad is a music equipment care company located in the US. Their ‘One for Music‘ programme supports the music community by donating a percentage of Music Nomad’s yearly sales to organisations which use music to transform lives and communities. We’re delighted that they discovered Jessie’s Fund and decided to...
We’re delighted that Maxine Peake presented our Lifeline Appeal, shown on BBC One on Sunday 25th October 2020. This 9 minute programme gives you a glimpse of how we help children to communicate through music, and you can watch it here. You’ll see Caleb, who has his own way of...
