List of activities

We returned to visit our Local Partners at Public School #198, Public School #200 and the Parents Bridge Centre (Tbilisi) to observe practice, evaluate skills and offer on-site support and additional training, as well as to discuss the development of the new Music Therapy Centre in Tbilisi.

We attended the British Association for Music Therapy conference in London, chairing a Roundtable presentation with 5 Advisory Panel music therapists who shared their experiences of delivering introductory training projects in the UK using our sill-sharing approach, with a focus on lessons learned and inviting discussion among other UK music therapists sharing their skills independently.

We shared in the delivery of a conference hosted by Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge) and funded by the Utley Fundation, alongside fellow Dementia and Music Commissioners from Anglia Ruskin University, Methodist Homes for the Aged, Playlist for Life and Music for Dementia 2020.

We provided musical instruments to replenish those used by our local trainers in Rwanda, and to continue facilitating, supporting and advising their locally-led training activities.

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A 6-week on-site skill-sharing project providing training to caregivers working in 3 care settings in and around Addis Ababa: Hospice Ethiopia, FENAID and Gefersa Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre.

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Our Director was a commissioner working with the Utley Foundation and ILC-UK to explore the existing use of music in dementia care, and collating the wide-ranging evidence for its benefits, including using music to tackle anxiety, depression and stress in people living with dementia.

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We attended the World Congress of Music Therapy in Japan where Alexia Quin presented a paper exploring how music therapists who have led international skill-sharing projects have been inspired to undertake a series of pilot projects in the UK, supporting and enhancing care practice for young children, adults with learning disabilities and people living with dementia.

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Guest lecture to students on the Masters in Music Therapy course at the University of Roehampton, with a focus on skill-sharing as a technique for music therapists to extend the reach of their work and responsible international development practice.

We enlisted the help of our UK Partners who participated in projects within our “Bringing it all back Home” initiative to co-create a short film showcasing the impact and potential of the training projects for people offering care and activities to people across the lifespan within our UK Programme.

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We returned to Gisenyi to support our Local Partners working with The Gallagher Trust to reflect on and nurture their use of music with the young people with disabilities who attend the Ubumwe Centre.

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