Cambridgeshire Music For Wellbeing

A community based organisation formed and founded by Rachael Gow in 2024. Cambridgeshire Music for Wellbeing (CMFW) was created to provide music wellness programmes to various demographics across the community. The aim is to support mental wellbeing and empower people through music making.

CMFW is in the progress of launching five main programmes. They are as follows:

  1. Meret (Community Choir)

  2. Harmony (Adult’s SEN Music Therapy Group)

  3. Be In A Band (Children’s Music Club)

  4. The Muses (Art and Music)

  5. Mnemosyne - Memory Music

More information will be posted soon about each of the programmes. Stay tuned!

Programmes

Each tab has information on the programmes currently offered by CMFW. If the information you are looking for is not available, please do contact us at:

cambridgemusicforwellbeing@gmail.com

  • A community choir based in Bar Hill, Cambridge, UK.
    This choir is open to all ages and all abilities. We cover a range of genres of music and take requests from the choir members.
    We meet every Thursday evening during term time at the Octagon room in Bar Hill.
    A small contribution is asked of each member each week to cover hiring and professional fees and music copyrighting.

    We are set to perform at the summer fete at Bar Hill in July 2024.

    If you would like to join, feel free to come along to a rehearsal, or send us an email to find out more!

  • This is a group activity club run during the school holidays for children between the ages of 7-13.
    The premise of the club is to form a band together in small groups. This covers everything from coming up with a name, designing a logo, writing lyrics and choosing instruments to play during the songs.

    This programme ran as a pilot series this summer for SClub21, a local organisation for children with Down Syndrome.

    This programme aims to run during every term break. Please do get in contact to be placed on the waiting list.

    Be In A Band can be adapted for SEN groups, and older children groups.

  • This is a music and art short term group programme aimed a people in the community who experience mental health problems.
    The programme is designed to support group members process and lear to cope with traumatic experiences and low mood through the creative mediums of art and music.

    This programme is aiming to be fully funded by Arts bursaries and grants.

    There is currently a fundraiser running live for this, which can be found by following this link:

    https://gofund.me/eeef3933

  • A community choir and social gathering time for the elderly, those living with dementia and all their loved ones.

    Mnemosyne is an opportunity to come together to sing familiar songs associated with joyful memories. This also provides the opportunity to meet with others, spend time with friends and family and make meaningful connections.

  • This is a weekly music therapy group session for adults with learning disabilities. It aims to work on developmental skills, social interaction and communication skills as well as encouraging playfulness, engagement and nurtures a love of music. The sessions aim to provide an opportunity to explore the world around them through a different medium.

    The programme aims to launch in January 2025.