Music, making connections, and mental health: insights from Carers' Music Fund

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Host: Ingrid Abreu Scherer, Civil Society Lead at the What Works Centre for Wellbeing. whatworkswellbeing.orgWith huge thanks to the project staff and participants who spoke to us for this podcast, and shared their music-making.Peter and Gina from the Monster Extraction project in My Pockets, an award winning production company based in Hull and East Yorkshire. My Pockets make innovative and heartfelt films, music, digital campaigns and social art projects. http://www.mypockets.co.uk/Laura Roberts from Jack Drum Arts, a sustainable, locally-based social enterprise providing cultural opportunities for communities in County Durham and the wider region through a range of workshops, courses, theatre, music-making and outdoor events. https://www.jackdrum.co.uk/Teya-Jean Bawden from the Lullaby Project in Fèis Rois, enables people of all ages to access, participate in and enjoy the traditional arts and Gaelic language through a diverse programme of activities in Ross & Cromarty, across Scotland and beyond.Ruth Hollis from Spirit of 2012. The Carers’ Music Fund was made possible by funding that Spirit of 2012 received from the Tampon Tax Fund, awarded through the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).