Lullaby Essex: Music, Wellbeing and Connection for New Families
Live Music Now’s Lullaby Essex project is bringing creativity, confidence and connection to parents and babies and increasing engagement with local support services. Delivered in partnership with Parents 1st UK and B3 CIC, across Basildon and Tendring the project uses the power of music to support perinatal mental health, baby bonding and community connection. It […]
Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Through Songwriting in Medway
In 2025 Live Music Now’s Lullaby Intervention has come to Medway for the first time as part of Medway Creative Health Place Partnership Programme funded by Arts Council England and is already showing positive impact in terms of improvements in wellbeing and the creation of a support network for participants. Developed with local Medway partners […]
Musical Connections: Nurturing Musical Cultures in Autism Resource Bases
Join us for an online session to explore music education in Autism Resource Bases in Wales. We want every autistic child and young person to access creative, child‑centred music education.
The power of songwriting to support maternal mental health in Northern Ireland.
Live Music Now Northern Ireland is delighted to announce that we have been awarded £18, 125 of funding from the National Lottery, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Baring Foundation’s through the Arts and Mental Health Partnership Programme to launch the Lullaby Project in Northern Ireland for the very first time. The Lullaby […]
What Once Stood: Dyffryn in Song!
What Once Stood: Dyffryn in Song! is a collaborative music project offering community members the opportunity to work with professional musicians over an eight-week period, to create a unique song for the people of Taibach, South Wales.
Live Music Now NI Awarded Funding from SPAR NI Community Cashback Scheme
Live Music Now NI are delighted to receive funding from the SPAR NI Community Cashback scheme. This support will help us to bring the power of live music to over 600 disabled children, 1,000 primary school children, and 50 older adults and their families, across Northern Ireland in 2025/26. It will also provide crucial support […]
Live Music Now Partners with Person Centred Software to Bring Music into Care Homes
Live Music Now has teamed up with Person Centred Software (PCS), provider of the Oomph! WELLBEING AND ACTIVITIES PLATFORM, to bring the joy and benefits of live music to thousands more care homes across the UK. Through this collaboration, Live Music Now musicians will deliver an initial six-session pilot programme of recorded concerts, each accompanied […]
Join Live Music Now at the London Landmarks Half Marathon 2026!
We are thrilled to announce that Live Music Now is recruiting runners for the London Landmarks Half Marathon 2026! This iconic event offers participants the unique opportunity to run through London’s historic landmarks while supporting our mission to bring the joy of live music to those who need it most. From cultural landmarks and heritage to […]
Bringing Music to All: NWIMF and Live Music Now Cymru celebrate more than two decades of partnership
North Wales International Music Festival (NWIMF) and Live Music Now Cymru are entering their third decade of collaboration – a partnership that has transformed the way communities across the region experience live music.
Shared Notes: Autism and Music Education Research Podcast with Dr Beth Pickard and Alex Lupo
Discover new insights in inclusive music education with the first two episodes of our new Shared Notes Podcast, now live! Listen below 🎧 Join Dr Beth Pickard and Alex Lupo as they share behind-the-scenes reflections on the AHRC Spoke project so far – from the research process to early findings – and what this could […]
Live Music Now Northern Ireland Secures Key Funding to Expand Music for Wellbeing and Inclusion
Live Music Now NI is thrilled to announce that it has secured funding for a second consecutive year from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Annual Funding Programme (AFP).
Online Survey for AHRC funded research into music education provision in Autism Resource Bases
We all know how much music can offer young people. Access to music education is every child’s right. For autistic young people, research has found music can impact: 💬 communication and language development, 🤝 social interaction, 🧘♂️ anxiety and emotional regulation, 🌟 confidence and self-esteem, 🎯motor coordination & sensory integration. But we also understand that […]