Transforming Communities

Minds Matter: A toolkit for musicians working in paediatric care

DEVELOPED BY ALDER HEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND LIVE MUSIC NOW
TOOLKIT AUTHOR: GEORGINA AASGAARD | FUNDED BY YOUTH MUSIC
Welcome to the Minds Matter Musicians’ Toolkit.

This toolkit is designed to provide musicians with guidance for delivering music in paediatric healthcare.

The recommendations are based on 15 years of music programming in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. This includes learning from the Minds Matter project with Live Music Now, during which musicians focused their work on addressing the wellbeing and mental health of long-term patients in the hospital post Covid-19.