Liverpool Philharmonic announces music and mental health programme expansion with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership

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Liverpool Philharmonic announces music and mental health programme expansion with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership

Monday 16 December 2019

Liverpool Philharmonic announces music and mental health programme expansion with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Wirral Council.

Programme to reach 20,000 people by 2023.

Liverpool Philharmonic is set to expand its music and mental health programme, now in its eleventh year, establishing new partnerships with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Wirral Council. We aim to create a Liverpool City Region where any person experiencing mental ill-health can access, enjoy and benefit from music to support their recovery and wellbeing.

The new partnership launched in Autumn 2019 with Liverpool Philharmonic’s musicians leading music sessions and performances at Springview, a mental health inpatient unit on the Wirral. Sessions involved people living with dementia and all service users, families and staff in the unit’s communal healing environment.

Participants from Cheshire and Wirral will also take part in the growing number of community music and mental health courses, performances and activities at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, supported by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, the Foyle Foundation, Medicash and BUPA UK Foundation.

In the last eleven years, more than 10,000 people have participated in Liverpool Philharmonic’s Music and Mental Health programme in partnership with Mersey Care. Through in-patient services and a range of community based courses at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Mersey Care’s Life Rooms centres, service users have engaged in activities including singing, improvisation, composition, music and film, music promoters courses, as well as rehearsal visits and performances by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and guest artists.

A report assessing the ten-year impact of the programme highlighted a range of positive impacts for service users, supporting their recovery, health and wellbeing by increasing confidence and participation and reducing isolation.

The expansion of the programme with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership and Wirral Council forms part of Liverpool Philharmonic’s ambition to reach a further 10,000 people by 2023, creating opportunities for Cheshire and Wirral services users to access high quality, person-centred musical experiences.

Acting Associate Director of Operations for Specialist Mental Health at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Sarah Quinn said:

Music can play a key part in supporting our service users’ wellbeing and recovery and we are thrilled to be able to host world class musicians from Liverpool Philharmonic to play for them. The sessions are truly uplifting and deliver person-centred musical experiences to everyone at Springview.

Julie Webster, Director for Health and Wellbeing at Wirral Council said:

We are incredibly proud to be a part of this project. Supporting our residents to improve their mental health and wellbeing is a key priority in Wirral, and the wider Cheshire and Merseyside region. By working with creative and community-based partners, such as the Liverpool Philharmonic, we’re offering more and more people the opportunity to access health and wellbeing activities alongside the medical support they currently receive.

Peter Garden, Executive Director – Performance and Learning, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic said:

Our music and mental health programme is a significant part of the work we do to connect with residents across Liverpool City Region, both on and off the concert stage. We know that music can impact lives in a very powerful way.

Notes to Editors

Media enquiries and further information from:
Millicent Jones, Executive Director-Audiences and Development, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Tel: 0151 210 2915 / 07896 159 134
Email: millicent.jones@liverpoolphil.com