Headway launches music therapy programme for people with Acquired Brain Injury
Mind and Sound: Headway’s Lottery funded music therapy programme launches to support people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) across Cardiff and South East Wales
Nordoff and Robbins receives £95,519 of National Lottery Community Funding to support people living with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
We’re delighted to have received £95,519 of National Lottery Community Funding to launch ‘Mind and Sound’, a project designed to support people living with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) across Cardiff and South East Wales through music therapy, in partnership with brain injury charity, Headway Cardiff & South East Wales.
By using participatory music-making to improve confidence, wellbeing, and social inclusion, Mind and Sound builds on existing local provision of music therapy delivered by Nordoff and Robbins to the ABI community of South East Wales, alongside Headway Cardiff & South East Wales, since 2019.
The project, which started in April this year and will be delivered over three years, offers an inclusive, creative approach that fills a critical gap for individuals with complex needs – particularly for those who find it difficult to engage with more traditional forms of support following a hospital stay.
Mind and Sound will be delivered at Headway Cardiff & South East Wales’ fully accessible Independence and Wellbeing Centre in University Hospital Llandough, as well as community venues and online sessions to maximise accessibility.
Designed in close collaboration with the community it serves, building on participants’ strengths, skills, and experiences, Mind and Sound activities will include one-to-one and group music sessions, as well as performances and celebration events that unite people and strengthen community ties.
The project has been made possible through funding from The National Lottery Community Fund’s People and Places programme in Wales. This funding supports community-led projects that bring people together, build on local strengths, and create lasting positive change.
Through the project, it is estimated that 260 family members and carers will benefit from respite from their role as carers, leading to reduced stress and stronger relationships. In addition, around 90 health and wellbeing professionals supporting the ABI community will have an increased awareness of music therapy and how music can support wellbeing.
Fraser Simpson, Regional Manager for South West & South Wales, Nordoff and Robbins, said: “We’re delighted to have received such generous funding from the National Lottery Community Fund’s People and Places programme, so we can move forward with the Mind and Sound project. Working closely with our delivery partner Headway Cardiff & South East Wales, we will run an accessible, co-created programme of music therapy to help people to recover and overcome the challenges resulting from ABI, whilst also benefitting families, carers, volunteers and staff. Our long-standing collaboration with Headway has ensured the project is shaped by lived experience and responds directly to the needs of those it supports.”
Rebecca Pearce, CEO, Headway Cardiff & South East Wales, said: “Since 2019 we have seen the positive impact that music therapy delivered by Nordoff and Robbins has had on our participants. Furthering this impact over the next three years, Mind and Sound aims to improve wellbeing, confidence and emotional expression, reduce social isolation among people with ABI, and enhance community connection and peer support. By creating a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment, the project is helping individuals – particularly those at highest risk of isolation – to reconnect with themselves and others.”
Cof a Sŵn: Rhaglen therapi cerddoriaeth a ariennir gan y Loteri yn lansio i gefnogi pobl ag Anafiadau i’r Ymennydd a ledled Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain Cymru
Mae Nordoff a Robbins yn derbyn £95,519 o Gronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol i gefnogi pobl sy’n byw gydag Anafiadau i’r Ymennydd (ACI) drwy therapi cerddoriaeth
Mae Nordoff a Robbins, elusen therapi cerddoriaeth fwyaf y DU, yn dathlu derbyn £95,519 o Gronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol i lansio ‘Cof a Sŵn’, prosiect sydd wedi’i gynllunio i gefnogi pobl sy’n byw gydag Anafiadau i’r Ymennydd a ledled Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain Cymru drwy therapi cerddoriaeth, mewn partneriaeth â’r elusen anafiadau i’r ymennydd, Headway Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain Cymru.
Drwy ddefnyddio creu cerddoriaeth cyfranogol i wella hyder, lles a chynhwysiant cymdeithasol, mae Cof a Sŵn yn adeiladu ar y ddarpariaeth leol bresennol o therapi cerddoriaeth a ddarperir gan Nordoff a Robbins i gymuned ABI De-ddwyrain Cymru, ochr yn ochr â Headway Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain Cymru, ers 2019.
Dechreuodd y prosiect ym mis Ebrill eleni a bydd yn cael ei gyflwyno dros gyfnod o dair blynedd. Mae’n cynnig dull cynhwysol a chreadigol sy’n llenwi bwlch hollbwysig ar gyfer unigolion ag anghenion cymhleth – yn enwedig y rhai sy’n ei chael hi’n anodd ymgysylltu â mathau mwy traddodiadol o gymorth ar ôl cyfnod yn yr ysbyty.
Bydd Cof a Sŵn yn cael ei gyflwyno yng Nghanolfan Annibyniaeth a Llesiant gwbl hygyrch Headway Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain Cymru yn Ysbyty Athrofaol Llandochau, yn ogystal â lleoliadau cymunedol a sesiynau ar-lein er mwyn sicrhau’r hygyrchedd mwyaf posibl.
Wedi’i gynllunio mewn cydweithrediad agos â’r gymuned y mae’n ei gwasanaethu, gan adeiladu ar gryfderau, sgiliau a phrofiadau’r cyfranogwyr, bydd gweithgareddau Cof a Sŵn yn cynnwys sesiynau cerddoriaeth unigol a grŵp, yn ogystal â pherfformiadau a digwyddiadau dathlu sy’n dod â phobl at ei gilydd ac yn cryfhau cysylltiadau cymunedol.
Mae’r prosiect wedi’i wneud yn bosibl drwy gyllid gan raglen Pawb a’i Le Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol yng Nghymru. Mae’r cyllid hwn yn cefnogi prosiectau dan arweiniad cymunedau sy’n dod â phobl at ei gilydd, yn adeiladu ar gryfderau lleol ac yn creu newid cadarnhaol parhaol.
Drwy’r prosiect, amcangyfrifir y bydd 260 o aelodau teulu a gofalwyr yn elwa ar seibiant o’u rôl fel gofalwyr, gan arwain at lai o straen a pherthnasoedd cryfach. Yn ogystal, bydd tua 90 o weithwyr iechyd a lles proffesiynol sy’n cefnogi’r gymuned ABI yn ennill gwell ymwybyddiaeth o therapi cerddoriaeth a sut y gall cerddoriaeth gefnogi lles.
Dywedodd Fraser Simpson, Rheolwr Rhanbarthol ar gyfer De-orllewin a De Cymru, Nordoff a Robbins: “Rydym wrth ein boddau o dderbyn cyllid mor hael gan raglen Pawb a’i Le Cronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol, sy’n ein galluogi i fwrw ymlaen â phrosiect Cof a Sŵn. Gan weithio’n agos gyda’n partner cyflwyno, Headway Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain Cymru, byddwn yn cynnal rhaglen therapi cerddoriaeth hygyrch a grëwyd ar y cyd, er mwyn helpu pobl i wella a goresgyn yr heriau sy’n deillio o ABI, gan ddod â budd hefyd i deuluoedd, gofalwyr, gwirfoddolwyr a staff. Mae ein cydweithio hirsefydlog â Headway wedi sicrhau bod y prosiect wedi’i lunio ar sail profiad byw ac yn ymateb yn uniongyrchol i anghenion y bobl y mae’n eu cefnogi.”
Dywedodd Rebecca Pearce, Prif Weithredwr Headway Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain Cymru: “Ers 2019, rydym wedi gweld yr effaith gadarnhaol y mae therapi cerddoriaeth a ddarperir gan Nordoff a Robbins wedi’i chael ar ein cyfranogwyr. Gan adeiladu ar yr effaith hon dros y tair blynedd nesaf, nod Cof a Sŵn yw gwella lles, hyder a mynegiant emosiynol, lleihau ynysigrwydd cymdeithasol ymhlith pobl ag ABI, a chryfhau cysylltiad cymunedol a chymorth gan gymheiriaid. Drwy greu amgylchedd diogel, cynhwysol a diddorol, mae’r prosiect yn helpu unigolion – yn enwedig y rhai sydd â’r risg fwyaf o ynysigrwydd – i ailgysylltu â’u hunain ac ag eraill.”
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