Working alongside Jack at Chalk Hill for Wishing Well’s mentorship scheme has been a truly incredible experience. The opportunity to connect with the young people through music has been deeply rewarding and insightful both on a personal and professional level. With the focus of the sessions being on music making, the scheme empowered me to … Read more
As part of our work in children’s healthcare settings in Sussex, we offer training and apprenticeships to emerging music facilitators who want to bring their skills into hospitals to support the wellbeing of the hospital community. Its been a joy working with 22-year-old fiddle player, Raph kent who joined us at The Alex last Autumn. … Read more
Mentor Programme As part of our Youth Music funded programme in children and young people’s healthcare settings, we’re excited to offer places on our Mentor Programme throughout 2022-23. Successful applicants will work alongside the Wishing Well team in one of our partner hospitals for 10 weeks, receiving additional support and training before and after their … Read more
There’s been a lot of change for us over the summer but we are over the moon to share our news with you!! Wishing Well has just launched as a brand new Community Interest Company! Meet our 3 Directors: Marie Benton, CEO of Choir with No Name, Janet Lee, Children’s Critical Care Practitioner at The … Read more
We are delighted to launch an evaluation report of our Wishing Well Music in Healthcare programme at The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton. This report, created by East Midlands based organisation Well Within Reach, offers insights and resources for people working in the field of Culture and Health who are interested in deepening their … Read more
Last night was an amazing night for Wishing Well – we were a finalist at the HSJ awards!!! It was wonderful to receive this recognition of the amazing partnership that we’ve developed with The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital over the past 6 years. Being a finalist in this prestigious awards, and having our work … Read more
We are delighted to announce the release of a short film by the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust showing our Wishing Well programmes work with older people living with dementia in Community Hospitals. We use music to build a bridge across the isolation caused by dementia, helping people to connect with the people around them … Read more
After an inspiring (and challenging!) ‘Dragon’s Den’ style event on Friday 28th September, we’re thrilled to have won the backing of Kent, Surrey and Sussex Dementia Care Improvement Network for our project with Sussex Community NHS. As part of a drive to work in partnership with more community hospitals, we’ll be placed initially within … Read more
We’re over the moon to announce that our work with The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton has been shortlisted for a highly prestigious HSJ Award! Through our Wishing Well programme, we’ve been making music with children and families in critical care at The Alex since 2013 and now, “Wishing Well at The Alex” is … Read more
We are celebrating a grant of £39,726 from Arts Council England to support our work with older people living with dementia in acute hospital settings! The funding will support Rhythmix’s Wishing Well Music in Healthcare programme which brings live music making to the bedsides of people living with dementia while they are in hospital. This … Read more