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Free weekly music sessions for street homeless people, leading to an overnight performance of Gavin Bryars' Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet in the tanks at Tate Modern-a partnership between professional musicians and homeless people that will be enjoyed by millions.

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  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
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  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Beneficiaries

    Situation

    Frontline day centres provide immediate short term services to alleviate the physical hardships of those sleeping rough-including hot breakfasts, showers, laundry, clothes, haircuts, luggage storage and mail collection. Our challenge is to engage people with the services that will result in long-term changes so that they no longer need day centres; mental health support services, advice and referral services which assist with accommodation, jobs and benefits, and drugs and alcohol support.

    Solution

    Engagement with our project encourages people to connect with the centre, which leads to the accessing of support services. The results are tangible: following on from our intervention in 2017, of the 30 people that we worked with, 17 people found work and 25 people found accommodation. Added to this the personal, social and therapeutic benefits of singing and participation with music-making alleviates isolation and lack of activity and provides relief for people with chaotic lives.

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    Categories

  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Beneficiaries