Help Impact supported the work of Rosie’s Rainbow Fund that organises music therapy sessions for sick children at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK. Rosie’s Rainbow Fund’s music therapy sessions involve live, interactive, and developmentally appropriate music-making with children. The aim of the project is to facilitate expression of feelings, reduce distress and promote well-being.
Music therapy helps children to sleep or is comforting for children who are not feeling well enough to participate more actively. Playing and singing together helps to distract the young children during certain medical procedures.
For older children and teenagers, the sessions keep pace with the rapidly evolving way that music is developed and listened to across a range of devices. As part of this work, older children are encouraged and supported in writing and recording of music. Seriously ill teenagers use iPads and tablet devices to encourage creativity.
Help Impact’s grant funds are used to pay for music therapy sessions at John Radcliffe Hospital to be spread over a year. Some funds may be used to replace worn out or broken instruments and to purchase new instruments or musical equipment/ pads to be used or shared by the music therapists.
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