We are delighted to share that we have been selected as an awardee in Strand 3 – Arts and Cultural Activities of the Disability Participation and Awareness Fund, a fantastic initiative by Rethink Ireland and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). The Disability Participation and Awareness Fund will support 20 innovative […]
A musician from Dunboyne says she created a programme to bring music to healthcare settings to give older people a voice. It was during Gráinne Hope’s time in America that she saw the life changing benefits of sharing music with residents and patients in nursing homes and hospitals that inspired her to bring the idea […]
The Community Foundation for Ireland has decided to support a three year music programme for kids in three Children’s Hospitals to the tune of €60,000. The programme, entitled ‘Kid’s Classics’ which began in January 2011, sees three National Concert Hall musicians provide interactive music workshops on a monthly basis in Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin, […]
In August 2021, cellist Gráinne Hope spoke to Ryan Tubridy about her initiative to take music off the concert stage and into the hearts of communities, to children’s hospitals and nursing homes all around the country. She detailed her great work bringing music to children in hospital by filling the corridors and wards with classical […]
Covid protocols have created physical distance between families who have a loved one in a nursing home or healthcare setting. This has created 12 months of cumulative stress, especially when spouses and partners are separated and unable to physically connect. Global restrictions on travel have added enormous stress to some residents with children living in […]
In September 2020, a new group of emerging interprofessional leaders joined a global movement to protect the world’s population from threats to brain health: the 2020–21 Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI). Hailing from nineteen countries spanning Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe—and from various disciplines including […]
Gráinne Hope, Artistic Director of Kids’ Classics, has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Fellowship to take part in the Clore Cultural Leadership programme 2018/2019. Kids’ Classics provides music-making opportunities in healthcare, education and community settings. The Clore Fellowship is a unique programme of cultural leadership development that seeks to enrich and transform cultural practice and engagement. Each […]
This month’s Spotlight is on the Arts Committee in University Hospital Limerick. Mary Liston, Assistant Director of Nursing, Cancer Services Business Unit at UL Hospitals Group, is a member of the Committee and tells us about the programme of cultural activities being developed within the hospital. The Arts Committee I have been a member of the Arts […]
Three musicians make live music part of the healthcare experience, but for one, a tragic accident shows just how fragile life can be. These people have an extraordinary passion for music, for people, and for humanity. Listen to the full interview
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