Emma McCabe - Ambassador
We were delighted that Emma McCabe accepted the position as Ambassador to Every Day Harmony. Emma has been carrying out advocacy work for us over several years.
Learn a little more about Emma by watching her video.
James Retirement – 29th June 2021
A wonderful, yet sad day, our external supervisor of eight years, Dr James Robertson retired today. A huge thank you for all his guidance, advice, and support over the years. The MT team composed a song in his honour 'Ode to James'.
Every Day Harmony welcomes cash boost to help people with dementia through music
Every Day Harmony is celebrating this week after receiving a cash boost to continue/expand its musical services for people living with dementia. The money will enable us to deliver Music Therapy into five care homes across Northern Ireland for people with the condition, to support their wellbeing.
The grant was received from Paul & Nick Harvey Fund, which was set up specifically to directly support musical activities for people with dementia. Music for Dementia is a national campaign calling for music to be made accessible for everyone living with dementia. Music has a valuable role to play in enhancing quality of life for people living with the condition, and their carers. Research and lived experiences show that it can help reduce the often-distressing symptoms of dementia, such as agitation, apathy and anxiety.
Anne Walsh, CEO of Every Day Harmony, welcomed every one and thanked them for taking the time to join us as we celebrated the opening of our first “Harmony Hub”. It was a privilege to see so many stakeholders and supporters of Every Day Harmony and we were especially pleased that the Bangor Ukes agreed to play for us as the event got under way.
We were delighted to have our guest of honour, Mr Gary Lightbody, officially launch our Harmony Hub, and spend over 2 hours chatting and having his picture taken with those in attendance. We are very privileged that Gary has agreed to be an ambassador for Every Day Harmony.
The opening of the Hub gives us an opportunity to increase the provision of our service, and we believe it will enable us to provide at least 500 additional music therapy sessions every year.
Music is a very important part of all of our lives – At Every Day Harmony we see positive outcomes from music therapy every day and we hear some absolutely amazing stories. We were very pleased to share our work with those at the event and to hear from our Chairman, Mr John McCart, our Therapy Manager, Ms Julie Allen and from Emma, one of our service users.
Mr Tony Clarke from Clarke & Co provided a gourmet hamper which we balloted during refreshments at Toasted Café next door.
