Music Cafe Champion - No previous music experience needed!

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Can you spare 2-3 hours per Week to be a Music Champion? Music in Mind supports community workers and volunteers to lead their own music sessions for people with dementia and their family carers.

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Start Date: 2nd October 2024
End Date: 2nd October 2026
Volunteer: Weekly, Fortnightly
Availability: Monday AM, Monday PM, Tuesday AM, Tuesday PM, Wednesday AM, Wednesday PM, Thursday AM, Thursday PM, Friday AM, Friday PM
Tasks: O Help run a Music Café for your dementia community
O Support other volunteers and family carers to be confident in using music as part of dementia care
O Bring joy to the lives of people with dementia and their family carers by making music together
Training: O Support and training from music therapists
and musicians in live music sessions
O Ongoing support online and face to face
with other Music Champions
O Tutorial videos, music tracks and other
resources
O Completion certificate at the end of your course
Requirements: Willing to travel by public transport or find own way to volunteering location
Interests: Art, Community, Craft, Customer Services, Health and wellbeing, Mental Health, Older people
Activities: Customer Services, Lending a helping hand
Skills: Cleaning and tidying, Craft, Creativity, Listening, Maths, Organising, Talking to others, Teamwork

About HMR Circle

Our story Here at Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale Circle (HMR Circle) we believe that people can be each others' solution, and we back it up every day, week and month by helping each other out with life's practical bits and pieces. Circle is also about learning new things, and enjoying your hobbies and interests with others in the community. One number to call to help stay sorted, and a social network to help stay connected, that's the idea. Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale Circle came into being thanks to the generosity and vision of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) when they became the country’s first tenant & employee owned social housing mutual. RBH provided a seed fund and promotional support to give Circle the best possible start. We are formed as a Community Interest Company, a not for profit organisation that is proud of our rules, which mean we have to invest any surplus for the benefit of our Members. The Circle idea is something older people helped bring to life. The original Circle concept was born from some early development work by an organisation called Participle working with older people to help design a service that fitted people’s needs and wants in the 21st century. Unfortunately, Participle closed in 2015 but here at HMR Circle we have taken that original concept, refined and developed it into the success that HMR Circle has become, gaining international recognition for the work we do in reducing Social Isolation amongst Older People. HMR Circle continues to grow from strength to strength, constantly refining and adapting the original concept and ideas to give the best possible service to our Members. Since we were incorporated in June 2012, we've worked with hundreds of people to continue shaping how it works and what we do. Circle is a membership organisation and without the commitment and involvement of Members and Helpers none of this would be possible. Circle is a new way of doing things that aims to help you lead the life you want to lead, and we're counting on you to help us improve the service and grow the community, so please get in touch and let us know how we're doing!

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Music Cafe Champion - No previous music experience needed!

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