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Care Home Work

Project title

Care Home Work

Description of initiative

Voices Across Time’s Community Outreach program seeks to bring their work in audience participatory musicals directly into the community especially focusing on local care homes and primary schools. Care Home Work at a glance: ranging from one off visits to 5 week long projects, Voices Across Time will come and bring the music of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s to life for the residents, directed and incorporating them, a performance will always round off each session. By using the rhythm of the music, the stories the songs tell, the character the performance desires and the technical requirements of singing, Voices Across Time work to provide a workshop that is both mentally and physically stimulating for the residents. Workshops can range from one off visits to weekly sessions conducted over an extended period of 5 weeks. Regardless of the length of time, the workshops are fused with theatre, music, movement, conversation

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Quality of social relations
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

music, storytelling, caretakers, elders, movement, mental health

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Dance | Music | Other | Theatre, opera

Timeframe

2018 - present

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

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Organizer(s)

Voices Across Time
United Kingdom
NGO / Non-profit | Culture