Welcome to Sing for your Life
How We Started
We are a registered charity that started in 2005 and we support the health and wellbeing of older people using participatory singing activities.
We support Care Homes and Community Groups to run participatory singing sessions. We also coordinate Silver Song Clubs, which provide regular singing clubs. Our work is embedded in research undertaken by the Sidney De Haan Centre based within Canterbury Christ Church University.
Our work is supported by the published findings of a Randomised Controlled Trial (Simon Coulton et al) which has been used to support the NICE Guidance NG32 and the subsequent NICE Quality Standard QS137. This is the foundation of our work which is then further confirmed by the feedback we receive from facilitators and participants.
We have adopted the mantra “a song a day keeps the doctor away!”
Singing is truly a wonderful therapeutic activity and what is becoming increasingly clear to us is that there is growing body of clinical evidence that can prove it!
Sing for your Life (South East) Ltd was set up in 2016 by Pip Collings to provide greater support for the Thames Valley and East Anglia.
Where we're at now
Sing for Your Life now delivers programmes to support people with long term health conditions.
The Silver Song Music Box™ Programme is for residential care homes, day centres and hospitals
Awards and recognition
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In 2014 SFYL was awarded a Commendation by the Royal Society For Public Health Arts and Health Awards
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Creative Arts and the Wellbeing of Older People
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Commendation for excellent and innovative contributions to arts and health practice
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