For over 20 years Good Vibrations has been successfully using communal music-making to support people in challenging circumstances, and often with complex needs, to develop transferable life and work skills and to forge fulfilling, constructive lives. Using music as a tool for social change, we work in prisons, secure mental health units, and in the community using Indonesian gamelan instruments as well as music technology to help participants tell their own stories through creative music projects, normalising access to the arts and contributing to our collective societal cultural story.
The £6,000 grant from the London Freemasons Charity will enable Good Vibrations to deliver our Loophole Music project at Bethlem Royal Hospital, where our artist facilitators work with participants to create, compose, perform and record new songs and music based on their own life experiences. Open to all patients, as part of the occupational therapy offer, the project reaches some of the most disenfranchised people in society, in an open-minded, inclusive and safe creative environment.
Jenni Parker, CEO of Good Vibrations, said:

“We are thrilled and delighted to receive generous support from the London Freemasons Charity, enabling us to deliver vital creative music sessions in Bethlem Royal Hospital. Our Loophole project supports people in very challenging circumstances, and our work provides a rare platform for creativity and self-expression, as part of individuals’ recovery, while offering opportunities to learn new skills in music production and technology. We know that music can change lives and that projects such as this can have a significant impact on the lives of those to take part. Thank you once again to the London Freemasons Charity for ensuring that we can continue this important work.”
Paul King from London Freemasons, said:

“I’m really pleased we’ve been able to support Good Vibrations’ Loophole Music project at Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham. It’s clear how music can help people come together, be creative and move forward in life. The creative musical dimension enables participants to express their own personal journeys.”