What's wellbeing got to do with it?

TJ, from Fèis Rois, the shares how important tea breaks, crafting, and building trust over time broke down barriers between the women attending her Lullaby Sessions. Whether they were distanced by language, culture or geography, she felt that women could reach out to each other because of their shared understanding of infant care and motherhood.

Laura Roberts, from Jack Drum Arts (https://www.jackdrum.co.uk/( explains the different ways activities like community singing, song writing, drumming, and musical mindfulness all lead to women carers gaining in different ways. And cats and babies as the fast track to Zoom connection.

Peter Snelling, from My Pockets (http://www.mypockets.co.uk/), shares about two music groups for women carers: mothers of disabled children, and partners of people experiencing dementia.

Since September 2019, Spirit of 2012’s Carers' Music Fund projects have been engaging women carers across the UK in music activities.

As a learning and insight partner, we at the Centre are bringing out the insights on what the pathways to improved wellbeing have been.

This is our latest in the evaluation outputs for the project: a 25-min podcast packed with music and learning for commissioners and those delivering participatory music-making activities.

Government policy is connected with almost every aspect of our lives - yet how does it get made in practice? What does the move towards a wellbeing-centred, data-driven policy agenda look like? And what might we learn from New Zealand's experience of a wellbeing-first budget?

The Covid-19 pandemic has put the issue of children’s wellbeing under the spotlight. But how are children doing really? And how do we know? We gathered the experts to get to the heart of the issue in our latest podcast.

This is the first in our series looking at how different aspects of life affect - and are affected by - our wellbeing. This episode explores the role of singing and choirs in improving our experience of life. It also looks at what impact going virtual has had on choir participants.