This past week we have held two meetings with different politicians who we hope are going to be able to help us. They certainly have been very helpful so far with different advice that I think is going to be very profitable as we go forward. Thank you, Ross and Scott.
It was great to be at Open Door on a Tuesday! We have started the second year of the Music for Health and Well-being project, and we now have money to roll out the project to the Tuesday, Friday and Monday groups. We had to stop working with the Tuesday group when funding was cut, but now we are back. It was so good to meet up with those who we have missed. Listening to the stories of those we support is a real privilege so to have to walk away did not send a message that any of us were happy with. Now we are back and can be confident that our work will continue for the next year.
On Thursday we were in Saughton Park. It was a lovely warm day with no wind, this has been so rare this year with high winds on nearly every occasion we have been in the park. The weather brought people into the park, and we had 57 people sharing in song and community. The energy was brilliant, and the intergenerational group included children, young people and older people. A highlight was sharing in the song YMCA by Village People. We had great fun with the actions that is for sure.
I am on holiday this week, so I won’t do a post next week. I do know that more groups will take place at Open Door and the Indoor Choir are preparing to take part in a musical called “Dementia the Musical” which is coming to the Festival Theatre in October. I understand that the Theatre is almost fully booked which is an amazing achievement and will hopefully raise the voice of those with a lived experience of Dementia. We are all so glad to be able to be a part of this ground-breaking opportunity and look forward to the impact that the musical will make.
Hope you all have a great week, and I will try and not relive the song made famous by Sacha Distell “Raindrops keep falling on my head”.
Have a great week.