Shop now open! Share your love of music and support Playlist for Life. Visit now.
Shop now open! Share your love of music and support Playlist for Life. Visit now.
Show someone special how much you care with a personalised playlist. Have you ever made a mixtape or playlist for someone you love? Maybe it was a cassette filled with songs you love and share together, a CD of old favourites or simply a handwritten list of songs and the memory attached to it. You … Read more
We are excited to announce a special promotion offering free online training for health and social care students throughout the UK. As a charity, we have always supported health and social care professionals. The pandemic has further cemented the vital importance of their work in caring for people living with dementia, and we want to … Read more
From all of us at Playlist for Life, we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in a Musical Tea in October, and to those who are still to celebrate! This year’s events looked quite different from last year, but it has been wonderful to see so many of you … Read more
We are very excited to share a guest blog and playlist from Lopa Kothari, presenter of Music Planet on BBC Radio 3. Lopa’s playlist is dedicated to her father who lived with Alzheimer’s disease, and features some wonderful Indian music that formed part of his extensive music collection. Thank you to Lopa for sharing her … Read more
“You’re on mute.” “Can you share your screen?” “My Wi-Fi is playing up!” Sound familiar? Sounds like you’ve been working from home for the past six months! We’ve all had to navigate a new way of life this year, and this includes our day-to-day working lives. Recent government guidelines have indicated that working from home … Read more
Are you hosting a Musical Tea this year? Musical Teas are a fun way to come together for a cuppa and cake and raise awareness of the power of personal music for those living with dementia. Our Musical Tea Pack and additional Musical Tea resources suggests lots of ways you can get involved in the fun … Read more
The past year has been difficult for all of us and everyone has had to adapt to a new way of life. Reports have shown that those living with dementia have been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and many had to continue shielding even as lockdown restrictions eased. We know how difficult it is for loved ones to be … Read more
Did you know we have over 240 playlists on Spotify?! Here are our top tips on how you can use Spotify to create the soundtrack of your life! Each person’s playlist is unique and tracking down the right tunes from your life story or someone else’s life story can sometimes require a bit of investigative work by becoming what we call a … Read more
We’re curating the UK’s music festival memories playlist, and we need your help! At Playlist for Life, we specialise in harnessing the power of music to connect people. If you’ve ever been to a music festival then you’ll know about the special kind of connection that comes from being surrounded by thousands of strangers, all singing along to the same song, brought … Read more
Our new resources page is full of free materials to help you at each stage of your playlist journey, whether you’re making a playlist for yourself or helping someone to make theirs. The page is split into four sections: Getting started, Help finding tunes, How to listen and Making the most of your music. If you’re new to making playlists, simply start at the top of the page and work your way through the steps to identify what resources will … Read more
