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.
“It’s helped bring a smile to everybody’s face really.” Lesley Lesley is a care home manager. Using our resources, the staff have integrated personal playlists into the care of residents with dementia. She shares the positive effect that these playlists have had. Our website is full of free materials to help you at each stage … Read more
Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, Playlist for Life has been chosen from more than 400 charities across the UK as overall winner of the 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards. Back in March 2020 we were announced the good news that we were chosen as one of 10 winners of a GSK Impact Awards. Today … Read more
“If I can’t have music, I don’t want to live. It’s very necessary to my life.” Pam When Pam’s family created a personal playlist for her during lockdown, she felt instantly uplifted by the music. She recalls memories of singing in her local concert group below. Our website is full of free materials to help … Read more
“Had it not been for the playlist, I don’t know where Pam would have been.” Neil Neil was supported in curating a personal playlist for his mother-in-law Pam, who lives with dementia. The playlist brought great comfort to Pam during lockdown when the family weren’t able to visit. We run a free 1-hour webinar for family members and friends who … Read more
Betty lives with dementia. We helped her family build a personal playlist of music that is meaningful to Betty. In this video we hear from her daughter Elizabeth, who tells us that even though they wouldn’t have associated their mum with listening to lots of music before, she now enjoys listening to her playlist every day. Did you know we run a … Read more
Meet our inspiring Playlist for Life Ambassadors, Carol and Malcolm Topper. Carol has early onset dementia and started to build a playlist with her husband Malcolm with support from their local Help Point at St Andrews Church in Carluke. Carol has turned her playlist into an ongoing project and encourages us all to harness the power of personal music. Watch their story below. Take the first step … Read more
“Although we can’t visit her, touch her and hug her, we know that what she has is a comfort in music.” Barbara Barbara was supported in curating a personal playlist for her mum, who lives with dementia. The playlist brought great comfort to Barbara, her sisters and their mother during lockdown, when being physically connected was not always possible. Hear Barbara’s story, … Read more
Helen Baxter first encountered the power of personal music for people with dementia after a friend told her about how music brought back elements of his wife’s personality from before her dementia diagnosis. At the time, Helen knew little about the positive effects of personalised music. However, shortly after speaking with her friend she attended … 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
