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In 2023 Playlist for Life celebrated 10 years of meaningful music for dementia. It has certainly been a busy year! Amid our ongoing mission to ensure everyone living with dementia has access to a personally meaningful playlist, we marked our 10th birthday with a string of events and awareness raising campaigns. From a live concert, … Read more

Libraries are key players in the Help Point network, sharing the power of personalised playlists with people affected by dementia in their local communities. liveArgyll libraries are one of over 60 library groups within the Playlist for Life Help Point network and share our resources throughout Argyll and Bute. The library team are very supportive … Read more

Caraidean Uibhist are a befriending service based in the island communities of North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist. Music officer Ruth Gottschall led a yearlong project tackling social isolation through music led reminiscence. Ruth had attended Playlist for Life training and used our resources and learning to support the work. While the project is not … Read more

A dementia friendly primary school in Fife has joined forces with an older people’s support charity to harness the power of meaningful music. Pupils in Primary Six at Leslie Primary School connected with Later Life Choices in Glenrothes to take part in sing-along activities and creating posters to promote the use of personal playlists for … Read more

Over 2,500 groups and organisations who provide support to people living with dementia are part of our Help Point network. In this blog Jennifer Stewart, Service Coordinator in Tayport for the Royal Voluntary Service shares how becoming a Playlist for Life Help Point has impacted their services.  The Royal Voluntary Service mobilises volunteers in every corner of … Read more

At Playlist for Life, we’re lucky to work with a wide range of partners working in diverse communities across the UK. We recently worked with Age Scotland to use Bollywood music to enrich lives of older adults. We worked with Age Scotland and The Scottish Ethnic Minority Older People Forum (SEMOPF) on a ‘Bollywood Memories’ … Read more

Sports-themed reminiscence groups in Fife have been using music to build rapport and confidence with their members. Sporting Memories Foundation Scotland is a charity and social enterprise supporting people who live with dementia, depression and loneliness. After becoming part of our Help Point network in December 2021, groups in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes in Fife … Read more

One piece of art can tell the story of many, and our latest project – a mural created in partnership with SWG3’s Yardworks Studio in Glasgow – beautifully depicts the tale of meaningful music and dementia. To mark our 10th anniversary year and National Playlist Day on Wednesday 21 September, we wanted to spread the … Read more

A personalised playlist can tell the story of your life through music, making playlists a great way to connect and get to know someone on a deeper level. We work with over 2,500 Playlist for Life ‘Help Points’ around the UK: community groups supporting people living with dementia, their families and carers. As well as … Read more

Part of the joy of hosting a Musical Tea is that it’s easy and fun to arrange, and one library on the Isle of Wight found it so fun that they’ve made it a monthly event.     For more than a year, Ryde Library has been attracting around 12 people to their musical gathering, … Read more