Songbird Music Space

30/04/2026

So so in love with this song ♥️♥️♥️

30/04/2026

YES!!!

We are sooo sick of being told our children need to be more resilient!

WE ARE RECLAIMING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RESILIENT WHEN YOU ARE NEURODIVERGENT!

But heres the thing, i think we need to change the narrative around resilience, I think our kids do need to build a resilience, but the resilience our kids need is resilience for the bu****it of expectations placed on them to fit in and tolerate hostility, harm & distress from unsafe environments and people. They do not need resilience from a neurotypical perspective. They need it from a neuro affirming perspective!

We need to build armour against judgment, not pressure to conform.

Resilience is teaching our kids that some people don’t “get it” and that’s a them problem! Not an us problem.

Resilience is teaching our kids that sometimes people will be judgemental, ignorant, non-empathetic and they are not our people and that’s their loss!

Resilience is teaching our kids that the world is not always ready for us or accepting or understanding of our experiences and needs. And that’s on the world not us!

I will not teach my children to be “resilient” to people, places or environments that are uncomfortable and cause distress!

I will teach them to recognise and trust themselves to know what is uncomfortable and causes distress and to have autonomy and confidence to make themselves comfortable even when others don’t approve!

That’s resilience, that’s safety and that’s vital.

10/04/2026

Oh joy joy joy! What a lush day with Ezekiel on our Songbird field trip.
Pretty awesome first day back at work!
Full video over on our YouTube channel https://youtube.com/?si=q5PV3dgNsUPiI45F

10/04/2026

Thank you so much for my photos... I love them! It was such a fun day and amazing to celebrate my burnout recovery, my 44th year on this planet and my return to work on 20th April. Yaaaay!!!

04/04/2026

It was lovely to share what I do with people today. Thanks to everyone who came down!
I spoke to over 100 people which was gorgeous and now need to lie in a darkened room and not speak for 5 days! 🤣🫣💤

04/04/2026

I love this book....it's about me!

The Woman Who Turned Children into Birds by David Almond, illustrated by Laura Carlin

28/03/2026

Eeee today was an emotional day! I went back in my gorgeous studio for the first time in 4 months. A third of a year! The magic is still there. It's been sitting waiting for me oh so patiently.
I was 44 last week. Happy birthday me! 44 is a good year. ♥️♥️♥️

28/03/2026

Music Wonders. Org CIC are doing amazing things... consider supporting their crowd funding campaign for their SEND provision this Easter.

Just wow 🤩 thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to our Give SEND Families a Break this Easter campaign 🐣💛

Here’s the urgent bit…

We don’t actually have 30 days left — we have just two weeks.

Two weeks to make sure our fully booked SEND respite holiday clubs (with a waiting list!) can go ahead 💛

The funding covers:
• staff (paid at the real living wage)
• materials and resources
• heating, bills
• food and healthy snacks

These sessions are expensive to run because our children — like Kit — need higher staff ratios to stay safe, regulated and engaged.

At Musicwonders we offer:
🎵 music
🎨 art
🌈 sensory play
💛 and a space where children can truly be themselves

And while the children are having fun, parents get four hours to breathe.

That might look like:
• going to work
• giving grandparents a break
• spending time with siblings
• catching up on life
• or simply… resting

It has taken years to build this model.
Years to build trust with families.

Because if you have a non-speaking child or a child with complex needs… you’ll know how hard it is to leave them anywhere. I feel that myself every single time with Kit.

So — I’m doing something a bit mad 😅
I’m doing Couch to 5K every day for the next two weeks to help raise funds (very slow jog… but still counts! 😂)

If you can spare the price of a cuppa ☕ (or more), it would mean so much.

💛 Please donate
💛 Please share
💛 And if you know a local business, ask if they can sponsor us

Let’s make sure these children — and their families — get the support they need this Easter.

Link in the comments 👇

BBC Newcastle The Northern Echo Newcastle Chronicle

27/03/2026

I have a story to tell and it's not Instagram-friendly. It's long. It's heavy. It's important.
It can't be told in Instagram style snippets.
It needs to be shared and it will come in its own time. When it's ready and when I'm ready to share it.
I've been through a year of fire. Burning. Pain. Learning. Tempering. Refining.
On the 22nd March this year I stepped out of the fire. The burning is over (in that particular form anyway, I'm sure there's more to come in future!) and it's time to compost! Take the learning from the past year and move into a new phase of growth, abundance and flourishing.

I've been very unwell for a while now and have had to take 4 whole months off work. Hm, no, 4 months off from . I was mostly certainly still doing work, but of a very different kind!

I'm most delighted to share that I'll be back to my work at on the 20th April. I can't wait! Well actually, I can. This is a new thing for me, learning to wait. To observe myself and what I need.

I'm coming back different. Stronger. Clearer. With so much learning. With so much to share.

I'll share the story slowly over time.
For now... observing. Watching. Being still. Putting down roots and grounding myself so that I can pour from a very full cup. Overflowing!

See you all soon.❤️

Photo description: I'm playing recorder dancing on a fountain at while Penny plays cello.

26/03/2026

Help us raise £2,000 to fund four SEND respite holiday clubs this Easter, giving families of children with additional needs a break.

02/01/2026

Music is for everyone.