Freedom Of Mind Community Choir

10/07/2025

Many thanks to@Falkirk Herald for helping us to spread the word about our Co-Music Director, Kim Edgar's Songs Of Peace singing workshop and concert in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Sunday 3rd August - read all about it here:

The leader of the popular Freedom of Mind Community Choir will be going solo next month as she performs at the Edinburgh Fringe.

04/07/2025

Here's a video of us rehearsing our newly written song, One Little Step. We wrote this with funding support from FEL Scotland to undertake a day's songwriting workshop with our Co-Music Director, singer songwriter Kim Edgar. It's about all the things we can do as individuals to help tackle the climate crisis. We hope you enjoy it!

Thanks to Andy Sherlow from Artlink Central for filming our rehearsal.

30/06/2025

We're delighted to be spreading joy through community performances, this past week at Polmont SnowDrop Cafe and earlier today at Bailliefields Community Hub thanks to CVS Falkirk's Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund.

23/06/2025

We had a fantastic time singing for and with everyone at ROOTS Food Bank and Community Events Happy Mondays today! With thanks to CVS Falkirk's Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund for making it possible :)

13/06/2025

Read all about it! It's our next session this coming Wednesday, 2.30 - 4.30 pm in Camelon Parish Church Hall, Mansionhouse Road FK1 4LW - all welcome! With thanks to Music for All fund and Falkirk Herald for helping us to spread the word. Please like and share!

The friendly faces and soaring voices of the ever popular Freedom of Mind Choir will be the musical attraction at a dementia friendly sing along in Camelon Parish Church Hall next week.

29/05/2025

Join our Co-Music Director, Kim Edgar, for a special "come and sing" event - all welcome! Pay what you can afford. Saturday 14th June as part of Leith Festival. Learn a song commissioned by Creative Lives and written by Kim, inspired by conversations with members of six choirs based along the Water of Leith which flows through Edinburgh, then perform it on the Gala Day stage! Ticket links and learning resources below....

Written by Kim Edgar, 'The River Speaks' is a celebration of the Water of Leith - a 22-mile river that flows through the city of Edinburgh. Kim wrote the son...

13/05/2025

"Just breathe...."

Please join Co-Music Director of Freedom Of Mind Community Choir to sing a song she was commissioned by Creative Lives to create, in collaboration with six choirs based along the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, celebrating this haven in the city. Rediscover the benefits of getting closer to nature, and each other, through group singing.

This inspiring, inclusive event is part of Leith Festival on Saturday 14th June from 10 am - 2.30 pm. Everyone is welcome - and it's pay what you can afford. You'll learn the song with Kim Edgar in the morning, and we'll perform it on the Gala Day stage in the afternoon!

See you there? :)

Fancy learning a beautiful song about the Water of Leith in Edinburgh? Creative Lives is working with songwriter Kim Edgar to run a fun 'come and sing' session at Leith Festival on Saturday 14 June, followed by a short performance on the festival's gala stage. Pay what you can! https://www.creative-lives.org/Event/the-river-speaks-come-and-sing-at-leith-festival

06/05/2025

Read all about it! Many thanks to Falkirk Herald for covering our forthcoming concert of brand new inspiring songs on Monday 12th May. Get your tickets now! Email info@freedomofmindcommunitychoir.com to reserve and avoid disappointment 🙂

The ever-popular Freedom of Mind Community Choir will be singing some new songs to celebrate the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week.

01/05/2025

Come celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 with us on Monday 12th May 7 - 8.15 pm at Bainsford Community Hall! Hear inspiring songs written by choir and community members and celebrate creativity and resilience with us!

We sing because it makes us feel good - get your tickets now, and you'll feel good, too... Avoid disappointment: reserve your £3 ticket (complimentary refreshments afterwards included) by emailing kim@kimedgar.com or texting 07895 538 057 now :)

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With thanks to The Scottish Government Impact Funding Partners Falkirk Council FEL Scotland

28/03/2025

We're delighted to announce that we were successful in getting enough votes to secure funding for 10 outreach performances to spread joy through group singing in Falkirk North between May - December 2025! Big thanks to Falkirk Council and to everyone who voted for us including our friends at Camelon Parish Church, Kinnaird Manor and Newcarron Court - Advinia Healthcare! :)

28/03/2025

We're here at the CVS Falkirk Open Day at Bonnybridge Community Centre sharing the mental health benefits of group singing, and the dates for our future dementia friendly singalong sessions! Do come and see us.... full details here: https://www.cvsfalkirk.org.uk/wellbeing-open-day/

26/03/2025

Singing makes us feel good! Whether that's a daft warm up exercise that makes us laugh, a breathing exercise that builds lung capacity while reducing feelings of anxiety, or positive songs that uplift us while we sing them and help other people in our local community feel connected as they join in and sing along with us - we feel better after singing! Find out more about how group singing at Freedom Of Mind Community Choir enhances wellbeing at this Friday's Wellbeing Open Day - and there will be loads of other interesting activities that support wellbeing to find out about, as well. See you there?

⛅️ We can't wait to see everyone at Friday's Open Day - just 4️⃣ days to go! 🥳

Join us and more than 3️⃣0️⃣ local groups for fun, info, activities, and free refreshments from ROOTS!

📆 Friday 28 March
⏰ 12:30-6pm
📍 Bonnybridge Community Hub
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