Breathe Arts Health Research

06/01/2026

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29/12/2025

✨ In the quiet days after Christmas…

When the decorations come down and the world feels a little slower, the early months of motherhood can feel especially tender.

Starting this January, our FREE, 10-week Breathe Melodies for Mums group singing programme will be running again, offering a calm, welcoming space designed to gently support emotional and mental wellbeing during the early months of motherhood, when confidence can dip and connection is so important 🤍.

Programmes running across London and online.

Learn more here: https://breatheahr.org/programmes/melodies-for-mums/

The sessions are uplifting, calming and completely judgement-free. Through singing together, mums often experience reduced anxiety, improved self-esteem, and a renewed sense of confidence.

You’ll learn beautiful songs from around the world (no nursery rhymes), guided by experienced singing leaders who introduce rounds and harmonies at a pace that feels supportive and relaxed. There’s no pressure to perform, every voice is welcome, exactly as it is 🎶

If you’re entering the new year as a new mum or know someone who is, we’d love to welcome you into this gentle, supportive community.

Here’s to softer starts, shared voices, and moments of calm in the year ahead 🌿✨

Learn more & sign up here: https://breatheahr.org/programmes/melodies-for-mums/

24/12/2025

✨🎄 A Christmas Eve Reflection 🎄✨

As Christmas draws close, we’ve been thinking back to the warmth and joy of the Winter Sparkle Concert earlier this month, a beautiful evening of music, creativity and shared humanity.

Seeing Breathe Harmony, our NHS Staff Choir, fill the space with song was a powerful reminder of what creative moments can offer: connection, comfort, and space to breathe amid the business of life.

Tonight, as many people gather with loved ones, we’re also holding in our hearts:
💙 NHS staff working through the festive period, caring for others when they might wish to be home
💛 anyone feeling lonely, missing someone, or finding this time of year a little heavy

We hope the days ahead bring you moments of creativity, calm and care, however and wherever you’re spending them.

From all of us at Breathe, we wish you a peaceful Christmas and a gentle festive season.

19/12/2025

✨ The magic begins this Sunday! ✨

We’re delighted to share that The Illusioneer’s Christmas Family Shows start this Sunday (21 December) at the beautiful Bell House, Dulwich Village and they’re already super popular.

🎟️ Availability update:
• The 3pm show on Tuesday 23 December still has a few tickets remaining
• 5.30pm shows are now selling fast across all remaining dates

Audiences will experience stunning illusions, including The Venetian Beauty and The Levitating Lady, in a joyful, festive hour designed to delight all ages.

📍 Bell House, Dulwich Village (SE21 7BG)
📅 21–23 December 2025

💜 We’re incredibly grateful to the Illusioneers, who donate all profits from these performances to Breathe Arts Health Research. Their generosity helps us continue delivering life-changing arts and health programmes, including our pioneering work combining magic, occupational therapy and performance to improve health and wellbeing.

✨ Come and enjoy an unforgettable festive experience and help support our work at the same time.

🎟️ Book now while tickets last

Sunday 21st Dec 5.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theillusioneer-presents-the-magic-of-christmas-at-bell-house-dulwich-tickets-1857526905979

Monday 22nd Dec 5.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theillusioneer-presents-the-magic-of-christmas-at-bell-house-dulwich-tickets-1857585731929?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tuesday 23rd Dec 3pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theillusioneer-presents-the-magic-of-christmas-at-bell-house-dulwich-tickets-1857598169129

Monday 23rd Dec 5.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theillusioneer-presents-the-magic-of-christmas-at-bell-house-dulwich-tickets-1857613655449

A Fun Family Magic and Iillusion Show, performed by Theillusioneer at Bell House on the Tuesday before Christmas, 23rd Dec 2025. 5.30pm

12/12/2025

❄️✨ This winter, give yourself something that lifts you.

The early months of motherhood can feel tender, overwhelming, and quietly isolating, especially in winter. Breathe Melodies for Mums is a FREE, 10-week programme offering a safe, nurturing space where new mums are gently uplifted through the simple, powerful act of singing together.

Learn more here: https://breatheahr.org/programmes/melodies-for-mums/

Our joyful, calming sessions boost emotional and mental wellbeing, build self-esteem and confidence, and help you feel more connected to yourself, your baby, and a community of mums who understand. Singing becomes a practical, feel-good skill you can carry with you, giving you a toolkit of songs and techniques to soothe, bond with, and connect with your baby.

No pressure. No need to be a “singer.”Just come as you are and leave feeling lighter, steadier, and supported.

🎶 Breathe Melodies for Mums programmes start in January 2026, Online (nationwide) and across London.

Learn more & sign up here: https://breatheahr.org/programmes/melodies-for-mums/

A new year. A gentle lift. A place where you belong. 💜🌿

09/12/2025

🎉💜 We did it and more, best Christmas present EVER!

Thanks to your incredible generosity, compassion and belief in our work, we have now raised £37,116 in the Big Give Christmas Challenge, surpassing our £35,000 target and filling our hearts completely.

We are overwhelmed with gratitude. Every single donation, share, message and moment of support has helped us continue offering free creative health programmes to the people who need them most - new parents, young people, and NHS staff.

This is the greatest gift you could give us and them this Christmas.

Thank you, from all of us at Breathe.

And a very special thank you to our Champion Funders, The Reed Foundation, for their incredible support. And to our amazing patron, for her continued support throughout this years campaign and for always championing our work 💜

08/12/2025

💜✨ Less than one day to go, we are super grateful for your support, and calling on your kindness to help us reach the finish line.

Every donation doubled until midday tomorrow (9 December)

We’re in the final stretch of the Big Give Christmas Challenge and thanks to your incredible generosity, we’ve reached 85% of our target - every donation has meant the world to us.

And with less than a day to go, we lovingly ask for your help to reach the final 15% and unlock the full matched funding.

Your kindness is what makes our work possible and keeps our programmes free and accessible.

🎵 Breathe Melodies for Mums & Dads
Helping new parents facing postnatal depression rediscover calm, confidence and connection through the power of singing.

🪄 Breathe Magic Intensive Therapy
Transforming therapy into something extraordinary, supporting young people with hemiplegia, young people facing mental health challenges, and stroke survivors.

🎶 Breathe Harmony NHS Staff Choir
A lifeline for NHS staff under immense pressure, a place to recharge, belong and feel supported through music and community.

💛 Your kindness is doubled:
£10 → £20
£25 → £50
£50 → £100

Every gift, big or small, helps us continue offering creative health support where it’s needed most.

We are deeply grateful for every person who has shared, donated, encouraged or believed in our work.

Thank you for standing with us and helping us bring hope, joy and connection to so many lives.

👉 Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS0000063QLuYAM
⏳ Matched until midday tomorrow
💜 With love and gratitude from all of us at Breathe

07/12/2025

Day 6 of the Big Give – Today We Shine a Light on Breathe Melodies for Dads. Every donation doubled until midday on Tuesday 9th December

Becoming a dad is life-changing, filled with love, challenges, pride, pressure, and everything in between.

But while support for new mums is becoming more visible, dads are so often left out of the conversation. Many navigate joy, exhaustion and uncertainty quietly, with very few places to talk, breathe, or feel understood.

Breathe Melodies for Dads changes that. It gives fathers something rare:
✨ A calm moment to bond with their baby
✨ A room of men who understand the same pressures
✨ A boost to their wellbeing through uplifting music
✨ A space to feel confident, connected and not alone

These sessions make a difference. And today, your support can too, with double the impact. We’re 78% of the way to our target, but we need your help to unlock the full match funding and keep this programme free for the dads.

💛 There’s still time to give and still time to make a difference.
💛 Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS0000063QLuYAM
💛 Matched until midday 9 December
💛 Your gift today helps a dad feel seen, supported and stronger

06/12/2025

✨🪄 Be the Magic This December 🪄✨
Big Give Christmas Challenge · Donations Doubled Until 9 Dec

Today we’re sharing something super special, a glimpse into this year’s Breathe Magic Intensive Therapy Camp. A video filled with moments that say more than words ever could 🥹.

You’ll see the before.
You’ll see the after.
And right in the middle… you’ll see magic, the kind that changes a young person’s life.

🪄 Hands performing two-handed magic tricks.
🪄 Young people who arrived nervous, quiet or unsure of themselves… leaving with confidence, independence and pride.

This is what happens when creativity, therapy and community come together.
This is Breathe Magic.

And thanks to your incredible generosity, we are already 75% of the way towards our Big Give target.

💜 But we must raise the final 25% to keep delivering these life-changing programmes. We can’t do it without you.

Right now, every donation is doubled, meaning your kindness, big or small, goes twice as far for young people who need it most.

💜 What Your Donation Can Do (and double):

✨ £10 → £20
Gives a young person their Magic Show costume. Each waistcoat, hat and bow tie is sewn and decorated using two hands, helping build strength and coordination.

✨ £25 → £50
Funds one hour of intensive magical therapy, giving a child dedicated time to strengthen hand and arm function through therapeutic magic tricks.

✨ £75 → £150
Trains a Magic Trainer to support a young person 1:1 throughout camp, guiding, encouraging and helping them achieve life-changing goals.

So this December…
Be the magic in someone’s story.
Help a young person discover what their hands and heart can do.

✨ Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS0000063QLuYAM
✨ Matched until midday 9th December
✨ Every gift makes a difference

From all of us and from every young magician whose life has been transformed and from all the future Young Magicians, thank you. 💜🪄

https://youtu.be/R_X6e7q2U7g

04/12/2025

🎁 We’re now 3 days into the Big Give Christmas Challenge and thanks to you, we’re off to an incredible start. 💜 Every donation is doubled until midday 9th December.

👉 Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS0000063QLuYAM

🎶 Today’s spotlight is Breathe Harmony, our NHS Staff Choir - check their awesome Show Reel

Winter is one of the toughest seasons for NHS staff.
When exhaustion is high, morale is low, and the emotional toll is heavy…

Breathe Harmony gives them a place to sing, connect and feel supported.

Double your impact today:
💜 £10 → £20 = one NHS staff choir session
💜 £50 → £100 = support for our professional choir leaders
💜 Any donation → doubled

This Christmas, let’s give something back to the people who give us so much.

👉 Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS0000063QLuYAM
🎄 Matched until 9 December (midday–midday)

Breathe Harmony will be performing this Saturday, 6th December at the enchanting Winter Sparkle Concert, a magical midwinter evening of song and community.

📍 St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood
🕖 7pm doors · 7:30–9:30pm
🎟 Tickets by donation (link in bio)
☕ Refreshments available
💌 Info: info@therosewindow.org

Join us for music, warmth and a little winter sparkle. ✨

03/12/2025

🎄 What a beautiful start to December.
Just two days into our Big Give Christmas Campaign, you’ve helped us raise £8,070, bringing us a huge step closer to our £35,000 goal.

For one week only, every pound you give through the Big Give becomes two, instantly doubling the care, creativity and connection we can offer to the people who need it most

💜 Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Breathe Magic. Our award-winning programme where therapy blends with magic to become something extraordinary.

🪄 Developed with The Magic Circle and specialist Occupational Therapists, Breathe Magic Intesive Therapy Programme supports young people with hemiplegia build hand and arm strength, independence and confidence all through the art of magic.

Alongside our Intensive Therapy Programme, our Breathe Magic for Mental Health and Breathe Magic for Rehabilitation programmes use the art of magic to build confidence, communication skills and independence for children, young people and adult stroke survivors.

One young magician told us:
“Magic Camp made me feel like I belonged somewhere for the first time.”

This week, your support can help make that happen for even more young people.

✨ £10 → £20: funds a magic costume for the final show
✨ £25 → £50: gives one hour of therapy through magic
✨ £75 → £150: trains a Magic Trainer for 1:1 support
✨ £250 → £500: helps fund a full Magic Camp place

Your gift is doubled.
Your impact is doubled.
And the magic you create will stay with a young person for life.

💜 Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS0000063QLuYAM
💜 Share this post to help us spread the word

Thank you for supporting twice the magic this December. ✨