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Transforming lives through music 🎶

https://linktr.ee/acemusictherapy We are passionate about transforming the lives of people of all ages through music.

Delivering community music groups and music therapy sessions across Essex and London 🎵

21/09/2025

🎵 World Alzheimer’s Day 🧠💜

Today we honour everyone living with Alzheimer’s and the families who support them. At Ace Music Therapy, we see every day how music can do what words sometimes can’t. A familiar song can spark a memory, bring a smile, or create a moment of connection.

These photos showcase our Still Sharp Dementia Choir Group which ran at Cherry Wood Grange Care Home. Where we came together to sing, laugh, and share music with one another.

Read more about the group here: https://carebase.org.uk/homes/dementia-choir-transforming-lives-of-cherry-wood-grange-residents/

Music has a way of reaching the heart, and on a day like today, we’re reminded of its power to comfort, uplift, and connect.

💜 Let’s celebrate the little moments, the smiles, and the memories that music helps keep alive.

17/09/2025

Want to help transform lives through music? Swipe left! ↩️🎶

Here are five different ways you can support Ace:

1️⃣ Fundraise - Your support, whether through an event, a sponsored challenge or sharing our donation page directly impacts the lives of the individuals we support through music therapy.

2️⃣ Donate - Any contributions to our People’s Fundraising page help us run free community groups and expand our reach, no matter what size.

3️⃣ Support our socials - A simple like, comment or share on our posts costs nothing and increases our discoverability by introducing our services and music therapy benefits to others.

4️⃣ Use EasyFundraising - You spend, brands donate! Raise money for Ace while shopping online at no extra cost via www.easyFundraising.org.uk.

5️⃣ Review - Your kind words on Google reviews boost our visibility and spread our message of transforming lives through music.

Do you have a fundraising initiative or idea, or would like to volunteer with us? Get in contact at https://acemusictherapy.co.uk/contact/

15/09/2025

Do you provide care for someone? A few times a week perhaps, or as and when required? Helping with household tasks, companionship or other caring responsibilities?

If so, you’re invited to join our free music therapy group, running on Wednesdays! 🎶✨

Funded by the Carers Community Fund by Essex County Council, our Beat Retreat Carers Group is a welcoming space where you can connect with others, unwind, and experience the power of music. No musical experience needed - just come along and enjoy!

📍 Earls Colne Village Hall, CO6 2RN
🗓️ Wednesdays | 17 Sept – 3 Dec | 12-1pm
🏫 FREE to attend

Everyone is welcome! Sign up here 👉 https://forms.gle/ZywY34D4sagGTBvk9

Tag a friend who might be interested or message us for more details. 💙

12/09/2025

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT | Essex Activate 2025

Four individuals volunteered with us during our Essex Activate sessions this Summer, supporting our staff to engage the young people in music-making, outdoor play, games, arts & crafts and mindfulness.

Yuliia, an aspiring Music Therapist, found us on social media and got in touch after our volunteer callout. Following which she expressed to our interim CEO, Lucy:

“Volunteering with Ace Music Therapy CIC has been such a joy. Watching the children light up and open their hearts during music therapy has been truly magical. The space feels so safe, welcoming, and full of life. Every moment has been meaningful, and I’ve loved being part of it. Thank you for letting me share in something so special.’

Ace is incredibly grateful for all of those who volunteer with us, helping to transform lives through music. If you’re interested in finding out how you can make a difference, click here: https://acemusictherapy.co.uk/

09/09/2025

💙 Carers, this one’s for you! 💙

We’re so pleased to be starting our FREE 10-week drumming group – Beat Retreat – from Wednesday 17th September at Earls Colne Village Hall.

Thanks to funding from Essex County Council, carers can join us each week for an hour of drumming, connection, and a well-deserved break. 🥁✨

Drumming can help to lift your mood, ease stress, lower blood pressure, support immunity, and even bring some relief from pain – all while having fun together.

📅 Wednesdays | 17 Sept – 3 Dec
🕛 12–1pm
📍 Earls Colne Village Hall, CO6 2RN

➡️ It’s completely free to join, but spaces are limited – sign up here: https://forms.gle/EEqmDZnHHTvJv9G3A

Come and give it a try – we’d love to see you there!

08/09/2025

Music therapy offers a space to be creative and free. Did you know how beneficial it is for us to reconnect with our playful sides?

Here's a pic from one of our group sessions in a school led by music therapist Cherry. During this session the children chose to build a tower using the boomwhackers and drums. They experimented with how tall they could build it and then requested the bubbles to add to the experience!

Therapy can be fun! These sessions are developing social interaction and self confidence with these children.

05/09/2025

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We’re sending a heartfelt THANK YOU to the family of Clive Butcher for their incredibly generous donation of musical instruments.

Clive, described by his loved ones as “a proper character and very charitable,” sadly passed away recently. In his honour, his family chose to donate his beloved instruments to support our music therapy sessions.

We were overjoyed to receive guitars, a violin, cello, flute, saxophone and many more—each one will help transform lives through the power of music.

Huge thanks also to Daryl (our brilliant courier!) for delivering them to our summer sessions.
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Got any instruments gathering dust at home? We’d love to give them a second life in music therapy—drop us a message!

03/09/2025

Have You Enjoyed Your Time With Ace? Please tell us about it!

At Ace we endeavour to deliver our mission aims of and as we transform lives through music.

Edwin was one of 57 young people who attended our Essex Activate sessions this summer. We reached out to Edwin’s mum for her thoughts on the sessions:
“It’s a safe and supported environment, and we feel comfortable him going somewhere that he is understood and where he can be himself.”

If you’ve had an experience with Ace, we’d love to hear about! You can contact us through our website https://acemusictherapy.co.uk/contact/, OR you can submit a Google Review.

Your kind words can be used to boost our visibility and spread awareness of our services to those who need it most.

01/09/2025

Meet Edwin! | Essex Activate 2025

Edwin was one of many recurring attendees at our Essex Activate sessions this summer, which supported young people to form connections and engage in music-making, arts & crafts, outdoor play, games, and mindfulness.

With his go-to instrument, the ukulele, Edwin soon decided he wanted to form a band during his first session. He made lots of posters, asked other children what instruments they could play, held auditions, and quickly everyone joined in.

Edwin expressed “I like going to the music sessions as it helps me to understand how music can change emotions and hearts and also it’s lots of fun”.

In his second session, Edwin began making songs about his emotions and his interests as a self-proclaimed ‘animal expert’. He quizzed staff on facts about the world’s seven wonders and became the conductor of musical statues.

Edwin’s mum commented about the sessions: “It’s a safe and supported environment, and we feel comfortable him going somewhere that he is understood and where he can be himself.”

It was wonderful to see Edwin grow in confidence throughout the sessions so quickly, using the space as an opportunity for self-expression to explore different instruments, emotions, and personal interests.

To learn more about Ace’s use of music to transform lives through and please visit our website and sign up to our mailing list: https://acemusictherapy.co.uk/

29/08/2025

As summer draws to a close we want to say a huge THANK YOU to our summer intern, Jess!

This summer we welcomed intern and Anglia Ruskin University music therapy student, Jess, funded by the Arise Innovation Hub.

Over the last few months Jess has been completing our 2024 Social Impact Report, developing a new data log, supporting with social media, and staffing our Essex Activate sessions. It’s been great to have her join the team and she will be missed!

Jess commented: “It’s been a privilege to learn about and support the amazing work Ace does!”

We wish her the best of luck in her final year of study before qualifying as a Music Therapist.

To learn more about Ace’s use of music to transform lives through and please visit our website and sign up to our mailing list: https://acemusictherapy.co.uk/

27/08/2025

Did you know you can raise donations for us when you shop online?

It's super easy to do just register with Easy Fundraising and select us as your cause!

See the link in our bio.

26/08/2025

🎉 And that’s a wrap! Essex Activate 2025
This summer, 57 young people joined us for Essex Activate sessions, proudly funded by Essex County Council. Across 16 vibrant workshops, we welcomed up to 10 participants per session—many returning again and again to dive deeper into the experience.
From music-making and arts & crafts to movement, mindfulness, sensory stories, and joyful improvisation, each session was a celebration of creativity, connection, and self-expression. And thanks to the funding, every young person enjoyed a hot meal as part of the day.
✨ Watching friendships blossom, confidence grow, and every individual shine in their own way was truly inspiring.
To explore how Ace uses music to transform lives through , , and , visit our website and join the mailing list: acemusictherapy.co.uk

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Ace Music Therapy is a Community Interest Company which provides music therapy services across Essex, London, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire. We work with clients of all ages and abilities, helping to develop skills such as communication and providing an outlet for emotional expression.

We work with individuals in the community as well as providing music therapy provisions in schools, hospices and other health care settings.

Our aim is to transform lives through music. We are passionate about music therapy and want to spread the word about its benefits as much as possible.