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promoting social inclusion through music and the creative arts

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Latest additions to site
Inclusive Skills Day
added 22/05/13
New Recent Events page
added 22/05/13
JOS BMI instruments
added 30/04/13



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Link to excerpt from 15 minute radio feature
www.birst.co.uk
by  Amanda Cooper BA,
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Special Commendation
Arts and Health
Award 2009




Winners of the 2009
Active Citizens of
Europe Award


London
                      Health Commission Award logo

Winners of the 2008
London Health
Commission Award
Mental Health and
Well-being category




Inclusive Arts Practices Awareness and Skills Share Day

Joy of Sound, in partnership with Lambeth Arts and London Arts in Health Forum, are running the above event, on Friday, 21 June 2013, at St. Peter's Heritage Centre, Vauxhall.

For full details of the day, please click the link to go to the Creativity and Wellbeing website.
O
r, you can email training@joyofsound.net.


Friday workshops

Joy of Sound Workshops
are held on Thursday mornings in Notting Hill and Friday mornings in Vauxhall.
Click here for maps and directions. Please contact us for details if you would like to attend

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Joy of Sound (JOS) is an inclusive music and creative arts project that provides workshops and equipment to enable anybody, regardless of their abilities and dexterity, to enjoy taking part in music making and other arts activities.

The aims of JOS are to:
  • Promote non-verbal communication
  • Encourage improved mental health and well-being
  • Build self-confidence
  • Create a joyful, non-judgmental space for individual creativity and equal participation
  • Provide new opportunities for learning and career development

To achieve these goals, JOS offers:

  • Regular weekly / fortnightly group music making sessions
  • Day / half day workshops and presentations for events, festivals and conferences
  • Training in inclusive workshop leading techniques
  • Consultation on inclusive design
  • Staff training and development
  • One-to-one facilitation
  • Provision of bespoke and adapted instruments for individuals

JOS is now in its 13th year of development, and the JOS team of experienced inclusive workshop facilitators are skilled across the spectrum of creative arts practice and delivery.

JOS maintains an ongoing program of research into bespoke and adapted musical instrument design and inclusive workshop techniques.

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Training 2013


Joy Of Sound runs training sessions at various times in the year - the last was a combined Music& Dance Training Day in March 2012. Please contact training@joyofsound.net for news of next training dates

New Dance Piece

A new Dance Film and Performance project BETWEEN was launched. It was recorded and included in the documentary "Hannah's Dance" a film about Hannah Adams life as the vibrant person and performer she is.

Fundraising and Volunteering

Thanks to the Maudsley Charity who are supporting us with funding to sustain our Lambeth work during financially challenging times, and to RBKC Grants for the Arts and the City Living Local Life supporting our work in Notting Hill. Also to Vodafone for several streams of support for JOS staff, and to Awards for All during the International Year of the Volunteer.

Thanks to the Capital Community Foundation who have awarded us Grassroots funding. This has enabled JOS to appoint it's first paid worker - our administrator - and supporting two trainee posts

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who sponsored Katia Hadaschik, who heroically completed the London Marathon to raise money for Joy Of Sound. Katia is building instruments for the JOS Bespoke Instruments project and her efforts have raised over £1,000 towards new research and design,

If you would like to support Joy of Sound with a donation

Please contact us...

Any Old Instruments or Equipment?

We are always on the lookout for instruments - perhaps you have an old guitar or fiddle stored in an attic or garage? If so, please contact us - any type, age or condition considered!

If you would like to volunteer for Joy of Sound

JOS is very much a volunteer based organisation - thanks to all - around 700 over ten years -

please email volunteer@joyofsound.net.




Joy Of Sound
Charity No. 1126361
Company No. 6403192 .

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Incredibow log link We would like to thank Incredibows for generous provision of their amazingly hard wearing carbon fibre violin bows - no more shredding horsehair! Also, thanks to MERU for their ongoing help with instruments, covers, plectrums and general collaboration. MERU logo link

Supported by:

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Borough of Lambeth logoCommunity Development Fund
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London Health Commision logoPeabody Trust logo Connectong Communities Plus
                                      Logo Lambeth First logo Millenium Awards logo

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