Over the coming weeks we will be celebrating the amazing 22 years that we have brought music to vulnerable groups in prisons and communities across the UK.
Send an email to info@good-vibrations.org.uk with any bright moments you have of feeling the good vibrations 💛
It is with great sadness that the Board of Trustees announce that Good Vibrations will be closing in December 2025, after 22 years of music projects in prisons and the community.
To read the full statement from our Board of Trustees, please click here;
good-vibrations.org.uk/news-and-blo...
A huge thank you again to everyone who came along and took part in our open sessions at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland! It was amazing to see so many faces come together from community groups, individuals and their carers to be part of our gamelan orchestra!
We are having a series of gamelan sessions for people with disabilities in Glasgow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, with open sessions running from the 25th to the 28th August.
Please visit our sign up form to register!
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Sometimes our gamelan sets need a bit of care and repair between projects. A huge thank you to Big Yellow Self Storage at Staples Corner for their generosity in giving us a space to keep, and maintain our amazing instruments.💛
Linda has been a long term participant at our Resonate project in Glasgow - a gamelan orchestra for people living with disabilities. Here's what the project means to her, in her own words. Thank you Linda for sharing your story.
#gamelan #charity
🗣️It's Small Charity Week and we're happy to celebrate the vital role of small charities in communities across the UK.
Visit the Small Charity Week website's events page for all the free resources and training sessions running this week.
#smallcharity #smallcharityweek
💛A great big thank you to the National Lottery Awards for all Scotland and the National Lottery players for supporting our Resonate sessions in Glasgow! It means so much to keep these gamelan sessions for people living with disabilities open in the community.
#nationallottery
The #gamelan is substantial, resonant and tactile which helps makes our projects all the more impactful. The instruments need a safe place to stay between making wonderful music so we send a huge thank you to Big Yellow Self Storage for kindly donating a space for it! 💛🤝
Our deadline for applications for board members has been extended to the 30th May!
You can apply directly with CharityJob by going here;
www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...
Thanks and good luck!
At Good Vibrations, we help support people through the transformative power of music. Our sessions, improve confidence, reduce isolation and loneliness, and create friendships all while creating music together.
#ThisIsMyCommunity #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
🗣Would you like to help guide and grow our charity and inspire change through music? To apply or would like more information, please visit the link in our bio or send us an email to info@good-vibrations.org.uk.
Thank you
We can't always share photos and videos from our music projects in prisons, but we can share the amazing written feedback from participants. Our projects strive to improve wellbeing, confidence, and communication skills, and to support people upon release.
Looking for a new exciting opportunity to make an impact? We are looking to expand our Trustee Board with people who can bring experience and fresh, innovative ideas to the charity!
www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...
Thank you 💛
🙌Not your usual icebreaker! It was fantastic to share new techniques and warm up exercises for our sessions at the Indonesian Embassy and play their amazing #gamelan!
💛What a fantastic team day spent at the Indonesian Embassy London! A great chance to work on new facilitation techniques, play as a #gamelan orchestra and also get the chance to catch up with our staff, facilitators and volunteers based across the UK. Thanks for coming all!
Good Vibrations has registered to take part in the
@thekiltwalk! Visit thekiltwalk.co.uk to secure a place and let us know! We will cover your entry fee of £20 if you choose to raise money for Good Vibrations in sponsorship.
Artist Care Project: We're delighted to share our new research report and set of principles for supporting artists who work in complex and challenging settings.
Read the report here: www.wlv.ac.uk/research/res...
👏Our Glasgow Resonate Create group has proudly been awarded certificates for their long time participation, welcoming new members and making beautiful music on the gamelan! A huge well done to everyone who comes along and makes it such a special place to be.🥁
The #gamelan is made up of many important pieces that allow our groups to come together as an orchestra. A huge thank you to Big Yellow Self Storage for kindly donating a space for it to stay before heading out to make a difference!
We've always aimed to pay a fair wage for the hard work of our staff and facilitator team. Thanks to this ethos we are delighted to announce we are now recognised as an accredited Living Wage employer. A big thank you to all of our team!
#livingwage #livingwageemployer
📢A huge thank you to the National Lottery for awarding us a grant for 3 years of work through their Community Fund! This will principally fund our work in prisons and hospitals across the UK - it's great to know our work will continue and develop into the future.
We are delighted to announce that our application to @creativescots.bsky.social’s Multi -Year Fund has been successful, allowing us to deliver meaningful projects for participants around Scotland. We’re incredibly grateful for the support and can’t wait to get started!
A big thank you to the @londonmasons.bsky.social for funding our Loophole music technology sessions at Bethlem Hospital.
The project reaches some of the most disenfranchised people in society, in an open-minded, inclusive and safe creative environment.
"Thanks for making it a better world" - Anonymous Donor
Huge thank you to everyone who shared and supported our BBC Radio 4 appeal last week with Bill Bailey!
Donations via BBC are now closed, to donate please use our JustGiving page here;
www.justgiving.com/goodvibrations
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Want to try the gamelan for yourself? We have our own digital gamelan on our website, create your own music and explore the various amazing instruments involved!
Follow this link to visit our 'Gamelan Room' or listen to our radio appeal with BBC Radio 4!
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📢Today! Tune in at 3.27pm on BBC Radio 4 to hear our patron Bill Bailey talk about his experiences with the transformative gamelan and listen to some of the great music we make.
🌐www.good-vibrations.org.uk
#r4appeal #givingback #musicheals #fundraising #prison #transforminglives #gamelan
Hear our brilliant patron Bill Bailey tomorrow at 3.27pm on BBC Radio 4 present our charity appeal. You can listen to our appeal now using the link below!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Our workshops enable change for participants – they also create fantastic music. Listen to the gamelan orchestra of Suffolk prison on our BBC Radio 4 charity appeal broadcast online, or you can listen to all our projects on our Soundcloud (Links in bio).
Simon is an army veteran suffering from PTSD who served 6 1/2 years. Good Vibrations was able to help him reconnect to himself and others through music.
Visit our appeal (link on our profile) on BBC Radio 4 to find out more, or if you can, donate to support our work.
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