Sound Therapy

We’re currently putting a team together to run, walk or hobble the Hastings Half-Marathon in support of the Music Gym facility for people with profound disabilities.
For anyone who doesn’t know about it, the race has been voted the best Half Marathon in Britain in the past. It’s a scenic, if gruelling route, and coming as […]

 Before Christmas the Music Gym had a visit from Mark Knowles of the BBC. He stayed several hours, talked to members and support staff and thoroughly immersed himself in the spirit of the Music Gym. The film he made, although very short, reflects his interest and his understanding of what happens there.
If you didn’t see […]

 Some time ago local writer Kay Green came to visit the Music Gym. She was intrigued by the link between playing music in pubs and working with people with different ways of communicating. This article was the result - I enjoyed it but unfortunately it didn’t find a home with any of the larger papers […]

A huge thank you to the Rotary Club of St. Leonards for offering to sponsor two Music Gym members for six months each.

 The Music Gym is a costly facility to run with the equipment involved, the hall hire and the setting up and dismantling. As we don’t receive any funding that cost is therefore carried […]

It was party time at Lets Do Business in Hastings yesterday when we distilled the Music Gym from 5000 square feet down to 50 square feet. In that small space we were still able to convey the sense of movement affecting visual imagery, sound and vibration.
It was an opportunity to let people know that the […]

Here’s Lucas Neill, the captain of West Ham and Australia, making someone’s day at the Music Gym last week. What a delightful guy. He was endlessly patient, whether it was signing another picture of himself, standing for another photo or having another discussion with George about his relationships.

If only he’d got to see the […]

Barring accidents and unforeseen circumstances, Lucas Neill, the West Ham captain will be visiting the Music Gym this coming Thursday, September 20th.
This is part of the Premier League’s Creating Chances initiative. We had to describe our project and what we would ask the player to do there. That wasn’t difficult as it’s very rare […]

On Friday we came to the end of our second year of the Music Gym and there was a party atmosphere at Horntye Park. People of all ages, from 8 to 70, turned up to try out the Music Gym.

Councillor Vivienne Bond paid us a visit. She turned out to be a special needs teacher […]

We’ve just heard that in September a West Ham player will be visiting the Music Gym. This is down to a new Premier League initiative called Creating Chances, designed to bring the country’s top clubs closer to their local communities.
We took part in the “Places for Players” schemes which will see 60 Premier League stars […]

Who’d have thought it? While caravans floated on rivers in Worcestershire, in Lamberhurst the sun shone and everyone had a wonderful time at the SwanFest. It’s the perfect setting for a small festival - in the garden of the pub that was voted best freehouse wine pub and beer garden in the South East of […]