Music Support exists because of the experiences of their founders and trustees. Their founders are veterans of the music industry and are all in recovery themselves, from various mental health and addiction issues. They all suffered alone with their problems, and saw countless colleagues, friends and heroes lose their careers, families and even their lives to poor mental health and/or addiction.

They decided that enough was enough: a personal and confidential support service provider that understood the specific needs and problems of the music industry was necessary. The music industry is one of the greatest, most creative and fun industries that anybody can work in. Their aim is not to take the fun out of the industry, but to make sure that there is sufficient support open to anybody working in the industry who needs help once the fun stops.

Find out more about Music Support here.

Nordoff Robbins is dedicated to investigating the impact that music therapy can have for those affected by life-limiting illness, isolation or disability, and this work ensures that their practice is effective and led by the real experiences of the people they support.

It is the largest music therapy charity in the UK helping thousands of people each year. They now deliver services from 13 centres across the UK, and work in partnership with over 211 organisations. Whilst changes over the years have been substantial, their ethos has remained the very cornerstone of our work – to change the lives of the people who need them most.

Find out more about Nordoff Robbins here.

MIND provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding. Because of Mind, millions more people have access to advice and support thanks to their information and services nationally and locally, in England and Wales.

The BRIT Trust supports Mind's Children & Young People Programme "Whole School Approach" in various schools across the UK. The whole school approach to mental health is a collaborative action adopted by all those within a school community, strategically constructed to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all members of the school community: pupils; teachers and the wider school workforce; and parents.

See more information about MIND here.

Music for My Mind is an innovative start-up charity aiming to improve the well-being of people living with dementia (over 850,000 in the UK alone) and their families by creating, and making widely available, personalised music.

They want to enable universal adoption of personalised music as an affordable therapy for people living with dementia (e.g. as an alternative to drug treatments, to reduce agitation or combat depression) and others affected by it (family, friends and carers).

Find out more information about Music For My Mind here.

The BRIT School is the UK’s leading Performing and Creative Arts School in the UK and is completely free to attend. It provides a unique education for over 1,300 pupils aged between 14 and 19 in the fields of music, film, digital design, community arts, visual arts and design, production and performing arts as well as a full academic programme of GCSEs and A Levels.

The BRIT School revolutionises the lives of its students; just under 100% of all students who have graduated find work in a huge range of creative industries, or enrol for higher education. You’ll find BRIT graduates’ words, music, performance, directorial and backstage talents just about everywhere you look, from fashion shows to musicals, national theatre to community arts, in the UK and internationally.

See The BRIT School website here.

Key4Life's mission is to reduce youth re-offending through the delivery of an innovative rehabilitation programme to those in prison and those at risk of going there to prison. Key4Life figures show that 14% of those who have been through Key4Life's prison and preventative programmes have re-offended, compared to the national proven re-offending rate of 64% one-year post-release.

Thanks to The BRIT Trust and Island Records, Key4Life are able to take artists into the prisons for our music workshops. Music works as a vehicle for the participants to express themselves in a safe, honest and creative space.

Find out more about Key4Life here.