Explore this page to find various forms of research, testimonies and media reporting documenting the value of our work!
‘Creatively Minded’ Refugees Report, by Counterpoints Arts
Take a peek behind the scenes of our co-created programmes through case studies of our unique methodology co-creating music with refugee and safety seekers.
Led by Dr Hala Jaber with Dr Fran Garry and Professor Helen Phelan from the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, the report shares the powerful impact of our participatory music work, the role of singing in social bonding and the creation of safe, inclusive musical spaces for young refugees.
‘Music Makes us Feel Relaxed’, Youth Music Report
Culture Consultant Sally Fort authored a report on our programmes with children and young people – Harmonise, Syria Summer Camp, Everyday People– over three years.
Sally examines how these programmes support young safety seekers wellbeing and musical development, create a specialised and diverse musician workforce, and create accessibility and inclusivity in the sector.
“It offers space for children and young people from all cultures to listen and hear one another, to share ideas and make something bigger and better than any of them could create alone.”
Our work (with guidance and case studies!) with Ukranian Children
The resource gives recommendations, through a case study with displaced Ukrainian children. It was produced by Adela Donoval – Slovakia- based musician – and Roshi Nasehi– one of our UK- based facilitators.
If you work with rehabilitation, mental health, within the community, in a humanitarian field or are interested in group work… then this book and webinars are for you!
Naeim features in National Plan for Music Education – the Power of Music to Change Lives.
Naeim is a beatboxer from Syria, who fled war at age 14.. Naeim got involved with Music Action International as participant in Everyday People, our programme with teenage refugees and asylum seekers, and progressed to become a paid trainee and later one of our treasured facilitators!
Stone flowers feature in WHO Book on advancing health practices!
Stone Flowers, our collective of refugee musicians and songwriters who have survived torture, war, and persecution, are featured in WHO’s innovative health report documenting chapters from practitioners running groups in different settings, promoting the power of groupwork for refugees and survivors of human rights abuses.
The chapter about Stone Flowers is written by clinical psychologists Jude Boyles & Christine Adcock who were instrumental in developing our innovative methodology.
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