Sunbeams Community Music Therapy
Founded by Cumbrian born Harpist and Singer, Annie Mawson MBE in 1992, Sunbeams provides Community Music Therapy to children and adults with a wide range of disabilities and complex medical needs including physical disabilities and severe mental health problems, sensory impairments, emotional and behavioural disturbance and profound multiple disabilities.
The Charity provides two Sunbeams Programmes: Sunbeams Music For Life® and Music For Dignity®. The Programmes are tailored to use Music for therapeutic and educational benefit and aim to improve quality of life through the power and creative freedom of Music. Our Delivery Team are trained Professional Musicians with specific therapeutic training in our Programmes. We deliver to groups here at the bespoke Sunbeams Music Centre, just outside of Penrith, in Outreach Venues across Cumbria and online using Zoom.
Our Programmes promote inclusivity and equality regardless of age, health conditions, disability…At Sunbeams, we focus on the ABILITY and not the disability.
By tackling the serious challenges raised by social exclusion, deprivation, ill-health and inequality, Sunbeams is ‘reaching the unreachables’.
Sunbeams Events: 2024
Next Up…
MUGS Legendary Christmas Doings @ Morland and Newby Village Hall
Doors open @7pm Performance 7:30-8:30pm Free entry with collections for Sunbeams and Every Life Matters.
Saturday 14th December 2024 @ 7pm
The Wolfson Meeting Room
Accommodates up to 14 delegates in all-day comfort chairs around a large board room style table.
Modern, light and airy room offering spectacular views.
Built in LCD projector and remote controlled screen. Fully inclusive and accessible facilities.
The Glassical Hall
Named after Sunbeams Musical Patron Philip Glass, the Glassical Hall offers an acoustically neutral space housing the relationship between Architecture and Music. A multipurpose space which accommodates up to 100 delegates.
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Rebecca and Rachel’s fundraiser for Sunbeams Music Trust
Cycling Vietnam to Cambodia 2 November 2024. In memory of Lily Goad. CHALLENGE COMPLETED!! WOW WELL DONE RACHEL!!! What incredible efforts and an amazing achievement in memory of the beautiful Lily. We are so grateful at Sunbeams to everyone supporting and helping to...
Dj Oli Sunbeams fundraiser for Sunbeams Music Trust
"We had a fantastic night, with over 70 people attending and raising over £500 for Sunbeams. Thank you to everyone for attending." DJ Oli DJ OLI was a HUGE success and we all absolutely loved singing and dancing the night away!! THANK YOU so much to DJ Oli and his...
Annie Mawson MBE receives Honorary Fellowship from the University of Cumbria!
On 21st November 2023, Annie received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Cumbria during its graduation ceremonies in recognition of her lifelong and outstanding contribution to Community Music Therapy in Cumbria. Read more here: November ceremonies to...