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A L DE R H E Y W I N S £50,000 G R A N T FO R
M U S I C O N WA R D S T H R O U G H T H E B I G
LOT T E R Y ’ S PE O PL E ’ S PR O J E C T S

Music Matters was a 12 month 92% of patients who took part them forget about their illness/
project funded by the Big said the project significantly condition. The project has been
Lottery’s The Peoples Projects. improved their experience of wonderful in helping patients

It ran from April 2017 to March being in hospital. And 84% of make friends, interact and
2018 and has enabled Alder Hey patients who took part said that improve their confidence and
to place a musician on every the project significantly made communication skills.
inpatient ward in the hospital
for one day a week. During that
time, Alder Hey has seen six
highly talented musicians work
with over 1,500 children and
young people in hospital, getting
them involved in music making,
playing instruments, writing
songs and even performing
themselves.

Parent feedback included: “The music
session today was fantastic, the lady who
performed was amazing, we all joined in
as a family and it left us all with a really
positive and enjoyable memory to look
back on at such a difficult and hard
time. I would highly recommend these
sessions and believe they are a great idea
for helping the child feel like there is
something to look forward to and make
them smile. I think these sessions are
one of the best ideas the hospital has to
offer for children.”