Music Moves You Workshops Community Partnership Programme

In order to help our clients further, we want to look at developing a range of projects within our residential programmes that offer clients the opportunity to develop new life skills to prepare them for life after their time with Coolmine. Our ‘Music Moves You’ workshop has been designed to provide a creative avenue for clients to help express feelings and emotions that they may find hard to initially put into words. Through this project, we aim to help clients build self-esteem and confidence as they learn to play instruments and explore their feelings through music.

The project

The music workshops will be run over a period of 30 sessions per year; 10 sessions per semester. Through the support and teaching of a professional music tutor, clients will have the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument and in turn develop their confidence with expressing their feelings and emotions through the medium of music. For group pieces, clients will learn to support one another in a team environment so that goals of the workshop can be reached. Each semester clients will have the opportunity to put on a performance or attend a professional concert. This series of workshops has been created to inspire participants to gain confidence and self-esteem, which is often so damaged through their addiction.

We hope that the workshops will enable participants to develop key life skills that will stand them in good stead once they have graduated from Coolmine. Research shows that people who recover from their addiction that have interests and hobbies outside of work often start to cope with life far more easily than those who struggle to fill their leisure time with activities.

Funding Required €7,500