Address
Jessie's Fund 15 Priory Street York YO1 6ET
GPS
53.9559221894, -1.0886917104715
Telephone
Barnsley, Birmingham & West Midlands County, Bradford, Bristol, Calderdale, Cornwall, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Kirklees, Leeds, National, Newcastle and Surrounds, North East, Northumberland, Rotherham, Sheffield, Shropshire, Somerset, South West, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Tyne & Wear and surrounds, Wakefield, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Jessie’s Fund gives a voice to seriously ill or disabled children through the transformative power of music. We were established as a registered charity in 1995, in memory of Jessica George, a bright and musical child whose life was sadly cut short by a brain tumour aged 9.
Our vision is for every child in the UK who is seriously ill or disabled to experience music as a form of expression, communication, learning and therapy, through connecting children and those who care for them with specialist musicians. We aim to:
- enable children in every children’s hospice in the UK to access music therapy by establishing posts for music therapists, providing appropriate musicals instruments and offering musical training to staff;
- help children in specialist school, early years and hospital settings to participate in therapeutic and creative musical activities;
- train staff in specialist schools to use music as a tool for communication and learning;
- advocate for music therapy for children and young people with complex needs in the community.
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