DEUTSCHE BANK TOP 20 SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
2024 & 2025
OUR STORY
Our STORY: Heartbreak to Hope
Music in Hospices began with a deeply personal moment between our founder, Joseph Cavalli-Price, and his mother in December 2019, when she was admitted for end-of-life care at Ty Olwen Hospice, Swansea.
On a solitary walk through the hospice corridors, Joe discovered an old piano covered in blankets and books. He wheeled it to his mother’s bedside, opened the lid, and began to play Somewhere Over the Rainbow — creating a transformative moment of tranquillity and connection.
UK Government Impact Assessment 2024
“Over 46,000 bereaved children each year: with grief costing UK economy £26billion each year”
National Centre for Social Prescription (2018)
“ £1 invested in arts-based programmes could save between £4 and £11 per person”
Sue Ryder, Public Polling (YouGov) 2023
“24% of people across the UK have not heard of palliative care.”
THE THREE PILLARS
Creative Arts Intervention
Inpatient Music Sessions
Community Concerts
Children & Young People: Creative Education & Engagement
Children’s Book
Digital Content: Community Engagement
Coffee Chats Series
International Media Features
LIVE MUSIC SESSIONS
6 month pilot
90% reported emotional uplift, memory recall & reduced agitation
Zero PRN meds during a 3-hour concert — first time in 30-year history
Three medically notable improvements in responsiveness, including a patient emerging from a coma
MUSIC IN HOSPICES: CHILDREN’S BOOK
130 COPIES IN SCHOOLS, HOSPICES & HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
LITTLE ELEPHANT
VISITS THE HOSPICE
DIGITAL CONTENT SERIES
COFFEE CHATS
MUSIC IN HOSPICES STORIES
OUR COMMUNITY, IS FAMILY
“We will do all we can to help you live until you die… how people die lives on in the memory of those who live on”
— Dame Cecily Saunders
TOGETHER WE CAN TRANSFORM PALLIATIVE CARE
WEBSITE
www.musicinhospices.org.uk
Joe@musicinhospices.org.uk
INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN: @JoeCavalliPrice
