Visiting hospitals has been part or our plans for expansion for a while, so this felt like a very timely request.

Two residents that I'm always impressed and inspired by are The Two Johns...

This week, I'd like to describe my work with the incredible "re-emerging artist" JC

On Sunday 4th July people across the UK celebrated the heroes of the past 17 months on Thank You Day.

The song is a fairly simple 4 bar melody which, upon repeating, adds a new interlocking harmony each time.

He looked very peaceful as his carer prepared him for the imminent visit of his family.

Having been mostly absent for the past few days, the sun shone for us during today’s session, bringing with it relief, smiles and ice-creams

I felt humbled to be welcomed into the room by his family at such a poignant moment...

Every year The Alzheimer's Society hosts Cupcake Day It's an opportunity to raise money and to support those living with Alzheimer's

Recently we have been creating some longer-form films. These concentrate on one resident’s response to music...

We met in the garden prepared for a toasty day of songs and interactions.

There transpired a detailed conversation on the nature of the double bass, how sound is produced and how the instrument is constructed

An audio blog - quite overwhelmingly wonderful...

Today’s blog comes for the pen of Tanya Cracknell. Tanya has been a close friend of The Spitz for many years as a performer and fundraiser..

In recent visits to Bridgeside Lodge I've been encouraging residents to collaborate with me in creating songs...

JC and I were engaged in conversation about Scotland. I provided a double bass counterpoint...

An audio blog of Alice & Pete's visit to Bridgeside Lodge on Tuesday 25th.

This week we began implementing a method of evaluation known as Most Significant Change

It was the Friday after our Monday performance in the garden which the BBC filmed so I was keen to chat with everybody about how it went.

On Wednesday, Ben Hazleton hung out with JC. They discussed our session on Monday which was filmed by the BBC

The BBC visited Bridgeside Lodge to film a session as part of a package for TV...

An audio blog

Musical interaction seems to bring her a freedom of expression that I imagine must be very relieving and restorative.

You don’t know how thrilling this is for me...”