Our friends at Dovetail Orchestras are looking for refugee and asylum-seeking musicians (aged 18+) to join a new music ensemble in South London. The group will create music inspired by the cultures, traditions and stories of those in the room: dovetailorchestra.org.uk/dovetail-bri...

We loved seeing our friend Ehsan from The Unknowns on BBC Songs of Praise recently, working hard with Margins Project at @unionchapeluk.bsky.social - watch from 12m05s: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Songs of Praise - Union Chapel

Claire McCollum is in London to visit Union Chapel, both a world-renowned music venue and a diverse worshipping community putting faith into action.

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One week to go to vote for our film in the Smiley Charity Film Awards - vote for us, then be inspired by hundreds of other brilliant organisations. You can vote for as many as you like! smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/hear-m...

Hear Me Out - Kwaku's Story

Kwaku tells us about his journey with Hear Me Out - from arriving in the UK, to performing at The Union Chapel.

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Statement for 2026 from Hear Me Out hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/hear...

Support Hear Me Out in the Smiley Charity Film Awards by voting for our film with Kwaku - it's free to vote! smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/hear-m... Voting closes Friday 30 January.

Hear Me Out - Kwaku's Story

The Smiley Charity Film Awards is the world’s biggest campaign to promote cause-based films. Nearly half a million members of the public have voted in the…

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Happy New Year from Hear Me Out!

Need support over the holidays? Or looking for support for someone else? We've got a handy collection of links here:

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If you or someone you know needs support over the winter break, here are a few links and phone numbers you can use:

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At the end of last year, we finished our work at Napier Barracks. Read more about the end of our work there:

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We've been working in Napier Barracks in Folkestone for three years, delivering music workshops and creating the Band from the Barracks, which has performed at festivals in Hastings and Dover.The…

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Need support over the holidays? Or looking for support for someone else? We've got a handy collection of links here:

Hear Me Out

If you or someone you know needs support over the winter break, here are a few links and phone numbers you can use:

hearmeoutmusic.org.uk

Season's Greetings from Hear Me Out!

We are delighted to share that we raised over £10k through our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge campaign! These funds will make a real difference for people facing tough times in immigration detention. Your support brings a little hope in hostile times, and we are so grateful.

We must support each other to navigate this hostile asylum & immigration system to secure our safety. The Right to Remain Toolkit is an important resource that can equip ppl going through the system. ow.ly/ozhi50XGktB #NoOneisIllegal #MigrationisLife #TheseWallsMustFall

LAST CALL for donations to our #ChristmasChallenge - the campaign ends at 12noon! These little snowmen were made by children in an asylum hotel. Every donation you make is DOUBLED, meaning we can do more for people caught in immigration detention. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Less than 24 hours to go!

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Donations doubled for the next week - it costs £13 for a person to attend a music workshop in immigration detention. Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging. #ChristmasChallenge

The Supporter’s Choice Award is a free way to show your support for a charity you care about, where they could win £1,000 donated by Big Give. To enter: ✅ Post on Bluesky ✅ Use #BigGiveChoice & #ChristmasChallenge ✅ Tag Big Give + your chosen charity ✅ Share why they deserve to win

Only 24 hours to go to hit our #ChristmasChallenge target - every donation, no matter what you can afford, is really appreciated by our team, and everyone we work with in immigration detention. Bring connection and community to families facing a hostile system: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

All donations made to our Big Give appeal will be doubled, meaning your donation will go twice as far — meaning it could help provide practical advice and emotional support to people like Olu as they navigate the asylum system. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Share music this Christmas with a person held in immigration detention. Every pound donated is doubled, increasing access to connection, creativity and improved mental health. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Donations doubled for the next week - it costs £13 for a person to attend a music workshop in immigration detention. Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging. #ChristmasChallenge

A child saved, a family lost, a legacy that warns us not to make the same mistakes. With #Refugee #FamilyReunion now restricted, we must remember the human cost of separation, and our responsibility to prevent it. 🔗 Read @suelukes.bsky.social blog here: renecassin.org/from-kindert...

We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings. For one week only, your donations to our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge campaign are DOUBLED - helping people like Olu move from isolation to connection. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Do you want to make more hope, joy, welcome? this is your chance. donate.biggive1.org/campaign/a05... @hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social take music into immigration detention, barracks, asylum "hotels" and bring just that and amplify the voices. And from tomorrow your donations will be doubled. Go go go

Empowering migrants through music and creativity – Big Give

Hear Me Out uses music and creativity to support people with lived experience of immigration detention and asylum. We run …

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Next week, we're launching our @biggive.bsky.social #christmaschallenge campaign. For one week only, your donations will be DOUBLED. We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings, and offer hope to those facing hostility: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Never too early for a bit of festive joyfulness from our work with kids in asylum hotels.

The Hear Me Out community gathered in West London recently for its annual Practice Forum - sharing expertise and insight from working in immigration detention settings: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/hear...

COMING SOON: We’re taking part in Big Give’s #ChristmasChallenge! For one week only (2-9 December), donations to Hear Me Out will be matched. That means twice the impact for your donation, transforming isolation to connection, and sharing music with people held in UK immigration detention.

Nominate Hear Me Out for a Movement for Good Award - 12 draws over the Christmas period for £1k to go towards vital music workshops in immigration detention spaces. We're charity number 1119049: movementforgood.com

Nominate a charity - Movement for Good

Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

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One day to go until the online event about Artists' Care in Complex Settings, with Youth Music, University of Wolverhampton, Irene Taylor Trust, and us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-ca...

Artists' Care: Supervision and Care for Artists Working in Complex Settings

How can supervision and care in challenging and complex settings be structured, funded and embedded within organisations?

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A quick flashback to a sweltering day in Dover as Band from the Barracks hit the stage at Dover Multicultural Festival:

"In that suffocating situation... it really messes with your head." This ITV report explains the situation Hear Me Out hopes to relieve - bringing music, community and mental stimulation to confinement: www.itv.com/news/central...