Our Impact

At the core of everything we do, is our commitment to providing accessible music services to those who need it most. Our aim is to give a voice to the non-verbal, social engagement to the isolated, and enable people to express themselves through music.

Anam Music Therapy is committed to continuously seeking input and feedback from our beneficiaries and other key stakeholders. This will help us learn from our service delivery and drive us to ever higher standards of practice.

Read about some of our community-based music therapy programmes and other creative music therapy projects here.

Music Therapy at High Cross College Tuam

A huge thank you to Mary Larnder from O'Tooles Supervalu Tuam for sponsoring €1,000 towards a music therapy programme for the students in The Hub at High Cross College Tuam.Mary visited the school to join in for a group music therapy session with Tracy (music therapist) and the students. The students presented Mary with cards that they had made to thank her for her generous support.

Music Therapy at St. Olivers Special School

In 2023, we were announced as one of the awardees of the Social Enterprise Development Fund by Rethink Ireland. Thanks to this funding, we were able to provide two pre-funded music therapy programmes to two special schools in Co. Galway for the duration of 10 weeks. One of these schools was St. Oliver's Special School in Tuam. Watch the video below to hear about the impact of the programme on students and staff.

'We Will Tell Everyone!'

'We Will Tell Everyone' is a result of a research collaboration between members of the Dementia
Research Advisory Team at The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the Music Therapy
Department at The Irish World Academy, UL and co-founder of Anam Music Therapy, Dr. Lisa Kelly.

Written collaboratively with support from esteemed songwriter Carl Corcoran, the original song explores the experiences of living with dementia and the importance of public and patient involvement in dementia research.