Fund Music Therapy, Book Therapy and Animal Therapy through the NHS

Benefits of Music Therapy. It can help people reduce their stress levels. It encourages the relaxation response. It may lower blood pressure and is being used to treat hypertension. Those individuals who are dealing with depression can benefit from a lessening of their symptoms. Music may help to protect the heart. It can help improve communication abilities for people with autism. It can help people deal better with anxiety.

Music can create a meditative state in the listener. This is because when music has a strong beat, brain waves will become stimulated and fall into sync. Listening to music with a fast beat can improve concentration levels. It can five the body’s immune system a boost. It therefore promotes healing and helps the body ward off illness. It can be useful for reducing muscle tension. Listening to music can help people who are suffering from chronic pain. It reduces feelings of loneliness. It can help people dealing with Alzheimer’s/dementia disease. It can help people overcome an addiction and can be a useful tool in recovery
Employers should take note: one in three workers revealed that they are less likely to take sick days if the place in which they work plays background music.

According to estimates made by the Confederation of British Industry, around 2.1 million working days are lost to illegitimate absences each year. This means that if managers allowed workers to listen to their favourite artist in the workplace, the UK economy could save a total of £764 million every year.

Book Therapy. Addressing the Behavioural, Social, and Emotional Needs of Children. Encourage learning, developing and growing knowledge.This is a tool to put you in touch with books that are helpful to read when facing certain problems. We believe that the point of reading is therapeutic: we read in order to live better and to approach death more wisely.

Animal Therapy. Pets as Therapy is a national charity founded in 1983. It is a community based charity providing therapeutic visits to hospitals, hospices, nursing and care homes, special needs schools and a variety of other establishments from volunteers with their pet dogs and cats. Today there are over 4,500 active PAT dogs & a smaller number of PAT cats working throughout the UK. Every week visiting PAT teams bring comfort and companionship to 1,000’s of people, both young and old, by giving them the opportunity to stroke, hold and talk to one of these calm and friendly dogs and cats.