We are hosting an online webinar to provide further information about our Never Mind The Stigma programme, offering tailored mental health support for music fans.
Across 2025, the Never Mind The Stigma programme, supported by Richer Sounds, will be offering free online mental health support tailored for music fans, including a series of groups and workshops.
As part of the programme, we are hosting a free online webinar for potential participants to learn more about the programme and ask any questions they may have.
Monday 17th February 2025
7:00 - 9:00pm
To book onto to the online webinar complete the simple form on the link below.
Below is a brief outline of the Never Mind The Stigma programme, more detail will be discussed on the day.
Album Clubs
The Album Clubs are online groups consisting of six weekly 90-minute sessions based upon the concept of a book club, but with a focus on albums and mental health. Each week a different album will be chosen, which participants will be asked to listen to and reflect upon before a session, for the purposes of discussing in relation to mental health. In the penultimate session, a guest speaker will join the session, who will be the artist(s) of the chosen album for that week, offering deeper insight into the music.These groups are open for up to 12 participants, who are encouraged to attend all of the sessions..
Record Reflection
The Record Reflection is an open group for up to 20 participants, who can attend as many sessions as they would like across 12 weeks. Each participant is asked to select a song to talk about within the upcoming session in relation to their mental health. Before the sessions, the list of chosen songs will be shared with all participants, to provide an opportunity for everyone to listen should they wish.
Both the Album Clubs and Record Reflection sessions are hosted online via a Zoom group call and facilitated by a qualified mental health practitioner.
Mental Health Workshops
Gig Anxiety is a workshop teaching music fans techniques to help address anxieties related to attending gigs and concerts, particularly concerning social anxiety. For many music fans, social anxiety is a significant barrier to engaging in music, which in turn contributes further to poor mental health. This workshop will identify some of the common factors triggering social anxiety at gigs and concerts of varying sizes, along with guidance on how to reduce, and eventually, prevent these symptoms from occurring.
Festival Survival is a workshop teaching music fans how to maintain good mental health when attending music festivals. The workshop will cover a range of wellbeing topics in relation to music festivals, including nutrition (food and mood), sleep, substance use, exercise and sensory overload (hearing and vision). This workshop will identify some of the common factors contributing to poor mental health at music festivals, along with guidance on how to address such issues both before and while attending.
Music For Mental Health is a workshop teaching music fans grounding techniques and self-soothing exercises that use music, such as emotion-based playlists. Grounding techniques and self-soothing exercises help reduce stress and anxiety, both within and outside of music contexts. Most notably, this workshop will be beneficial to music fans who wish to use music therapeutically, but who do not possess the abilities to play music themselves.
The Album Clubs, Record Reflection sessions and Mental Health Workshops are supported by Richer Sounds.
