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A Decade of 90 Minute Music

For the last 10 years we have been supporting young people with our mobile provision and in that time we have often worked with young people who have become disengaged with education and training. We use our very particular set of skills to ensure they come away with a positive view of themselves through achieving bite-size challenges.

“I didn’t like 90 Minute Music – I Loved it”

L. G. WEST ROAD PRIMARY

“I can not recommend Simon and 90 minute music highly enough. He gets results and makes a difference! And always with fun and laughter.”

Clare Galliers – Tutors & Exams

  • 90 Minute Music Hold the UK Youth Quality Mark for working with young people
  • 90 Minute Music are members of EXPECT Youth
  • 90 Minute Music are fully trained in Recognising Specific Learning Difficulties

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Woodlands Community Library Volunteers

Thanks to Well Doncaster for supporting us with the funding on this. We had previously done a couple of freebies for this group as we had long standing connections and an interest in their positive development.

We got to find out out about their ambitions for the future and decided we were going to produce an Andy Whitby style bouncer.

We managed to create a real banger which was rousing the other Library users through the thick wooden doors.

Thanks to the group for their passion and enthusiasm. and don’t forget to book on if you are interested in a free DJ tuition session at Bullcroft Memorial Hall on 29th of May from 2 till 4pm.

Limited places available so don’t hang about.

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E.F.L. Winners Rotherham United Community Trust

We have had a great week at Rotherham.

On Saturday we supported the children’s capital of culture events at New York stadium.

We had great participation and shared the good news that the trust had just earned the English Football League award for community work. An accolade that for us is a grassroots provider gives us so much confidence to keep on pushing boundaries with the work that we do.

Credit goes to everyone at the trust for putting the hard work in in the background, to allow providers like us the opportunity to support young people in the area.

The impact on their lives and their families’ lives is really the payoff for the work that we do.

This is the fourth award which has been given out to our partner Organisations, and we are proud to play our part again on this one.

Thanks to Jonny Allen at the trust for sticking with us through the challenges we faced over the last 12 months, we will continue to do our best to support the young people of Rotherham and their families.

Thanks to Zoe for inviting us to the Capital of Culture Event, my son enjoyed meeting some of the players who were kind enough to pose for photographs and of course Miller bear for getting involved with a musical Jam.

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Therapeutic Hang Drum.

The Hang drum

The Hang Drum is just one of our brand new range of Acoustic Instruments. We have been supported by North Doncaster Development Trust to add to our state of the art Music Technology equipment to provide a framework for building confidence and learning new skills.

Due to the odd way of working in the non profit sector, we have equipment, we have insurance, we have all the qualifications and experience, we also have many disadvantaged groups in need of working with us, all we need is funding to get on with the work.

Watch this space for developments as we are confident of positive news very soon.

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Phab Doncaster

We were blown away by the effort when we were joined by young people in Warmsworth.

Our initial inspiration for developing 90 minute music came from working with young people with additional needs.

We had a lot of fun and the adults were as enthusiastic as the young people.

We used Ableton Live to take part in DJ jams and we used hand drums and melodic drums to create an eclectic mix of positivity.

Thank you so much to Laura for inviting us, we had intended on working with Laura just before the COVID pandemic hit and it has took us five years to get round  to working together, we look forward to working with you again soon.

To find out more visit our You Tube page for more Music and Health nuggets. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJEjhcPa4vIDWBNWBN2klQ

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Woodlands Community Library

A few years ago I gave up the best job I had to go full time with 90minutemusic.

That is where I met this fella. Ryan is 25 now and has had more challenges than most of us in his young life. He always has a smile on his face and I’ve heard he makes a legendary cuppa.

When I saw him working in the Library I asked  Liz if I could provide a free session. Although we have no funding currently it felt like the right thing to do.

I also got the chance to talk with ladies from the councils mental health support team who had a jam.

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The Sky is the Limit!!

Yorkshire Air Ambulance fundraiser with Great North Medical

We have known for years that music and sociability are a vital support to our health, so it was a no brainer to support this event at Woodlands Library today.

We met Richard who is partially sighted who shared that he had a small drum kit as a young lad but wasn’t allowed to play it because of the loud noise.

As always whole hearted engagement from young and older participants.

Thanks to Emma from GNM for the invite, and all the community who got involved.

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Eves Trust Legends.

SATURDAY JUNE THE 8TH KICK OFF 2PM ECO POWER STADIUM

Its getting to that time of year again. The Evestrust Legends game featuring Doncaster Rovers and Liverpool Legends. It was a wonderful experience last year to play and raise much needed funds for families affected by Cancer.

At the end of the match this fella, former Doncaster Rovers player Chris Brown was one of the first to shake my hand.

We were joined by 5000 football fans for a great day out in the sunshine, a win for Rovers and £86,000 raised for local people affected by cancer.

It was great to get a goal assist and watch Chris get two goals of his own, as he is always getting ribbed on his You Tube Channel (Under the Cosh) by Barnsley lad John Parkin for his lack of career goals.

I’m looking forward to cheering them on from the stands this year, it will be another goal-fest I’m sure.

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Rotherham United Community Trust

We were dreaming of weather like this as we joined the trust this week.

Unfortunately it was persistent rain and there were flooded roads all around, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm from the young people we worked with.

We explored the building blocks of Music through looking at rhythm and language as we noticed the difference between English, Nigerian and Romanian inflections.

Rhythm is closely connected to language development and is reflected in the way music is created in different areas of the world. Music which is local to the country of origin tends to adopt the rhythms of the language of the country.

It is our pleasure to play a part in the health and development of young people in Rotherham.

Thanks again to Jonathan Allen for inviting us to return.

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Go Swimstars

It was our first visit to Go Swimstars last week. They work from several venues and specialise in swimming coaching.

Supporting young people on the winter HAF programme, it was good to meet new faces and re connect with some that we had worked with before.

We were joined by one of our volunteers Denis, who we first met as an attendee at one of our sessions around 3 years ago. He is now gaining valuable knowledge and experience to support his college education.

He has ambitions of going on to further education and it is a privilege for us to share his journey.

Thanks to Sue for inviting us, and her staff for giving us a warm welcome.

You can find further information about Go Swimstars here:

https://www.swimstarsanddolphins.com/

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Children’s Ward Doncaster Royal Infirmary

The core of our work is about improving health using music. We were asked to return to the children’s ward to support young people and their families who are in difficult and challenging situations.

As a parent who has had to deal with having a couple of children in hospital over the years I have an understanding of how distressing it can be.

Music can help with reducing anxiety when operations and procedures are on the horizon.

Music making can play a key part in building friendships and can help cure the boredom of being stuck in hospital.

Music can in some cases aid in pain reduction by up to 40%, although a degree of knowledge and experience is needed to be successful.

The video above is of staff members experiencing a taste of what the kids had done, it is so fulfilling to see smiles on faces.

Thanks to Jill Edwards for inviting us back and we are looking forward to seeing you again on the 6th of December.