Our next Youth LGBTQIA+ Focus Group is on Thursday 25th Sept - it's for young people aged 12-25 who are helping develop our new Dorothy's Arts Club cross arts programme. If you'd like to get involved, get in touch on [email protected] :-)

We are now recruiting participants for our Wavelength youth mental health programme for young people aged 14-25. See flyer for details and to register interest head to tinyurl.com/wavelengthapp

NEW PROJECT: Dorothy's Arts Club, a new programme for young people identifying as LGBTQIA+ or allies, is starting at the end of September. This project has been designed by young people for young people 🙂 Interested? Register at: tinyurl.com/dorothysarts...

Great start to the Songs & Soundscapes project today! We still have a couple of spaces available on the programme, so email [email protected] if you're interested :-)

Our Music For Me project is starting again next week. This is a free project for mums who are receiving support from BSMHFT's West Perinatal Team. Please get in touch with your health professional if you're interested!

Our next Music Leader Peer Support Network is on Monday 8th September, 7-9pm. This is a great chance for experienced and emerging music leaders to come together to share practice, challenges and feel connected with the wider workforce. To book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-lead...

Starting next week! Our Songs and Soundscapes project is starting next week and is for adults with mild to moderate learning difficulties. To sign up please head to tinyurl.com/SongsSound Please share with anyone you think may be interested! :-)

If you want an amazing album to listen to over the weekend, check out this new release from The Strangest Feeling! The Strangest Feeling band features some of our amazing music leaders - Paul, Steve & Nicola and also Pete who we used to work with :-) thestrangestfeeling.bandcamp.com/album/real-l...

Here's a selection of pics from the Wavelength gig we did in July at the Eastside Jazz Club! Huge thanks to Beth Stanley for the ace photos! More are on Facebook :-)

NEW PROJECT! We're running our 10 week Songs & Soundscapes programme again from the 8th Sept. This fun & inclusive music making programme is for adults with mild to moderate learning difficulties. To register head to: tinyurl.com/SongsSound Please spread the word! :-)

Just a reminder that our next LGBTQIA+ youth creative focus group is on Thursday, 6-8pm. This session is for any young person aged 12-25! We are currently finalising the details for our new LGBTQIA+ cross arts project. Email [email protected] for more info! Please share!

Final session of this phase Music for Me today in partnership with the West Perinatal Team at @bsmhft & led by the fantastic Ann Jones. The next phase will be starting in Sept. Huge thanks to the The National Lottery Community Fund and Caring Minds for funding Music for Me.

We love a good stat and this is a fab stat! Over 13700 plays of music created on our projects over the past month - WOW! If you want to have a listen, visit www.soundcloud.com/quench_arts 🎧

Check out this fab original track written and recorded by our Audio Architects group 2025! soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

Our next LGBTQIA+ youth creative focus group is on Thursday 31st July 6-8pm. This session is for any young person aged 12-25! We're currently finalising the details for our new LGBTQIA+ cross arts project which will be starting in the autumn Email [email protected]

NEW PROJECT: We are now recruiting for participants for our new OverDub Club project! This is a free programme for neurodivergent children aged 11-13. To sign up, please head to tinyurl.com/overdubclub Please share with anyone you think may be interested :-)

Check out our new Wavelength CD on Soundcloud - the tracks have already had over 5700 streams! Huge well done to our participants and thanks to our team and funders (The National Lottery Community Fund and Services for Education). soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

We are very much looking forward to our Wavelength end of year sharing which is happening on Saturday 12th July at the Eastside Jazz Club. We'll also be launch the new Wavelength album, which we will also share on social media after the launch ;-)

New gadget! #minisynth #korg #audioarchitects

What a fantastic Musical Connections gig last night! www.instagram.com/p/DLZxRXgIi7...

🎤Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight is the Musical Connections gig!🎤 Come along to the Kitchen Garden Cafe to hear some fantastic original music from our very talented Musical Connections members!

Our next Music Leader Peer Support Network session is on Monday, 7-9pm. We have a couple of spaces still available. If you're interested in attending, please book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-lead...

GIG REMINDER: Just a reminder that we have our Musical Connections mid project gig next Thursday at the Kitchen Garden Cafe. We have a range of groups and soloists performing original music across an eclectic mix of styles. It would be lovely to have a supportive audience there :-)

1 more day to apply for our Freelance Youth LGBTQIA+ Focus Group Facilitator role! Deadline is 5pm tomorrow :-) www.quench-arts.co.uk/employment-opportunities

We've had a great planning session this morning for Plugin & our new OverDub Club projects with the new team for this year! For Plugin we have Chris & Vix (Leads) plus Toby & Ross (Young Music Leaders). For OverDub Club we have James (Lead) & Tom (Young Music Leader).

JOB OPPORTUNITY: We are now recruiting for 1 Freelance Youth LGBTQIA+ Focus Group Facilitator with an arts specialism (ideally visual arts/ crafts). Applicants must be between the ages of 18-25 for the duration of the programme (until October 2026). www.quench-arts.co.uk/employment-opportunities

We are now fully booked for our Audio Architects project. If anyone is still keen to get involved, we have a waiting list so you can still register your interest and if a space becomes available we will contact you!

Audio Architects is starting again next week! This is a 10 wk project for neurodiverse adults focused on music technology. If you want to see what it's like, register for the first session and come and have a go! Sessions are taking place on Friday afternoons. tinyurl.com/AudioArchite...

Date for the diary! The Musical Connections Mid Year Gig is on Thursday 26th June, 7pm at the Kitchen Garden Cafe - a fab night of original music is guaranteed!

Just a quick post to introduce our new senior member of the Quench team who started today – Wilfie Chance Viggers!! Key responsibility: team morale building Reporting to: Liz, or anyone with treats! Also to his canine senior, Bertie Briggs.

Our final track marking Mental Health Awareness Week comes from our Musical Connections project. This is a poignant track called I Don't Know You by Paul soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

On day 4 of Mental Health Awareness Week and we wanted to share a song from our Resilient Remix music and wellbeing project for primary aged children. Finn wrote this song thanking his mum for all of her support - it's a beautiful track and performance :-) soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

It's day 3 of Mental Health Awareness Week and the third track we are sharing from our music and wellbeing programmes. This Wavelength track is called Life of a Bird by Sophie. soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

Continuing to highlight Mental Health Awareness Week, we are sharing a track each day from our mental health programmes. This is from our Wavelength project and is called Alternate Reality by gray soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week so we thought we would share some tracks from our music and wellbeing programmes. Today's track is from our Plugin project. This is Mental Health by Teddy soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

Audio Architects is starting again soon! This is a 10 week programme for neurodiverse adults focused on music technology. To register your interest, head to: tinyurl.com/AudioArchite...

We had a Zoom filled day yesterday. First of all we had a Musical Connections online workshop on different types of rhymes (a topic chosen by our Musical Connections Advisory Board) and then we had our Quench Arts Advisory Board meeting discussing all things related to Inclusion

Just a few more days left to apply for our Young Music Leader and Young Guest performer roles - deadline is Sunday! Details about how to apply are on our website: www.quench-arts.co.uk/employment-o...

Had a great Plugin planning meeting today at Birmingham Children's Hospital's Parkview Clinic - and always nice to be greeted by this Big Sleuth Bear at the entrance!

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES!!! We are now recruiting for a number of roles: 3 Young Music Leaders (deadline 13/4/25) 6 Young Guest Performers (deadline 13/4/25) 1 Lead Music Facilitator (deadline 21/4/25) Application packs are available on our website: www.quench-arts.co.uk/opportunities

We've recently started our new Music for Me programme for parents experiencing perinatal depression at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust's Ashcroft Perinatal Unit. We are loving the sensory space we are delivering it in!

We've had a really fun day today at Slade Primary School delivering taster sessions around how music can link to emotions. Here's a sample of one of the 4 songs written by Y4 & Y5!

It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week so here's a brilliant track created on our Audio Architects project last year, a programme for neurodiverse adults. We'll be running Audio Architects again this year & launching Overdub Club for neurodiverse children. soundcloud.com/quench_arts/...

Quench Arts is leading a free quarterly, face-to-face, music leader peer support network. Aimed at any practitioner delivering music opportunities as part of their role. For more info head to: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1251055674...

Great to be involved in the Heart of England Music Hub consultation today - lots of interesting conversations and a fab vision for the future!

Why Music - free training On Monday 3rd February we are running 2 training sessions (one online and one in person) on the topic - Why Music? 2pm-5pm - in person at Quench HQ, Afro Caribbean Millennium Centre, B18 4HB 6-9pm - online on Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/quench-art...

We've had a fab time delivering tasters around how music can be used for emotional regulation at Mere Green Primary School today. Here's some sample lyrics based on different feelings written by Y5 & Y6! #anger #joy #boredom

Quench Arts is now closed until the 13th January for, in our opinion, a well deserved break! ;-) If you celebrate it, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Thanks for all of your support this year - it means the world to us! Liz & Nic xx

We've had some fantastic Plugin end of year sharings over the past couple of weeks to celebrate the new CD (which we will share another day). Here's a few pics from yesterday's Woodbourne Priory sharing of the Woodbourne team (Paul & Isaac plus guest performers Jim & Joe)!

A selection of photos from the Musical Connections Gig, 1st October 2024 at Mac Birmingham. Huge thanks to Kyle Simms for the photos. Musical Connections is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund & donations in memory of Kieran Binnie. Full album can be viewed here: tinyurl.com/MCphotos2024