'We’ve come to accept that being an artist means being a full-time producer, administrator and manager too' - Writer, performer and Choreographer Yolanda Mercy talks about the invisible labour carried out by artists forced to wear multiple creative hats. www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/invi...

🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Singers! Are you protecting your vocal health? Are you pacing your voice when teaching or performing? Learn everything you don't know about your voice from vocal expert Jenevora Williams on Wed 26 Nov Secure your place now ⬇️ www.ism.org/event/vocal-...

We're thrilled with the feedback for our free digital tool, InTune! 🤩 Created with @ukbapam.bsky.social, InTune helps music creators focus on their physical, psychological, and financial wellbeing. Try it today! intune.prsmembersfund.com #InTune #MusicWellbeing #supportbeyondthemusic

We're delighted to be partnering with Actors' Trust on this series of workshops to support mental health in the performing arts sector

It's For Them Your bandmate, your castmate, the people on and behind the stage - you have a laugh in rehearsals; make sure the sound is right; you might even help each other when performance anxiety hits Can you help support BAPAM's unique health service? donate.justgiving.com/charity/bapa...

Did you know? @prsformusic.bsky.social members get free access to InTune, a digital tool designed with @ukbapam.bsky.social to boost your physical and mental wellbeing. 💪🏽🧠 Find resources to manage health challenges, build resilience, and stay creative. Try today! www.intune.prsmembersfund.com

Last minute booking is open until 7pm GMT today. Join our expert-led CPD session for creative sector health, education and support professionals. Discussing disability, race and social inequalities, learning from lived experience, practical skills for culturally responsive informed communication.

Our online CPD returns this week, 24 Sept with Creative Consultant / Attitude is Everything Founder, Suzanne Bull MBE and Clinical Psychologist, Dr Fabienne Palmer. Ideal for practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding of health equity and accessibility www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...

CPD for healthcare professionals returns! This month - health equity, diversity and communication. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...

CPD for healthcare professionals returns! This month - health equity, diversity and communication. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...

Self-care is how you take your power back!💪🏾 InTune is a digital platform that provides personalised insights into physical and mental wellbeing with a special emphasis on the specific health challenges that music creators can face. Get it today! www.intune.prsmembersfund.com @ukbapam.bsky.social

📢Today we're launching the second round of Best Foot Forward: grants to invigorate your dance career. Read the full guidelines & enquire through our online contact form by Thurs 11 Sept: bit.ly/40JWT4l Like + Share this post to help get the message out!

The Big Freelancer Survey 2025 - Report, 'Who's taking the hit?' is out now. The data provided by thousands of respondents since 2020 presents a clear - and deeply concerning - picture of the situation in which UK arts freelancers find themselves. freelancersmaketheatrework.com/bigfreelance...

Remember to prioritise your mental and physical health, even in the creative hustle. 🧠🫀 Try our digital wellbeing tool InTune: ✍🏽Complete a short self-assessment 🫵🏽Receive personalised feedback 💪🏽Access specialist resources 🫂Stay connected to support intune.prsmembersfund.com @ukbapam.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce the next year of Healthy Practice webinars for musicians, in partnership with @ukbapam.bsky.social. The next 12 months will focus on vocal health and mental health. Take a look what's coming up and book for free at www.rsmgb.org/events #music #musician #health #wellbeing

Megan Rushbrook is cycling 255 miles, from Cardiff to the Suffolk Coast, for BAPAM! “I was involved in a crash which left me requiring surgery on my arm. As a professional pianist, my career was severely threatened. BAPAM... have been nothing but brilliant." www.justgiving.com/page/megan-r...

This week's online CPD will help all practitioners offer some help to skin patients and know how to refer on for further management Skin conditions cause a lot of distress, sometimes under-appreciated by others Performing artists encounter specific problems due to their environment and lifestyle

InTune is live! Our FREE digital tool that gives you personalised tips on how to improve your wellbeing. Watch Athena (PRS Fund) and Claire (@ukbapam.bsky.social) explain what InTune is, together with Justin who has used the tool first hand. 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl0QyPVbcwM

This week's online CPD will help all practitioners offer some help to skin patients and know how to refer on for further management Skin conditions cause a lot of distress, sometimes under-appreciated by others Performing artists encounter specific problems due to their environment and lifestyle

With the right support, dyslexic actors can thrive and the whole industry benefits says Deborah Groves 👇

This month's CPD for healthcare practitioners is on Skin Health in Performing Arts Professionals. Often neglected or not thought of, there are many specific clinical challenges when it comes to performers and their skin - make up, allergic reactions, costumes etc www.bapam.org.uk/eventbrite-e...

InTune is live! Give this first of it's kind digital health and wellbeing tool for music creators a try! Made in collaboration with PRS Members' Fund. www.intune.prsmembersfund.com

You can also get support from: 💛 @helpmusicians.bsky.social 💛 Royal Society of Musicians 💛 PRS Members' Fund 💛 @ukbapam.bsky.social

BAPAM and PRS Members' Fund have been working hard on InTune - a first of it's kind digital health platform for music creators. If you're coming to the @prsformusic.bsky.social AGM on June 3, we'll be speaking at 4pm about the tool and how both organisations can support PRS members.

Research highlights the importance of trauma-informed care in the performing arts The next expert-led BAPAM CPD session focuses on psychological trauma and how we can support people with a range of approaches and modalities Wed 28 May 1900 - 2100 BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-...

BAPAM clinician, Monia Brizzi, writes in The Psychologist on our holistic and multidisciplinary approach to performer wellbeing

Launching at the PRS AGM on 3 June, InTune is a new health & wellbeing platform from PRS Members’ Fund and @ukbapam.bsky.social 🎧 Hear from Kemi Sulola on how it’s helped her recovery and can support other music creators too. www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/f...

Introducing InTune — your new backstage pass to better health. Developed by PRS Members’ Fund in partnership with BAPAM, InTune is a personalised digital wellbeing tool made just for @prsformusic.bsky.social members. (1/3)

Attitude is Everything are looking for a Marketing and Communications Manager attitudeiseverything.org.uk/job-marketin...

Did you know you can access specialist healthcare as a musician? @ukbapam.bsky.social offers free clinics, resources and training to to help you prevent and overcome physical and mental health problems relating to your practice And it's funded in part by the MU! 🧵 #MusiciansMentalHealthMonth

CPD this month takes a unique perspective on optimising performance for performing arts professionals. If you are a clinician working with performers, especially those who are touring or are in circus or cheer, we highly recommend coming along. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-....

📖 Explore the new 'Healthy Practice Diary' and 'Healthy Touring Checklist & Rider' from @ukbapam.bsky.social 👉 www.ycat.co.uk/introduction... As the UK’s largest Performing Arts Medicine provider, BAPAM offers a wealth of free resources & services. #MusiciansMentalHealthMonth

On Tuesday 22 April at 1pm, join YCAT and @tonicmusicmh.bsky.social for this online workshop, where we'll learn Grounding Techniques to help reconnect us back to the present moment when we're feeling stressed and anxious. 🙏💛 Sign up 👉 www.ycat.co.uk/Event/tonic-... #MusiciansMentalHealthMonth

We have a special focus on women's health this month: Blog series - Performing Arts and Menopause www.bapam.org.uk/news/ CPD for Healthcare Professionals - Women's Health www.bapam.org.uk/eventbrite-e...

❓ Did you know that MU members can receive a set of custom-made earplugs via the Musicians' Hearing Health Scheme?

CPD for Healthcare Professionals working with people in the performing arts. This month, women's health. Special focus on: Women's health Pelvic floor health Menopause Pregnancy www.bapam.org.uk/eventbrite-e...

Autism – 11 ways we can cultivate positive change www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Liverpool Philharmonic and Help Musicians launch physio toolkit supporting musicians’ health and wellbeing, authored by BAPAM Physiotherapist, Dr Sarah Upjohn www.bapam.org.uk/liverpool-ph...

A unique workshop on Health and Wellbeing for Student and Professional Musicians on Wednesday 2 April 2025, organised by pianist and musicologist Professor Mine Doğantan-Dack and chartered existential psychologist Monia Brizzi. Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-search-...

🫠Performance Anxiety🫠 Performing is one of the only professions where regularly feeling extreme levels of anxiety is considered normal. The BAPAM CPD for performing arts medicine clinicians TOMORROW is on Performance Anxiety. 🕐 7pm - 9pm 📆 26th February 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-....

🫠Performance Anxiety🫠 The BAPAM CPD for performing arts medicine clinicians this month is on Performance Anxiety. This topic is often really popular so get your ticket early! 🕐 7pm - 9pm 📆 26th February 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-....

Join us tomorrow (Wednesday 29th January) at 19:00 for our first CPD session of the year. Injury Prevention in Ballet and Physiotherapy for Orchestral Musicians. Should be a great session with Shane Kelly (Royal Ballet) and Dr Sarah Upjohn (Purcell School) www.bapam.org.uk/eventbrite-e...

Our CPD for performing arts healthcare professionals takes place on Wednesday next week. Jan - Injury Prevention in Ballet and Physiotherapy for Orchestras Feb - Performance Anxiety March - Women's Health www.bapam.org.uk/practitioner...

Coming up next week! ⚕️CPD for healthcare practitioners with Shane Kelly and Dr Sarah Upjohn 🩻 Face to face clinics across the UK 🎤 We'll be at the On Point Conference in Stockton

Take a deeper look at performer wellbeing with the Performance Science podcast. Episode 2 dives into the mental and physical health of performers with expert insights from One Dance UK's Erin Sanchez and @ukbapam.bsky.social's @clairehealth.bsky.social. 🎧Listen now: bit.ly/CPSpodcast1

Our next round of CPD is set to be a great one... Injury Prevention in Ballet & Physiotherapy for Orchestras with Shane Kelly Clinical Director of the Royal Ballet and Dr Sarah Upjohn, physiotherapist at The Purcell School for Young Musicians. 🩰🎻🩰🎻🩰🎻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-....

Still plenty of appointments available in 2024 including online consults all this week. Here's how BAPAM clinic dates are looking in January 👁️👁️👁️ Online: from 6 Jan London: from 13 Jan Cardiff: 17 Jan Gateshead: 24 Jan Liverpool: 13 Feb INFO: www.bapam.org.uk/performing-arts-medicine-clinics

UPCOMING CLINICS! Glasgow - 5th Dec Cardiff - 6th Dec Manchester - 9th Dec Birmingham - 10th Dec Our clinics are free for performing arts professionals or students who have an injury or illness impacting their work or practice. Email [email protected] or call 020 8167 4775 to book in!

How are attitudes towards access needs in the music industry changing? Llinos Owen shares her experience as a disabled orchestral musician 🔗 bit.ly/3D8fuhy #DisabilityRights

Welcome @dancefund.bsky.social! BAPAM and Dance Professionals Fund are working together to provide funded mental health support for people working in dance