Mental Health Partnership Opportunities

SINGING FOR MENTAL HEALTH UNITS

Singing Club: Reducing Isolation, Building Resilience, Supporting Recovery


A community resource complementing mental health services and social prescribing pathways

Why Singing Helps for Mental Health

Hormones

Singing stimulates endorphins and oxytocin, boosting mood and reducing stress.

Wellbeing

Creates routine and structure, valuable for people managing anxiety or depression.

Emotional

Builds confidence and self-expression in a safe, non-clinical space.

Social

Supports connection and belonging, addressing loneliness and social withdrawal.

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Clinical relevance

  • Anxiety & Depression: reduces rumination, increases positive affect.
  • Social isolation: provides peer connection and shared purpose
  • Severe mental illness (SMI): offers meaningful community activity outside clinical settings
  • Neurodivergence & trauma survivors: supportive, flexible environment with trauma-informed facilitation

Evidence & Outcomes

Research shows group singing is linked to improved wellbeing, reduced loneliness, and lower anxiety.

Singing Club uses NHS-recognised outcome tools:

SWEMWBS

Wellbeing scale

ONS4

Life satisfaction, happiness, purpose, anxiety

Pilot Data from Singing Clubs

83% reported feeling less lonely
72% reported reduced anxiety
69% reported increased resilience and coping

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Referral Pathway

Refer your patients today. Singing Club is a safe, low-cost wellbeing intervention.

Identify suitable service users
Referral by email, phone or through social prescribing link workers
Service users attend weekly safe, inclusive sessions
Facilitators can provideattendance or outcome feedback if required

Service User Voices

Let’s Make Music.
Together.

Because singing brings joy

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