Flight from conflict, together with complex challenges integrating into a new country, takes an enormous toll on the mental health of displaced young people. And yet singing and music making have a unique way to cut through and create safe spaces for them to connect and experience joy. We hear from trainer and practitioner Jim Pinchen (Surrey Arts) and from Dr Hala Jaber from University of Limerick, from whom Sing Up Foundation have commissioned a new report into singing for displaced young people.

As discussed in this episode, you can now download our new research report - Then the Dream Started to be More: Singing with Refugees and Unaccompanied Minors. Available to download free from the Sing Up Foundation website: https://www.singupfoundation.org/exploring-effective-practice/singing-with-young-refugees

Inspiring Voices is the podcast of the Sing Up Foundation. In this second series, co-hosts Baz Chapman and Celi Barberia chat with pairs of guests about the power of singing for young people, particularly those whose life experiences are likely to impact on their mental health.

The Sing Up Foundation believes in the power of singing to improve health and wellbeing – so listen in and be inspired!

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Episode features music from Beccy Owen. 'Anemone' originally written by Beccy Owen and the Refuge, bespoke arrangement for Sing Up Foundation by Beccy Owen.