Singing for the Brain

Registration Form

St. Teresa’s Church, 250 Bishopsford Road, SM5 2BZ provides weekly term-time music-based therapeutic activity for people living with dementia. The Tuesday sessions take place between 1:30 and 3:00pm in the Parish Hall with parking available, including for blue badge holders.

This service is offered free of charge to attendees and carers and is available to Merton residents on a first-come-first-served basis. Our team of volunteer are allDBS certified for working with vulnerable adults.

What do we do:
For people with dementia, we are supported by Alzheimer’s UK “Singing for the Brain” programme and offer:

musical activities including singing popular songs, and
gentle physical activities for those who are able.

For their carers, we are supported by Merton Council and Carers First, and we uniquely offer, at no cost, break-out sessions alternating between the chance to:

learn to learn and play guitar/ukulele (instruments provided to take home),
prepare and take-away meals, using specially devised recipes, and ingredients provided which include nutrients that are beneficial for brain health,
take gentle exercise classes which support physical and mental wellbeing

If you would like to attend these sessions, please fill in the registration form, or contact the St.Teresa’s office for more details:

e: [email protected]
t: 0208 648 4113

Sessions timetable

P, R & I stand for the session – physio, recipe and instruments learning.

Mar 24th (P)
Easter break
April 14th restarting (R)
Apr 21st (I)
Apr 28th (P)
May 5th (R)
May 12th (I)
May 19th (P)
Half-term break 26th May
June 2nd (R) - celebrating one-year anniversary
June 9th (I)
June 16th (P)
June 23rd (R)
June 30th (I)
July 7th (P)
July 14th (R)
Summer break