Lost Chord Charity providing interactive musical sessions for people with dementia

Lost Chord is a ground breaking Charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and well-being of people with dementia, aspiring to affect every person struggling with dementia in the UK

From 110 sessions/year at its inception in 1999, Lost Chord now organises over 1400 sessions/year in 130 venues, affecting the lives of more than 20,000 people with dementia annually. This continual growth is proof of its indisputable track record of enhancing the lives of people with dementia, improving self-esteem and raising awareness to their plight.

Lost Chord works in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society in their memory cafes, with the local hospital trusts to give regular performances in dementia wards, with Sheffield University involved in research and local ethnic minority alliance to establish a BME memory café.

We train musicians in how to involve and interact with their audience, thereby developing their own self confidence as well as improving skills and competences and broadening their approach to their own music al career. We also offer training sessions to volunteers and carers on the impact of music on the brain and its importance in the future care of people with dementia, thereby disseminating good practice throughout the UK.