Please help me raise much needed funds for The Music Therapy Charity....I'll run a long way, and you send money! Deal??

Music therapy can and does really help give children the best start in life, esp following abuse, neglect or birth injuries cased by medical negligence.

We know that during early life, through pregnancy, birth and early childhood, there are several developmental steps that are crucial to life-long flourishing and during these crucial periods families are in need of support.

There continues to be an urgent need for further research on how music therapy should be tailored to support babies, children, and their families to flourish in terms of children's development and mental health, parents’ mental health, and the family relationships.

Areas that are currently under-represented in music therapy research – and which the MTC aims to support– include the standardised integration of music therapy practice into clinical systems in the NICU (Neonatel Intensive Care Unit) where many children post brain injury spend their first days, weeks and months.

With your support, MTC can fund music therapy research to make sure those who need it receive appropriate and tailored care.