Simon Glenister's guest appearances

Simon Glenister

Music for Education & Wellbeing

Enhance Life with Music

Anita Collins

Noise Solution

Laura Hassler

Ryan Murphy

Peter Brown

Julia Mossbridge

Ari Herstand

Jeff Smith

Daniel Cook

Daniel Stewart

Gabby Giffords

Tom Vanderbilt

Ruth Jones

Elizabeth Grace Saunders

Gary Jones

OwlTail

Music tech is having a phenomenal impact on the well-being of those facing significant mental health challenges. “We’re not fixing people, we’re creating the conditions within which they often choose to flourish,” says Simon Glenister, Founder and Director of Noise Solution, one of the UK’s top 100 performing social enterprises. Links and notes related to this episode can be found at https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode29Facebook Page Instagram LinkedIn Twitter

<p>Music tech is having a phenomenal impact on the well-being of those facing significant mental health challenges. “We’re not fixing people, we’re creating the conditions within which they often choose to flourish,” says Simon Glenister, Founder and Director of Noise Solution, one of the UK’s top 100 performing social enterprises.</p> Links and notes related to this episode can be found at <a href="https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mpetersonmusic.com/podcast/episode29</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EnhanceLifeMusic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/enhancelifemusic/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpetersonpiano/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/musicenhances" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>

Ep. 29: Music tech interventions for mental health challenges (with staggering success rates), with Noise Solution’s Simon Glenister

In this episode, I’m talking with Simon Glenister, Director of Noise Solution, a social enterprise based in Bury St Edmunds which provides 1-1 music mentoring programmes using music technology for young people in challenging circumstances |||| Noise Solution is interesting for a number of reasons. Firstly, the business model is unusual for this sector – Noise Solution is not a charity and all of its income for delivery comes from commissioning ||| Secondly, they use digital storytelling as a central part of the work and its evaluation ||| And thirdly, they have developed a robust evaluation model that’s recognised by the Cabinet Office and NHS Clinical Commissioning  ||| We talk about … the importance of sharing a positive story about a ‘disengaged’ young person with those they’re closest to ||| Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory and the impact of autonomy, competency and relatedness ||| the power of music and technology to improve wellbeing ||| the meaning of ‘statistically significant’ in relation to their evaluation  ||| Simon’s three top tips for other people changing lives through music.

[4] Young people, music mentoring and digital stories - with Simon Glenister of Noise Solution