Coordinated by Rebecca Seymour, the Elevate programme is funded by the Stars Appeal and provides regular creative activities for patients on wards. A team of artists and volunteers work on ten different wards, three days a week engaging and interacting with patients using music, poetry, words, movement and song. The activities help to distract patients from the routine of the hospital day and lift their spirits. Elevate also runs monthly vintage tea parties, where tea and cakes are served on vintage china from a decorated trolley by a glamorous hostess, accompanied by live music for everyone to sing along to. The tea parties lift the energy on the wards and create a lighter, more relaxed atmosphere for patients, encouraging them to eat more at this social occasion.
Elevate your mood
words and images to delight and inspire you
Find more posts on our Elevate your mood page
Download our Elevate your mood September print edition (pdf)
Elevate artists at home
bringing music and song to you wherever you are
Emily Burridge – Pizzicato Rhapsodie
Jane Saunders – Pachelbel’s Canon and more
While the hospital is closed to visitors our Elevate artists have been making regular weekly recordings at home, with songs, music and words to uplift and inspire you wherever you are. You can view their most recent videos on our Wellbeing page or you can watch them all on our new ArtCare YouTube channel.
Other Elevate activities
the wider programme
Funding and donations from various additional sources, enables Elevate to extend its programme with visits from theatre companies, outreach activities and community initiatives. Outreach activities currently being delivered include regular Elevate sessions at Wimborne Hospital and the Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne, as well as for the Headway charity. Recent participatory shows brought to the hospital include 2Faced Dance’s performance and Tall Tree Theatre’s two interactive pieces. You can read more about these additional activities and others by following the links below. If you are thinking of programming something for your own setting, you can also download our leaflet of performances suitable for hospitals and other healthcare settings.