New funding from Music for Dementia and the National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) is set to help more people benefit from the power of music and social prescribing.

After weeks of reading through and assessing applications to The Paul & Nick Harvey Fund, we are delighted to announce that 27 organisations have received grants of between £5,000 and £50,000.

A year after Paul Harvey played his Four Notes composition on BBC Breakfast, Music for Dementia teamed up with the BBC Philharmonic to help him fulfil a longstanding dream of conducting a symphony orchestra. It resulted in an emotional and spinetingling afternoon, with Paul conducting the BBC Philharmonic playing two of his compositions and also playing the piano with the orchestra.