Science Together

Moving Music was fortunate to be selected to participate in 2024/2025 in Science Together, a community-first engagement programme, coordinated by staff at the University of Oxford with support from Oxford Brookes University. The programme aims to nurture mutually beneficial collaborations between researchers and community partners to improve the lives of people in Oxfordshire and accelerate impact from university research.

The Moving Music team assessed the value and impact of Sound Resource's Moving Music concerts for people with dementia and their carers. This included an assessment of the cost effectiveness and social value of the concerts with Orchestras Live, mapping data looking at aspects such as where people come from and the location of complementary provision, and using Storytelling evaluation to provide qualitative insights. They produced a final report that brought together the outcomes of all the evaluation strands, with clear and accessible creative communication of their findings.

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Photos from the Science Together celebration event in June 2025, at which Team member Laura Flenley (Oxford University plant biologist) performed with fellow University musician, Adam Bennett.