Hear Me Out
@hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social
We run music workshops in UK immigration detention centres & asylum hotels to release the words, music, and life stories of the people held inside.
https://linktr.ee/hearmeoutmusic
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LAST CALL for donations to our #ChristmasChallenge - the campaign ends at 12noon!
These little snowmen were made by children in an asylum hotel. Every donation you make is DOUBLED, meaning we can do more for people caught in immigration detention.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
These little snowmen were made by children in an asylum hotel. Every donation you make is DOUBLED, meaning we can do more for people caught in immigration detention.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
LAST CALL for donations to our #ChristmasChallenge - the campaign ends at 12noon!
These little snowmen were made by children in an asylum hotel. Every donation you make is DOUBLED, meaning we can do more for people caught in immigration detention.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
These little snowmen were made by children in an asylum hotel. Every donation you make is DOUBLED, meaning we can do more for people caught in immigration detention.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Less than 24 hours to go!
Donations doubled for the next week - it costs £13 for a person to attend a music workshop in immigration detention.
Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.
#ChristmasChallenge
Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.
#ChristmasChallenge
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Less than 24 hours to go!
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The Supporter’s Choice Award is a free way to show your support for a charity you care about, where they could win £1,000 donated by Big Give.
To enter:
✅ Post on Bluesky
✅ Use #BigGiveChoice & #ChristmasChallenge
✅ Tag Big Give + your chosen charity
✅ Share why they deserve to win
To enter:
✅ Post on Bluesky
✅ Use #BigGiveChoice & #ChristmasChallenge
✅ Tag Big Give + your chosen charity
✅ Share why they deserve to win
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The Supporter’s Choice Award is a free way to show your support for a charity you care about, where they could win £1,000 donated by Big Give.
To enter:
✅ Post on Bluesky
✅ Use #BigGiveChoice & #ChristmasChallenge
✅ Tag Big Give + your chosen charity
✅ Share why they deserve to win
To enter:
✅ Post on Bluesky
✅ Use #BigGiveChoice & #ChristmasChallenge
✅ Tag Big Give + your chosen charity
✅ Share why they deserve to win
Only 24 hours to go to hit our #ChristmasChallenge target - every donation, no matter what you can afford, is really appreciated by our team, and everyone we work with in immigration detention.
Bring connection and community to families facing a hostile system:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Bring connection and community to families facing a hostile system:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Only 24 hours to go to hit our #ChristmasChallenge target - every donation, no matter what you can afford, is really appreciated by our team, and everyone we work with in immigration detention.
Bring connection and community to families facing a hostile system:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Bring connection and community to families facing a hostile system:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
All donations made to our Big Give appeal will be doubled, meaning your donation will go twice as far — meaning it could help provide practical advice and emotional support to people like Olu as they navigate the asylum system.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
All donations made to our Big Give appeal will be doubled, meaning your donation will go twice as far — meaning it could help provide practical advice and emotional support to people like Olu as they navigate the asylum system.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Share music this Christmas with a person held in immigration detention. Every pound donated is doubled, increasing access to connection, creativity and improved mental health.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Share music this Christmas with a person held in immigration detention. Every pound donated is doubled, increasing access to connection, creativity and improved mental health.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donations doubled for the next week - it costs £13 for a person to attend a music workshop in immigration detention.
Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.
#ChristmasChallenge
Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.
#ChristmasChallenge
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Donations doubled for the next week - it costs £13 for a person to attend a music workshop in immigration detention.
Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.
#ChristmasChallenge
Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.
#ChristmasChallenge
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A child saved, a family lost, a legacy that warns us not to make the same mistakes.
With #Refugee #FamilyReunion now restricted, we must remember the human cost of separation, and our responsibility to prevent it.
🔗 Read @suelukes.bsky.social blog here: renecassin.org/from-kindert...
With #Refugee #FamilyReunion now restricted, we must remember the human cost of separation, and our responsibility to prevent it.
🔗 Read @suelukes.bsky.social blog here: renecassin.org/from-kindert...
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A child saved, a family lost, a legacy that warns us not to make the same mistakes.
With #Refugee #FamilyReunion now restricted, we must remember the human cost of separation, and our responsibility to prevent it.
🔗 Read @suelukes.bsky.social blog here: renecassin.org/from-kindert...
With #Refugee #FamilyReunion now restricted, we must remember the human cost of separation, and our responsibility to prevent it.
🔗 Read @suelukes.bsky.social blog here: renecassin.org/from-kindert...
We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings. For one week only, your donations to our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge campaign are DOUBLED - helping people like Olu move from isolation to connection. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings. For one week only, your donations to our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge campaign are DOUBLED - helping people like Olu move from isolation to connection. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Do you want to make more hope, joy, welcome? this is your chance. donate.biggive1.org/campaign/a05...
@hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social take music into immigration detention, barracks, asylum "hotels" and bring just that and amplify the voices. And from tomorrow your donations will be doubled. Go go go
@hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social take music into immigration detention, barracks, asylum "hotels" and bring just that and amplify the voices. And from tomorrow your donations will be doubled. Go go go
Empowering migrants through music and creativity – Big Give
Hear Me Out uses music and creativity to support people with lived experience of immigration detention and asylum. We run …
donate.biggive.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Do you want to make more hope, joy, welcome? this is your chance. donate.biggive1.org/campaign/a05...
@hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social take music into immigration detention, barracks, asylum "hotels" and bring just that and amplify the voices. And from tomorrow your donations will be doubled. Go go go
@hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social take music into immigration detention, barracks, asylum "hotels" and bring just that and amplify the voices. And from tomorrow your donations will be doubled. Go go go
Next week, we're launching our @biggive.bsky.social #christmaschallenge campaign. For one week only, your donations will be DOUBLED.
We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings, and offer hope to those facing hostility: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings, and offer hope to those facing hostility: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Next week, we're launching our @biggive.bsky.social #christmaschallenge campaign. For one week only, your donations will be DOUBLED.
We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings, and offer hope to those facing hostility: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings, and offer hope to those facing hostility: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Never too early for a bit of festive joyfulness from our work with kids in asylum hotels.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Never too early for a bit of festive joyfulness from our work with kids in asylum hotels.
The Hear Me Out community gathered in West London recently for its annual Practice Forum - sharing expertise and insight from working in immigration detention settings: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/hear...
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Hear Me Out community gathered in West London recently for its annual Practice Forum - sharing expertise and insight from working in immigration detention settings: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/hear...
COMING SOON: We’re taking part in Big Give’s #ChristmasChallenge!
For one week only (2-9 December), donations to Hear Me Out will be matched.
That means twice the impact for your donation, transforming isolation to connection, and sharing music with people held in UK immigration detention.
For one week only (2-9 December), donations to Hear Me Out will be matched.
That means twice the impact for your donation, transforming isolation to connection, and sharing music with people held in UK immigration detention.
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
COMING SOON: We’re taking part in Big Give’s #ChristmasChallenge!
For one week only (2-9 December), donations to Hear Me Out will be matched.
That means twice the impact for your donation, transforming isolation to connection, and sharing music with people held in UK immigration detention.
For one week only (2-9 December), donations to Hear Me Out will be matched.
That means twice the impact for your donation, transforming isolation to connection, and sharing music with people held in UK immigration detention.
Nominate Hear Me Out for a Movement for Good Award - 12 draws over the Christmas period for £1k to go towards vital music workshops in immigration detention spaces. We're charity number 1119049: movementforgood.com
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November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Nominate Hear Me Out for a Movement for Good Award - 12 draws over the Christmas period for £1k to go towards vital music workshops in immigration detention spaces. We're charity number 1119049: movementforgood.com
One day to go until the online event about Artists' Care in Complex Settings, with Youth Music, University of Wolverhampton, Irene Taylor Trust, and us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-ca...
Artists' Care: Supervision and Care for Artists Working in Complex Settings
How can supervision and care in challenging and complex settings be structured, funded and embedded within organisations?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
One day to go until the online event about Artists' Care in Complex Settings, with Youth Music, University of Wolverhampton, Irene Taylor Trust, and us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-ca...
A quick flashback to a sweltering day in Dover as Band from the Barracks hit the stage at Dover Multicultural Festival:
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A quick flashback to a sweltering day in Dover as Band from the Barracks hit the stage at Dover Multicultural Festival:
"In that suffocating situation... it really messes with your head." This ITV report explains the situation Hear Me Out hopes to relieve - bringing music, community and mental stimulation to confinement: www.itv.com/news/central...
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October 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"In that suffocating situation... it really messes with your head." This ITV report explains the situation Hear Me Out hopes to relieve - bringing music, community and mental stimulation to confinement: www.itv.com/news/central...
Hear Me Out runs music and arts workshops with children in UK asylum hotels: youtu.be/Knay4itKq0w
Hear Me Out - music and arts workshops with children in UK asylum hotels
YouTube video by Hear Me Out
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October 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hear Me Out runs music and arts workshops with children in UK asylum hotels: youtu.be/Knay4itKq0w
We're taking part in this session about Artists' Care in complex settings on November 20th - take a look: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-ca...
@youthmusic.bsky.social @irenetaylortrust.bsky.social @good-vibrations.bsky.social
@youthmusic.bsky.social @irenetaylortrust.bsky.social @good-vibrations.bsky.social
Artists' Care: Supervision and Care for Artists Working in Complex Settings
How can supervision and care in challenging and complex settings be structured, funded and embedded within organisational structures?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We're taking part in this session about Artists' Care in complex settings on November 20th - take a look: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-ca...
@youthmusic.bsky.social @irenetaylortrust.bsky.social @good-vibrations.bsky.social
@youthmusic.bsky.social @irenetaylortrust.bsky.social @good-vibrations.bsky.social
Feel like you need some facts at your fingertips? Download this excellent cheatsheet from @safepassageintl.bsky.social : act.safepassage.org.uk/ultimate-mig...
The Ultimate Migration Cheatsheet
When lies spread faster than truth, facts become resistance. This cheatsheet is your ultimate pocket resource to challenge far-right narratives on migration. These quick, hard-hitting facts will help ...
act.safepassage.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Feel like you need some facts at your fingertips? Download this excellent cheatsheet from @safepassageintl.bsky.social : act.safepassage.org.uk/ultimate-mig...
We are seeking an experienced Individual Giving Consultant to support the continued growth and development of Hear Me Out’s fundraising.
More info and application: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/vaca...
More info and application: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/vaca...
Hear Me Out
hearmeoutmusic.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are seeking an experienced Individual Giving Consultant to support the continued growth and development of Hear Me Out’s fundraising.
More info and application: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/vaca...
More info and application: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/vaca...
Coming up this afternoon - our webinar with @irenetaylortrust.bsky.social about working with music in prisons and detention settings. Still time to sign up and join us: www.eventbrite.com/e/learnings-...
Learnings from prison/detention - a musician's perspective
Irene Taylor Trust and Hear Me Out compare and reflect on our practice at the front line of prisons and asylum detention.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Coming up this afternoon - our webinar with @irenetaylortrust.bsky.social about working with music in prisons and detention settings. Still time to sign up and join us: www.eventbrite.com/e/learnings-...
Next Monday! A free webinar to hear about our learning from observing music project delivery in prisons and immigration detention.
Book your place on Eventbrite to take part: www.eventbrite.com/e/learnings-...
Book your place on Eventbrite to take part: www.eventbrite.com/e/learnings-...
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Next Monday! A free webinar to hear about our learning from observing music project delivery in prisons and immigration detention.
Book your place on Eventbrite to take part: www.eventbrite.com/e/learnings-...
Book your place on Eventbrite to take part: www.eventbrite.com/e/learnings-...
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We're very excited to team up with @hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social for a FREE webinar next week, following observation of each other's practice in prisons and immigration detention. Great insights for anyone interested in music in community settings
Monday 22/09/25 - 2.30pm
BOOK: bit.ly/ITTHMO
Monday 22/09/25 - 2.30pm
BOOK: bit.ly/ITTHMO
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We're very excited to team up with @hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social for a FREE webinar next week, following observation of each other's practice in prisons and immigration detention. Great insights for anyone interested in music in community settings
Monday 22/09/25 - 2.30pm
BOOK: bit.ly/ITTHMO
Monday 22/09/25 - 2.30pm
BOOK: bit.ly/ITTHMO