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Chamber and committees

Forget Me Notes

  • Submitted by: Gordon MacDonald, Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-01655

That the Parliament commends the Forget Me Notes project, an open-to-all charity built upon dementia-friendly values, which uses music to build community and tackle isolation in a variety of settings; notes that the aim of the project is to enhance communication opportunities with the use of music, to help build inclusive communities, and demonstrate the power of music when working with people who have dementia; understands that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the project’s choir changed from physical meetings at the Salvation Army Hall on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, to twice weekly Zoom meetings, and now has members joining from Plymouth, York, Newcastle, Aberdeen and Perth; notes that Forget Me Notes has, in collaboration with Together in Song and Capital Theatres, live-streamed two concerts, from the Kings Theatre, of songs curated by members and written by participants of Capital Theatre’s Tea & Jam sessions; recognises that, through the summer, the project also established a choir in the park, holding face-to-face practices in Saughton Park Bandstand, and has built a community of people with members joining from local care homes, including Clovenstone House, and praises the efforts of the Forget Me Notes staff and volunteers throughout the pandemic.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Colin Beattie, Sarah Boyack, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Natalie Don, Jackie Dunbar, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Colin Smyth, Collette Stevenson, Paul Sweeney, Evelyn Tweed, Sue Webber, Tess White, Martin Whitfield