Healthcare professional? Take a look at our dedicated training site!
Healthcare professional? Take a look at our dedicated training site!

Living well with dementia cookery course

At Playlist for Life we want to highlight the work of other organisations who support people to live well with dementia. We like to promote activities that may be helpful to our readers who live with dementia themselves or support people who do. Deepness Dementia Media is a platform that gives people tools for living … Read more

Sally Magnusson awarded MBE for services to dementia

Founder of music and dementia charity Playlist for Life is recognised in Birthday Honours List for services to people with dementia and their carers Writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson founded Playlist for Life ten years ago after discovering the power music held for her mother, Mamie, who lived with dementia and died in 2012. Sally … Read more

NHS Fife’s success with Playlist for Life

We’re working with healthcare professionals to support patients with dementia   Four NHS Fife wards who recently completed Playlist for Life training were celebrated at an event recognising the health board’s drive to improve its care of people living with dementia. The four wards completed training by Helen Skinner (Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultant) who … Read more

Michael Timmons is Playlist for Life’s new Executive Director

Michael takes on role during charity’s 10th anniversary year Michael Timmons was appointed Executive Director of Playlist for Life in April after previously serving as Head of Operations and Deputy Director before taking on the role of Interim Executive Director in January 2023. He has been with the organisation since 2019 and will now lead … Read more

Take part in our 10th birthday film!

We’re making a film to celebrate 10 years of meaningful music for dementia and we want YOU to get involved As you may know, 2023 marks the 10th birthday of Playlist for Life and as the celebrations near, we’d love to invite our community to participate in a celebratory video which will document our journey … Read more

A playlist for Dad – Sam’s story

Music had always been important to Sam’s dad Paul, who was diagnosed with dementia at age 62. As Sam researched more about dementia, he discovered that music played an important role in bringing other people living with the condition back to themselves. So, with the help of close family, Sam decided to make a playlist … Read more

ScottishPower Foundation supports growth of Help Point network

Our Head of Communities, Rebecca Kennedy, shares how funding from the ScottishPower Foundation is supporting people living with dementia through the power of music. If life was a film, what music would feature on the soundtrack? At Playlist for Life, we ask those we support to think of the music that is meaningful to them; … Read more

Our new interim Executive Director

We are excited to announce that Michael Timmons has been appointed as Playlist for Life’s new interim Executive Director. Michael Timmons has been appointed as Playlist for Life’s interim Executive Director as of January 2023. Our previous Executive Director, Michelle Armstrong-Surgenor, stepped down in December 2022 to pursue an exciting new role at Scottish Brain Sciences. The Board … Read more


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