Following our recent article calling for Music Therapy to be included in the Government’s planned expansion of community mental health services across England, we are pleased to confirm that our official petition is now live.
Earlier in the year, the Government announced plans that will see up to 159 new NHS mental health facilities developed across England, including 100 community mental health centres and 59 dedicated mental health emergency departments. BAMT has been clear that if these services are to provide genuinely accessible, preventative and person-centred mental healthcare, Music Therapy must be included in workforce planning and service design from the outset.
Our petition calls for Music Therapists to be included in the development of these new community mental health services — and we are already seeing fantastic support. At the time of writing, the petition has 985 signatures.
Our target is 10,000 signatures by 21 March 2027, and we believe we can get there. But reaching that target will depend on getting the petition in front of as many people as possible – our success will depend on reach and shareability.
That is why we are asking everyone who supports Music Therapy — Music Therapists, Service Users, families, colleagues, students, Allied Health Professionals, organisations and anyone who believes people should have meaningful choice in how they access psychological support — to sign the petition and share it as widely as you can.
Sharing is crucial. Every post, message, email and conversation has the potential to introduce the campaign to someone new and help us build the momentum needed to reach 10,000 signatures.
Music Therapy already plays an important role across NHS services, and provides a clinically led psychological intervention that does not rely solely on verbal communication. As we highlighted previously, these new community mental health services represent a significant opportunity to make support more accessible, responsive and inclusive.
Please sign the petition, then share it with your networks and encourage others to do the same.
We have also created downloadable social media assets to help supporters promote the petition and spread the message across their own channels. Download them here, and please do tag our social media accounts too – link below.
If you have any problems downloading the files, please email info@bamt.org and we can send them through to you or your organisation directly.
DOWNLOAD DIGITAL ASSETS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
Together, we can make sure Music Therapy is part of the conversation as these new services are developed, and show the strength of support for accessible, inclusive mental healthcare.
Help us reach 10,000 signatures by 21 March 2027. Please sign, share and keep it moving. Thank you!
Visit petition page