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George's Rockstars

George's Rockstars mission is to make children facing serious illness, disability or mental health crisis in hospital smile through the magic of music therapy.

About George's Rockstars


Tags: Mental health Disability support Child healthcare Health & Medical Children & Education

George's Rockstars was set up in memory of 6 year old Gorgeous George who fought leukaemia from 22 months old. Our mission is to make children in hospital smile by providing music therapy in children's hospital wards.

Your Impact

George’s Rockstars provides music therapy for children in hospitals across Hampshire and Sussex. Many of these children have serious and life limiting/ threatening illnesses or mental health challenges and spend a large proportion of their time in hospital. This can impact them in many ways, from the physical challenges they face due to their condition to missing time with friends and family. For many they have to come to terms with the long term impact their condition will have on their day to day life, or that their condition will be life limiting.

As well as their condition specific challenges, the hospitalisation of children has been shown to have a negative and lasting impact on the motor, cognitive, emotional and social development of the child.

Music therapy uses music to help children and their families live creatively and resourcefully in the face of illness, disability and trauma. It can be used to support children and their families to explore and express their emotions without having to put them into words, to encourage them to engage in activities and support their treatments, to help meet developmental goals, and build positive memories of time in hospital.

£10

Small percussion instrument for a music therapy session

£25

A music therapy session for a child in hospital