South Oxfordshire Choir are proud supporters of Soundabout, our chosen charity. Here is some information about the important work that Soundabout does.
About Soundabout
We use music, sound, and silence to create opportunities where Learning Disabled people with complex support needs thrive.
Soundabout is a charity that uses music to support Learning Disabled people to express themselves, connect with others, and feel the warmth of music.
Our vision is a world where everyone can access and experience music. Our mission is to use music, sound, and silence to create opportunities where Learning Disabled children and adults with complex support needs thrive.


Building Communities Without Barriers
The central aim of our approach is to support Learning Disabled people’s voices to be heard through music, supporting communication, friendships/community, self-expression, enjoyment, wellbeing, and interaction with the world through music. We achieve this using an inclusive person-centred approach through Choirs, community-based interactive music-making sessions, outdoor learning with sound making, themed multi-sensory musical experiences, and virtual music-making, accessible wherever and whenever they are most needed for families.
Music is just the start; we want to help develop a sense of belonging, and confidence for people to take through life, as we all deserve to live in a community without barriers. Music is at the heart of everything that we do and the techniques we use are very simple and can be mastered by anyone, not just musicians.
At Soundabout, we believe that everybody
deserves to have a voice
Rather than focusing on what people can’t do, we want to emphasise what they can do. We believe that people with severe and profound learning disabilities including autism should have a life full of expression, passion and enjoyment. To enable this to happen we aim to educate, support and empower all those in our community. That’s why we use sound to enable people with learning disabilities to express themselves, connect with others, and feel the warmth of music.
Visit Soundabout at www.soundabout.org.uk

