m4d Radio is celebrating its first anniversary with celebrities contributing individual playlists for a week’s schedule of programming on the dementia-focused station.
Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure (pictured), former Strictly Coming Dancing judge Len Goodman, Coronation Street stars Shobna Gulati and Jennie McAlpine, broadcaster Dan Walker, and actresses Phyllis Logan, Angela Lonsdale and Julie Hesmonhalgh have each contributed their favourite tunes and messages in support.
Each personal playlist has been chosen as a combination of favourite, joyous songs, and personal music that is significant to the individual and their relative living with dementia.
Each day between 28 June and 3 July listeners can tune-in to enjoy the special programmes via m4dradio.com or on smart speakers.
“I chose these songs because they were firm favourites of my mother Asha, and I like to remember her when I hear them too,” said Gulati.
“Through her journey with dementia, and as she lost her memory, her eyes would begin to sparkle, and a wide smile would creep across her face when she heard these songs and she’d begin to dance and sing; she would be once again joyously transported to those times and places and faces she remembered,” she added.
Music for Dementia has created a ‘5 ways to use music’ guide with how-to tips especially for carers, and made available the full playlists from each celebrity at https://m4dradio.com/info/.
M4d Radio was launched in June 2020 by Music for Dementia specifically for people living with dementia and their carers.
A direct response to the cessation of live music performances and isolation due to the pandemic, it offers era-specific music 24/7 straight to people’s homes. M4d Radio has since won two care industry awards.
