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Hear Me Out
@hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social
We run music workshops in UK immigration detention centres & asylum hotels to release the words, music, and life stories of the people held inside.

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Support Hear Me Out in the Smiley Charity Film Awards by voting for our film with Kwaku - it's free to vote! smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/hear-m...
Voting closes Friday 30 January.
Hear Me Out - Kwaku's Story
The Smiley Charity Film Awards is the world’s biggest campaign to promote cause-based films. Nearly half a million members of the public have voted in the…
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January 5, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Happy New Year from Hear Me Out!
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Need support over the holidays? Or looking for support for someone else? We've got a handy collection of links here:
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If you or someone you know needs support over the winter break, here are a few links and phone numbers you can use:
hearmeoutmusic.org.uk
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
At the end of last year, we finished our work at Napier Barracks. Read more about the end of our work there:
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We've been working in Napier Barracks in Folkestone for three years, delivering music workshops and creating the Band from the Barracks, which has performed at festivals in Hastings and Dover.The…
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December 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Need support over the holidays? Or looking for support for someone else? We've got a handy collection of links here:
Hear Me Out
If you or someone you know needs support over the winter break, here are a few links and phone numbers you can use:
hearmeoutmusic.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Season's Greetings from Hear Me Out!
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are delighted to share that we raised over £10k through our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge campaign!

These funds will make a real difference for people facing tough times in immigration detention. Your support brings a little hope in hostile times, and we are so grateful.
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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We must support each other to navigate this hostile asylum & immigration system to secure our safety. The Right to Remain Toolkit is an important resource that can equip ppl going through the system. ow.ly/ozhi50XGktB #NoOneisIllegal #MigrationisLife #TheseWallsMustFall
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
LAST CALL for donations to our #ChristmasChallenge - the campaign ends at 12noon!

These little snowmen were made by children in an asylum hotel. Every donation you make is DOUBLED, meaning we can do more for people caught in immigration detention.

Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Less than 24 hours to go!
Donations doubled for the next week - it costs £13 for a person to attend a music workshop in immigration detention.

Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.

#ChristmasChallenge
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The Supporter’s Choice Award is a free way to show your support for a charity you care about, where they could win £1,000 donated by Big Give.

To enter:
✅ Post on Bluesky
✅ Use #BigGiveChoice & #ChristmasChallenge
✅ Tag Big Give + your chosen charity
✅ Share why they deserve to win
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Only 24 hours to go to hit our #ChristmasChallenge target - every donation, no matter what you can afford, is really appreciated by our team, and everyone we work with in immigration detention.

Bring connection and community to families facing a hostile system:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
All donations made to our Big Give appeal will be doubled, meaning your donation will go twice as far — meaning it could help provide practical advice and emotional support to people like Olu as they navigate the asylum system.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Share music this Christmas with a person held in immigration detention. Every pound donated is doubled, increasing access to connection, creativity and improved mental health.
Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Donations doubled for the next week - it costs £13 for a person to attend a music workshop in immigration detention.

Your donation this week will help TWICE the number of people - like Olu - take part in a music workshop that fosters creativity, confidence, and belonging.

#ChristmasChallenge
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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A child saved, a family lost, a legacy that warns us not to make the same mistakes.

With #Refugee #FamilyReunion now restricted, we must remember the human cost of separation, and our responsibility to prevent it.

🔗 Read @suelukes.bsky.social blog here: renecassin.org/from-kindert...
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings. For one week only, your donations to our Big Give #ChristmasChallenge campaign are DOUBLED - helping people like Olu move from isolation to connection. Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Do you want to make more hope, joy, welcome? this is your chance. donate.biggive1.org/campaign/a05...
@hearmeoutmusic.bsky.social take music into immigration detention, barracks, asylum "hotels" and bring just that and amplify the voices. And from tomorrow your donations will be doubled. Go go go
Empowering migrants through music and creativity – Big Give
Hear Me Out uses music and creativity to support people with lived experience of immigration detention and asylum. We run …
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November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Next week, we're launching our @biggive.bsky.social #christmaschallenge campaign. For one week only, your donations will be DOUBLED.

We need YOUR help to take vital music workshops into immigration detention settings, and offer hope to those facing hostility: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Never too early for a bit of festive joyfulness from our work with kids in asylum hotels.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Hear Me Out community gathered in West London recently for its annual Practice Forum - sharing expertise and insight from working in immigration detention settings: hearmeoutmusic.org.uk/stories/hear...
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
COMING SOON: We’re taking part in Big Give’s #ChristmasChallenge!

For one week only (2-9 December), donations to Hear Me Out will be matched.

That means twice the impact for your donation, transforming isolation to connection, and sharing music with people held in UK immigration detention.
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Nominate Hear Me Out for a Movement for Good Award - 12 draws over the Christmas period for £1k to go towards vital music workshops in immigration detention spaces. We're charity number 1119049: movementforgood.com
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November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One day to go until the online event about Artists' Care in Complex Settings, with Youth Music, University of Wolverhampton, Irene Taylor Trust, and us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-ca...
Artists' Care: Supervision and Care for Artists Working in Complex Settings
How can supervision and care in challenging and complex settings be structured, funded and embedded within organisations?
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November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A quick flashback to a sweltering day in Dover as Band from the Barracks hit the stage at Dover Multicultural Festival:
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM