Music sessions launched at Hill Top
![Hill Top filming d](/uploads/imager/generic/previews/25239/Hill-Top-filming-d_24ffddb672c00899c319d23a9d58a185.jpg 1400w, /uploads/imager/generic/previews/25239/Hill-Top-filming-d_8a32a7cb158568003e4a8148b95304d9.jpg 700w)
- Article
June 21, 2023
![Hill Top filming j](/uploads/imager/generic/25232/Hill-Top-filming-j_ad3aa96fd14ad17c252000c804266ea7.jpg 600w, /uploads/imager/generic/25232/Hill-Top-filming-j_b9f49d94a4be7faeab78414496e8b451.jpg 400w)
![Hilltop b](/uploads/imager/generic/25235/Hilltop-b_ad3aa96fd14ad17c252000c804266ea7.jpg 600w, /uploads/imager/generic/25235/Hilltop-b_b9f49d94a4be7faeab78414496e8b451.jpg 400w)
![Hilltop a](/uploads/imager/generic/25234/Hilltop-a_ad3aa96fd14ad17c252000c804266ea7.jpg 600w, /uploads/imager/generic/25234/Hilltop-a_b9f49d94a4be7faeab78414496e8b451.jpg 400w)
New music sessions held each Monday at Bolsover's Hill Top services have proved a real hit with service users.
The weekly musical group meet each week and try their hand at using a wide range of instruments from drums, guitar, and recorder, to electronic piano. There are also other sensory items provided for the group to try out.
The sessions were launched by Karen Matthews, who has been an autism practitioner at Hill Top for the past 12 years, with the idea that it could be tailored for each person taking part. Music can often have a positive affect on the mind and can help foster interaction and creativity and for some it can provide a way for self-expression or simply to relax and calm.
Related stories
![Whitegates exterior 2](/uploads/imager/generic/previews/5231/Whitegates-exterior-2_69a1818dfa139367bebb8002ee9893ce.jpg 600w, /uploads/imager/generic/previews/5231/Whitegates-exterior-2_c3cc3ad98df3661c4afcdab99bf5b612.jpg 440w)
New service to offer respite for autistic adults
A new support centre opens this summer in Worksop offering respite services for autistic adults.
Read more
![Train station environmental audit e1649148390106 300x200](/uploads/imager/generic/previews/5359/train-station-environmental-audit-e1649148390106-300x200_69a1818dfa139367bebb8002ee9893ce.jpg 600w, /uploads/imager/generic/previews/5359/train-station-environmental-audit-e1649148390106-300x200_c3cc3ad98df3661c4afcdab99bf5b612.jpg 440w)
On track to make travel more autism friendly
East Midlands Railways (EMR) have joined forces with Autism East Midlands to look at ways of making the environment more...
Read more
![Family Support Hub 2021 Northants](/uploads/imager/generic/previews/5757/Family-Support-Hub-2021-Northants_f35c4116f121869015ed384074b54f25.jpg 600w, /uploads/imager/generic/previews/5757/Family-Support-Hub-2021-Northants_d7c70dfcb27c8549e1309400c2ed9948.jpg 440w)
Online advice sessions for parents
Advice and guidance for parents and carers of autistic children are provided during regular online advice sessions.
Read more
Would you like to find out more about autism?
Being autistic does not mean you have an illness or disease. It means your brain works in a different way from other people.