# Dementia & Music International

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218045 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218045)
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps: Older people, People with disabilities
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides services, Provides advocacy / advice / information, Sponsors or undertakes research, Acts as an umbrella or resource body
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Nigeria, Norway, Scotland, Japan, Philippines, Hungary, Mexico, Malaysia, Jamaica, Italy, Portugal, India, Singapore, United States
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/dementia-and-music-international

Dementia & Music International was founded in 2026 to improve dementia care through the use of music. Music has been shown to have a beneficial effect at all stages of dementia and in all types of care settings. However, we know that access to music is very unequal globally. Dementia & Music International exists to overcome this inequity.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects of the CIO are:to promote and protect the health of older people and relieve conditions of old age, in particular Dementia, through:a. Working globally to eradicate inequalities in access to Music as therapy, which has been proven to have a beneficial effect on such conditions;b. Fostering knowledge exchange through meeetings, education and training in order to reduce inequality in access to Music as therapy for such people; andc. Promoting and carrying out for the public benefit research and disseminating the useful results of such research through publication or otherwise.

## What it funds

Dementia & Music International is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and health / saving of lives for older people and people with disabilities; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations, provides services, provides advocacy / advice / information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales, Argentina, Australia, Austria and Bolivia and 26 more areas.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Dementia & Music International in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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