AmberPlus is an innovative service offered by The Amber Trust. It aims to enable blind or partially sighted children to engage with music by providing families and professionals with resources and ideas for music-making.
AmberPlus Website & Free Resources
We have created 300 fun and educational activities to help you engage with your child through music. They include 48 activity cards, plus hundreds of professionally produced songs.
These superb FREE resources can be viewed online or downloaded and are open to families and professionals worldwide.
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AmberPlus Awards
AmberPlus is our Music Awards scheme for families in the UK who have a child aged 5 – 18 who is vision impaired with additional complex needs. Families involved in the scheme receive a set of our Tuning In activity cards, a set of percussion instruments, and 8 hours of home visits from a specially trained Amber music practitioner (organised flexibly between the family and the practitioner).
If we receive more applications than we are able to support we will use waiting lists to manage demand. When we are reviewing applications, we always prioritise children who have a terminal diagnosis / life limiting condition so please make sure you notify us about this at the point of application.
We also prioritise families who demonstrate their willingness to engage fully in the programme, and children from our partner music services areas (currently Southampton & Isle of Wight, Lancashire, Merton, and the Tri-borough Music Hub). We also sometimes prioritise older children, and those who are not attending school.
Our AmberPlus website and free resources are available to help parents and carers engage their child in music.
If your family currently receives a Little Amber Music Award and you’d like to apply for an AmberPlus award for after their fifth birthday, you can apply on our AmberPlus website.
Tuning In activity cards and songbook
In addition to the website, we have printed 48 colourful Tuning In activity cards. They include 300 ideas for everyday musical games and activities that parents or carers of a visually impaired child with complex needs can do. Accompanying the cards is the Tuning In Music Book. These resources are FREE to families who have a blind or partially sighted child. Please email amberplus@ambertrust.org for more details.
Generously supported by our project sponsors
