Nominate for Virtual Muscle Dream Music Programme – Applications Open Now!

The Muscle Help Foundation charity's new virtual music experience brings the NOISE to your home, this March! Apply today to join us as we get 'Grooving with Gratitude'!

Applications are now open for our Virtual Muscle Dream Music Programme; an innovative, fun and hopefully noisy, beatboxing and singing session like no other. Warm up your vocal cords and help compose the 657 Anthem! If you know the next Ed Sheeran, nominate them today!

ARE YOU THE NEXT ED SHEERAN?

Supported by our fantastic partners at The Rhythm Studio (Reg Charity N0. 1145472), a music academy in West London, prepare to be inspired, to discover your inner musical talents and to do something that's different and seriously cool.

“The Rhythm Studio is an amazing place where children fall in love with learning music. The teachers make it fun and inspiring, and very cool” (Gwyneth Paltrow, Patron)

“The work that The Rhythm Studio Foundation does helping young musicians is fantastic and inspiring, and I’m proud to be associated with it” (Chris Martin, Patron)

We will be running two groups, one for our younger Muscle Warrior hopefuls (8-12yrs) focusing on the elements of singing; and for our older Muscle Warriors (13-18yrs) we will be beatboxing and creating the '657 Anthem'. Both groups will learn about music composition and how music can bring much needed joy and happiness into their lives.

>>APPLICATIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED = THUR 11TH MARCH<<

Know someone with muscular dystrophy (MD) aged between 8 & 18yrs old? Please share this so that as many children and young people with MD across the UK hear about this opportunity and can be nominated to participate in our inaugural Virtual Muscle Music Dream programme .

To participate in ‘Grooving with Gratitude - Music 1.0’, bringing the noise into your home virtually, check out what you'll need to do in order to participate and then complete the application below.

Tell us your favourite feel good song; and give our Spotify playlist a spin!
Follow @musclewarrior657 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
Have some descriptive words or lines ready to describe how you feel about the charity to be included in the 657 Anthem
Post your most memorable moment from our Music 1.0 programme
Use the hashtag #MuscleWarriorsLOL on your social posts

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

All participating families will receive:

One e-voucher from Just Eat to the value of £40 (for up to 4 people) to order in your family’s fav take-away, a little treat from us to you!
Delivered via Zoom & supported by The Rhythm Studio, we’ve come up with an immersive 90mins therapeutic experience to lift spirits and fill us with gratitude during these testing times.
Receive our singing teacher, Stacey DeLooze's book Eat, Sleep, Sing featuring all the exercises and practices covered in the session. Gratitude practices have been scientifically proven to improve our health and happiness - gratitude helps build deep and lasting connections.
Unsurprisingly, demand for wellness activities due to the pandemic is high, so join us as we promise to warm your vocal cords and your hearts and calm your minds.

>>APPLICATIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED = THUR 11TH MARCH<<

SECTION ONE = Muscle Dream Beneficiary Information

Virtual Muscle Dream Beneficiary

Has the beneficiary taken part in a virtual muscle dream programme before?

From the words below how would you describe the beneficiary’s mood over the lockdown period:

Information about Muscular Dystrophy

Beneficiary Address + Contact Details

Indicate below where you heard about the Muscle Help Foundation (MHF) charity

From another familyWord of mouthAnother Muscle Dream recipientFundraising eventInstagramHospiceFacebookTwitterMHF charity leaflet

Favourite Music

Favourite Take-Out

What is you and your family’s favourite take-out meal?

Household Technology

Will you be able to participate in a standalone video conferencing call on Zoom, the platform being used for this virtual Muscle Dream programme?

Do you have a computer / desktop / laptop / smartphone?

SECTION TWO = Liability Release & Disclosure

The Muscle Help Foundation and all affiliates / identities / bodies / partners, of The Muscle Help Foundation or MHF including all associated brands ie. Muscle Dreams and Muscle Warriors, all of their volunteers, officers, directors, employees and agents ("The Muscle Help Foundation") will be delivering a virtual Muscle Dream experience for:

Muscle Dream participants, referred to herein as ‘a participant’ and/or ‘the beneficiary’:
Parent(s)/legal guardian(s) of minor participants, and other adult participants, if any, understand that involvement in the Muscle Dream may involve risk of injury or harm to the participants and agree that this risk is fully assumed by me/us, and other adult participants, if any.

Additionally, in consideration of the Muscle Dream experience, and if it so determines, delivering the Muscle Dream, I/we and other adult participants, if any, hereby release and agree to hold The Muscle Help Foundation harmless for, from and against any and all liability, damages and claims of any kind, known and unknown, which may be connected with, result from, or arise out of the consideration, preparation, fulfilment or participation in the Muscle Dream, as currently requested or as altered in the future.

This includes, but is not limited to, liability, damages and claims resulting from economic loss, physical injury, illness (due to for example cold/hot weather), or death.

Publicity / PR / Media Exposure

Parent(s)/legal guardian(s) of minor participants, and other adult participants, if any, further understand that involvement in the Muscle Dream may result in publicity, whether or not The Muscle Help Foundation actively takes steps to publicise the Muscle Dream experience or not.

Additionally, in consideration of the Muscle Dream experience, and if it so determines, granting the Muscle Dream, I/we and other adult participants, if any, hereby release and agree to hold The Muscle Help Foundation harmless for, from and against any and all liability, damages and claims of any kind, known and unknown, which may be connected with, result from, or arise out of the use, distribution or disclosure of any photographs, films, videotapes, electronic recordings, art work, or any other information regarding participants and the Muscle Dream, through any media, be it online or offline such as social posts whatsoever, including but not limited to the internet, electronic media, and/or any print publications.

Disclosure Authorisation

The beneficiary’s child's parent(s)/legal guardian(s) authorise The Muscle Help Foundation to obtain any medical information about the delivery of this virtual Muscle Dream experience which they may feel necessary for consideration or fulfilment of this event. Information obtained in this way will be kept within the charity in line with strict data protection guidelines.

Required Signatures:

I/we acknowledge reading, understanding, and agreeing to the conditions of this Liability Release and Disclosure Authorisation and are signing below to bind themselves, their minor children, their heirs, successors, assigns and estates.

I/we agree that no modification of this Liability Release and Disclosure Authorisation has been made orally or in writing. (In cases of joint custody BOTH parents to sign)

Parent/Legal Guardian of recipient

I/we and, if any, other adult participants, (“other participants”) acknowledge reading, understanding, and agreeing to the conditions of this Liability Release and Disclosure Authorisation and are signing below to bind themselves, their minor children, their heirs, successors, assigns and estates. Other participants further acknowledge, understand, and agree to be bound by the publicity authorisation selection of the child’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s). Other participants agree that no modification of this Liability Release and Disclosure Authorisation has been made orally or in writing.
Other Adult Participant, if any

Other Adult Participant, if any

Parent/Legal Guardian of Other Minor, if any

SECTION THREE = GDPR Contact Permission + Preferences

In line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance and regulations, The Muscle Help Foundation (MHF) requires your consent to contact you about this virtual Muscle Dream event and / or any associated activities, in addition to including any future comms such as charity updates ie. news items, fundraising, campaigns or online events such as quizzes or broadcast initiatives.

By giving MHF your consent, the charity will hold your data securely. You can opt out of our monthly e-mail updates at any time. The charity will never pass your details on to any 3rd party for their marketing purposes. We will only ever contact you through the communication channels that you have explicitly given your consent for, in line with the stated preferences below.

YOUR SIGNATURE HERE

I consent to be contacted by The Muscle Help Foundation (MHF) about its charitable activities, by:

Please circle either YES or NO for one or more of the different points of contact below:

TELEPHONE/SMS

POST

Address

I understand that by completing and signing this form, I am giving consent to The Muscle Help Foundation (MHF) to contact me by email, phone or by post in order to stay in touch with the activities of the charity.

30093

KEY CRITERIA

♦ Minimum age = 8yrs, maximum age = 18yrs

♦ We will inform successful nominees by email within 2 days of the applications deadline date

♦ The charity's decision is final

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

As with all Muscle Dreams, our beneficiaries are defined as children & young people in the UK with Muscular Dystrophy (MD) & allied neuromuscular conditions