Help Point Map - Playlist for Life

Explore our interactive map, highlighting partners who took part in a Scottish Power Foundation funded project to strengthen support for Playlist for Life Help Points and expand access to personalised playlists. From carers centres to choirs, meeting centres to faith centres, these partners are actively supporting individuals, families and carers to discover how music can improve wellbeing and spark meaningful connections.

Support on offer ranges from providing printed resources to running activities to help people create a personal playlist to sharing information or support on how to listen to a playlist.

Whether you’re looking for local support, inspiration, or examples of best practice, this map showcases a growing network dedicated to using personalised playlists to make a real difference in people’s lives. You can also learn more about these Help Points and watch some videos showcasing their impact below.

The Community Forget Me Not Choir

Argyll and Bute

"The community forget me not choir provide a warm, music centred service, and we are happy supporting people to use music as a source of joy, connection, and comfort. We can offer to help guide individuals and families as they choose the songs that tell their life story. I can arrange to do one to one house visits and /or group activities where we explore memories through conversation and music, helping people create a personal playlist that reflects the moments, people, and experiences that matter most to them. I can also offer practical support on how to listen to playlists safely and easily, whether through simple devices, headphones, or speakers, and can assist with sourcing or setting up equipment when needed. Everything is to complement the choir’s ethos of community, compassion, and connection, ensuring that music remains a powerful tool for wellbeing and shared experience."

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Your Voice Inverclyde

Inverclyde

"Your Voice is very much at the heart of the community within Inverclyde, it's about connection, making changes, improving mental and physical health and well being through groups/activities. We have many wonderful projects including our weekly Memory Lane group on Thursdays where music plays a big part. We encourage members to suggest personally meaningful songs for our group playlist, share Playlist for Life resources and use the 100 Years: A Century of Song book for inspiration. You can find out more information of what we do on our website and social media pages. Your Voice Inverclyde Community Care Forum"

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CEARTAS Advocacy

East Dunbartonshire

“Ceartas Advocacy provides Independent Advocacy to adults living in East Dunbartonshire. We support those living with dementia by providing peer support groups such as our De Café’s which are held in informal settings where people living with dementia and their carers, partners or family can meet and speak to each other. As well as providing social support and a chance to swap stories and experiences, De Café is an opportunity to get information. Music plays an important role in our De Café’s, we have a sing song at the end of every meet up and we have made group playlists for all the different cafes. Each café has had a talk and information on the benefits of using music for someone living with dementia and we distribute Playlist for Life materials as part of our service.”

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St Andrews Dementia Hub

South Lanarkshire

St Andrew’s Dementia Hub in Carluke provides a welcoming, dementia‑friendly community space where people living with dementia can take part in meaningful activities that support confidence, wellbeing, and social connection three times per week. Through music sessions, creative arts, gentle physical activity, gardening, and personalised experiences based on individual interests, the Hub helps people maintain identity, enjoy purposeful routines, and stay connected to their community. The sessions offer a safe, supportive environment where members can relax, try new things, and build relationships, while carers benefit from respite, peer support, and partnership with staff and volunteers. Together, these elements create a compassionate, community‑based service that enhances quality of life for people living with dementia.

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Dunfermline Abbey

Fife

Dunfermline Abbey Playlist for Life Help Point is open fortnightly on a Monday from 10.30 - 12.30 in the Abbey Church Hall, 6 Abbey Park Pl, Dunfermline, KY12 7PD. The Help Point runs alongside our CrossReach Heart for Art sessions for those living with dementia. Our team of friendly volunteers are on hand to offer help and advice to those affected by dementia to access free printed resources, offer on-to-one support with creating a personalised playlist and share information on how to listen to a playlist.

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Morningside Parish Church

Edinburgh

Morningside Hope offers a number of activities and Workshops for those living with dementia, their carers and families. Heart for Art, Annual Art Exhibition, Music and Memories, Gentle Exercise Classes, Games Afternoon, Animal Afternoons, Canal Boat Trip, Dementia Friendly Concerts, Talks, Playlist for Life training: Creating Playlist with individuals and groups, Pastoral Skills Course

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Lochside Connections Meeting Centre

Angus

Lochside Connections is a dementia meeting centre and a playlist for life support hub, providing a safe, welcoming, and engaging environment for people living with dementia and their families. We offer a range of meaningful activities that promote social connection, wellbeing, and enjoyment, while also supporting carers and loved ones. We also incorporate Playlist for Life sessions, using music as a powerful tool to spark memories, conversation, and emotional connection. We provide printed resources to help individuals and families get started with creating a personal playlist. We also offer one-to-one sessions, supporting people to build a personalised playlist that is meaningful to them. We share guidance and information on how to access and listen to playlists, ensuring that both individuals and carers feel confident using music as part of everyday life. We aim to make music accessible to everyone, enhancing wellbeing and strengthening connections for those living with dementia

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Dementia Friendly Dunblane

Stirling

Dementia Friendly Dunblane was established as a Memory Cafe in 2017 and launched their second Meeting Centre in September 2022 which operates from the Braeport Centre in Dunblane and serves as a welcoming local resource for people living with dementia and their families. The aim is to help create an intergenerational, dementia-friendly community where people can connect, build relationships and remain active participants in local life. Through a programme of music, movement, reminiscence, crafts and other engaging activities. The Meeting Centre promotes wellbeing and social inclusion. It also provides valuable opportunities for informal support, information and peer connection for carers and family members. We are a Playlist for Life Help Point and can share printed resources and offer advice on the benefits of music.

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Tagsa Uibhist

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Tagsa Uibhist provide support to people with a range of needs as well as support for carers through services from Care at Home to Community Transport and Community Gardens. We work with the wonderful elderly community in Uist, and with young people and families. Our team ensure the care given is personal and adapted to the unique culture of Uist, with many of our carers fluent in Gaelic. We create opportunities for people who may feel isolated to meet with others for different activities, or just a cup of tea and a chat. We are a Playlist for Life Help Point and provide printed resources and advice on making and using a playlist of personally meaningful music to support wellbeing and connection.

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Dementia Befriending Ayrshire

North, South and East Ayrshire

Dementia Befriending is part of Ayrshire Independent Living Network. They offer dementia befriending and wellbeing cafes throughout Ayrshire. As a Playlist for Life Help Point they also share the charities free resources to share the power of personalised music in their community. They also have a dementia support coordinator that offers support and advice to people living with dementia and there families.

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Dementia Heroes

Glasgow

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Musical Connections

Aberdeen

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Help Point Spotlights

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Playlist for Life Life has a wider network of over 2,500 Help Point partners sharing resources and spreading the power of personally meaningful music in their communities.

A Help Point is somewhere that people affected by dementia can access free information, resources and in some cases support about creating and using a personalised playlist. Any organisation that can share our resources, provide free advice, support or activity to people affected by dementia are invited to apply, from grassroots community groups to libraries, dementia cafes, sports clubs, community Police stations and GP Surgeries.