Tonic was founded in 2012 as a direct response to the lack of creative support for people experiencing mental health difficulties. It was founded upon the belief that participation in music and the arts can aid recovery from mental illness.

We promote mental health awareness and we champion mental health action. 

By providing opportunities for people to participate in music and the arts, we directly support them in their recovery journey. In our non-clinical community environments people can find purpose, meaning, connection and a sense of belonging.

We are currently focusing on providing opportunities for those aged between 18 and 30. Our aim with this funding is to run two DJ courses, one for turntables and one for CDJ’s. 

Each course will contain 6 separate workshops, covering technical skills, set building, and performance. Each course will culminate with participants given the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience, and with the potential for future performances at Tonic events.

We are a small charity who has always focused on providing instrument and singing based tuition for adults and have not had the opportunity to diversify our reach to a younger audience. Through our engagement with both participants & referring services, an unmet need has been identified for DJ workshops for younger people. We recognise the need to expand our provision and we hope you can help us achieve this.