10/06/2026
Artist Volunteers: promoting positive mental health through music
This post and image were created by Key Changes Artist Volunteers during our weekly online session.
Through the Artist Volunteer Programme, volunteers give back to the charity, develop digital media skills, build community, and use creativity to support positive mental health.
The Artist Volunteer Programme is for artists who are completing, or have completed, one of our programmes. It offers a progression pathway that helps people stay connected to Key Changes, maintain a sense of community, and continue developing their confidence, skills and creative identity.
As Artist Volunteers, we use music, creativity and peer support to help give people a voice.
Many of us bring lived experience of mental health challenges. Through volunteering, we support other artists, represent Key Changes, and help create safe spaces where people can build confidence, connect with others and challenge stigma.
We give our time across community events, open mics, wellbeing sessions and creative health activities. By sharing our creativity and experience, we help raise awareness and encourage others to get involved.
Here’s what some of our Artist Volunteers said:
“The Key Changes Wellbeing Group has made me much more confident.”
“I have furthered my ambitions in the music industry and collaborated with others who struggle with their mental health.”
“Key Changes has helped me get back into music production, improve technical skills, mix tracks, and now I volunteer to represent Key Changes.”
“I have enjoyed recording songs that I wrote with Key Changes, and the producers have a highly professional way of developing the finished product.”
“There’s a lot of the psychology of enjoying music.”
Artist Volunteers show how creativity, peer support and safe spaces can be a powerful force for positive mental health.
