About Us
The Lily-Jo Project is a platform devoted to using the power of music to educate, equip, and empower people of all ages to take control of their mental health.
Music plays a critical role across our three focus areas:
🎵 Educate
Music helps our brain establish new memories, helping us learn and process information.
🎵 Equip
🎵 Empower
Sources: Harvard Health, AARP, Psychology Today
Our Vision
We want to see a future where everyone has the ability to:
- Learn about the basic, clinical aspects of wellbeing, mental health, and mental health hygiene.
- Understand how to proactively self-care, how to spot common warning signs and symptoms of mental illness, and how to reach out for help.
- Feel inspired and energised to live their life to the fullest.
The Problems We Face
1 in 5 people have suicidal thoughts, 1 in 14 people self-harm, and 1 in 15 people attempt suicide. We believe that this is far too many.
Here are a few of the key underlying challenges:
- 75% with a mental health condition start developing it before 18.
- Teachers and parents lack quality mental health resources.
- Support services are overwhelmed, have long wait times, and require a referral.
- Existing mental health curriculum does not resonate with kids and teens.
- Anxiousness and loneliness among students has worsened since the pandemic.
- A quarter of secondary-age pupils reported being worried about being able to afford technology for studying.
- One in eight 11 to 16-year-olds and one in seven 17- to 24-year-olds reported that they have been bullied online.
Sources: Mind, MFHA England, MQ: Transforming Mental Health, State of the nation 2022: children and young people’s wellbeing
Our Core Services
To address these problems, The Lily-Jo Project proudly offers the following mix of free and paid services.
True Self Academy
Our teen coaching programme A 6-Week Programme designed to give your teen the skills, education and knowledge to shine.
Recommended for teens aged 13-18.
Interested for your teen?
24/7 Online Self-Help Resource
Our free online self-help resource is designed to help individuals and families overcome common mental health challenges such as low mood, anxiety, stress, self-harm, eating disorders, and low self-esteem.
To account for a variety of learning styles, we utilise a range of mediums including music, videos, podcasts, and written text.
Online Mental Health Curriculum
Our free online curriculum has over a year’s worth of content for classrooms worldwide. The aim is to empower teachers and wellbeing leads to address the very basics of mental health while also cultivating a classroom culture of positivity, kindness, and empathy.
Peer Mentoring Programme
Our Mental Health Peer Mentoring Programme is run in partnership with Minds Ahead. It is accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health and provides students the opportunity to earn a Level 2 Award in Peer Mentoring.
Recommended for students aged 14 to 18.
Annual Report
Meet the Team
Lily-Jo
Founder & Director
Learn more about Lily-Jo here or catch her latest articles on The Lily-Jo Project blog.
The supporting team is a mix of working professionals across the following industries: Mental Health, Counselling, Arts & Entertainment, Early Childhood development, and Media/Communications.
Shelby
Communications & Content Manager
Emma
Content Writer
Brandy
Content Writer
Emma
Clinical Consultant
Faith Child
Workshop Presenter
Mary
Workshop Presenter
Oliver
Workshop Presenter
Work With Us
We’re always on the lookout for talented singers, rappers, dancers, presenters, and sound engineers who have a passion for mental health and working with young people.
If this sounds like something that interests you, feel free to reach out to us at admin@thelilyjoproject.com to request an application.
Team Interviews
Our Partners
Trustees
Our trustees help us plan, think strategically, and stay focused. With their generous support and guidance, we can make sure that The Lily-Jo Project makes the right decisions for the future.
Rebecca Fidler – Estar Bennett – Adam Shardlow – Charles Morgan
Building a sense of community and connection with other people is so important to us. If you are interested in volunteering, sharing your story, becoming a partner, collaborating on a project, or donating, please get in touch with us by sending an email to: admin@thelilyjoproject.com.
Get Involved!
Share
If you’d like to share your mental health journey with us, we would love to hear from you! Give us a shout at admin@thelilyjoproject.com and we are happy to find a way to collaborate with you on a blog article, video, or podcast.
Donate
Love what we do? Why not make a donation to support our continued work in schools and communities worldwide. For regular giving, please contact admin@thelilyjoproject.com.
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