Music That Matters: Babigloo
In the U.K, 1 in 5 women develop mental health problems during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth. Social isolation, post-natal depression and anxiety are common for new families, and access to effective help is vital. We help to tackle this in Dorset by supporting Babigloo, a programme that improves the mental health of parents, carers and their babies through music making.
Babigloo Music for Babies (or Babigloo for short) is an approach to early years music-making for the very youngest children (under one year) and their mothers or carers. It is the brainchild of Jenny Gordon, a Dorset-based musician, who saw a need for quality musical provision to support new parents who were experiencing anxiety and low-level post-natal depression.
The Arts Development Company provides business development support to broker new links for the Babigloo team. We’re also creating a new promotional video which will demonstrate their social impact.
In 2018/2019, 61 families engaged in the programme. For every £1 spent, £40 was returned as social impact benefits, generating a total of £403,000 of net social benefit. (To calculate these numbers, we used the Mental Health Social Value Calculator and analysed two parents who were experiencing anxiety.)
Out of 30 parents asked…
91% agree Babigloo has increased their confidence
100% improved their wellbeing
89% believe it has helped with their child’s development
And 100% feel it has improved the parent-child bond