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Fatboy Slim has been working with occupational therapist Natalie Rowlands on the workshops<\/p>\n

Workshops involving DJ Fatboy Slim which have been helping people with severe mental health problems are to continue for at least a year.<\/p>\n

The Brighton-based DJ, whose real name is Norman Cook, has been working with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the charity Heads On, and has already held 30 workshops.<\/p>\n

An evening of performances was held at Rockwater Hove on 24 September, entitled Sound Minds.<\/p>\n

The DJ described being asked to take part as “an incredibly moving experience”, having previously spoken about how music has helped him.<\/a><\/p>\n

He said: “Watching participants, many of whom have faced significant mental health challenges, discover the joy of mixing music and expressing themselves creatively, has been truly inspiring.<\/p>\n

“Music has played a vital role in my own mental health journey, and it’s a privilege to share that healing power with others.<\/p>\n

“I’m thrilled to perform alongside these talented individuals at the Sound Minds event, celebrating their achievements and the transformative impact of music.”<\/p>\n

People with schizophrenia, personality and eating disorders and bipolar have been part of the programme, which the DJ helps to fund personally.<\/p>\n

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The 2025 programme led to a performance by those who were helped by the programme<\/p>\n

Clinical specialist occupational therapist Natalie Rowlands, who devised the programme, said: “We’ve had people that have been suicidal, in A&E every night for weeks and they’ve come to these workshops and been inspired, they’ve started DJing and bought their own equipment.<\/p>\n

“DJ workshops don’t just teach people to mix music, they help them find their rhythm, their confidence, and their voice.”<\/p>\n

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The programme will run for at least another 12 months<\/p>\n

Jessica Button, who took part in one of the workshops, said: “It’s been the best thing I’ve ever done to learn how to DJ with Fatboy Slim, and the event Sound Minds was the icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

“I found the entire event so liberating and it has improved my mental health so much.<\/p>\n

“Music is truly a magical healing tool.”<\/p>\n

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Organisers are hoping to create another Sound Minds event in 2026<\/p>\n

Rachael Duke, charity director at Heads On, said against a backdrop of financial pressure and increasing need for NHS mental health services, the programme was a “shining example of what can be possible when we set out to do things differently”.<\/p>\n

She added: “We have created something that truly values the experiences of people using mental health services and shouts about what is possible when we make our hearts sing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"28thStreetMedia Fatboy Slim has been working with occupational therapist Natalie Rowlands on the workshops Workshops involving DJ Fatboy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-197108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}