PULSE
Music and movement sessions to improve your health and wellbeing
Pulse is for adults who wish to improve their health and wellbeing through music and movement.
Created in collaboration with Southmead Development Trust, Pulse is run with drop-in sessions every few months and a regular weekly group and offers music making and physical exercises for people of all abilities.

The music/movement lifts my mood and also calms me… I feel like I’m getting my old self back.”
Pulse Participant
What happens in a session?
Drop-in to one of workshops or attend every week.
Sessions start as a coffee morning with refreshments, and then move into music making, movement and listening.
During the session you might:
- Enjoy refreshments with others
- Make music with instruments and singing
- Move your body to music
- Relax, listen and breathe
Joining a Pulse session
If you feel you, a family member or a person you support would benefit from joining our Pulse sessions, please either:
- sign up to a monthly drop-in session
- or contact us for more information and to sign up to the regular weekly group
Drop-in workshops

Drop-in workshops
Come to our drop-in workshops every few months, whenever you feel like joining.
Various days and times
Greenway Centre
Doncaster Road, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 5PY
Free, donations welcome

Regular Weekly Group
Wednesdays (term time)
Beacon Music Centre
Stanton Rd, Bristol, BS10 5SJ
First session free, then £3 per session
Contact Us
For information about Pulse, or to sign up to our regular weekly sessions, please get in touch.
community@bristolbeacon.org
0117 204 7103
Project Partners and funders
The PULSE project is in partnership with Southmead Development Trust and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.


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