After a year of publishing the magazine ‘Brass on the Mind’, Mode for… director Tabby Kerwin and team have made the decision to make wellbeing and mental health content even more accessible to musicians in the brass band movement.

Based on the ethos of “doing what we love and loving what we do” Mode for… has always been a business for benefit, wanting to help and support as many people as possible through all its brands and as such, in 2022 ‘Brass on the Mind’  has moved from being a paid magazine to a free blog.

Content will be regularly added to the blog, all designed to support the wellbeing of brass band musicians, plus there will be more activity in the Facebook group, new seasons of the Podcast and Mode for… is working hard to create more free mental health and suicide prevention training opportunities for people in brass bands.

It is so important that we prioritise wellness and mental health in the brass band movement as by looking after the people we strengthen the movement as a whole. It has been great publishing the magazine, but the reality is we are never scared of mixing things up at Mode for… and having great content and contributors is amazing, but that content needs to be accessible to everyone to be effective.

I’m passionate about supporting wellness and mental health in the brass band movement as we have an opportunity to impact people’s lives in a positive way across many generations through music and camaraderie. By making Brass on the Mind completely transparent and accessible, Mode for… can really play its role in helping people and that feels so right and attuned to our ethos of “doing what we love and loving what we do”.

Check out the new blog over at www.modefor.co.uk

Much Love

Tabby x