Non-Profits
Backline.care
Our guiding light and main inspiration for forming, Backline were created to support the mental health of anyone who makes music happen – including families of music people. Through their network of certified specialists, they are able to direct music people towards help that is going to understand our lifestyle and work with us to help us thrive. They also hold weekly support groups lead by professionals and share regular resources that can help with wellbeing, too.
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes are a non-profit who promote fairness, kindness and understanding in the music industry. They offer many ways to support production techs (and their dependant family members), with both financial and mental health support. They certainly show this through their counselling fund which honours the therapeutic journey as very much being one that is not always a straight line. Recipients of the fund can use it to seek counselling for the first time, use the funding to continue their current support, or, seek an alternative if needs have changed on the way.
Dissonance
Dissonance is a community that values the healing properties when creativity and wellness collide. They are focussed on creating safe spaces where stigma around mental illness and addiction can be challenged and changed to the benfit of everyone in the industry and society at large. Tune in to their work and events to hear stories of shared experience, strength and hope from musicians and other industry folk.
Music Health Alliance
Music Health Alliance (MHA), are there to help those in our industry who have for any reason come on hard times with their health insurance. They are a guiding light in your darkest hour and are on hand to help signpost you towards solutions for your medical bills. They understand our industry best and even help families of industry professionals, too.
New Orleans Musicians' Clinic
This collective was founded in 1998 and was the USA’s first clinic for musicians and cultural workers of its kind. They help with medical support, social care needs and community support – regardless of someone’s ability to pay. They have used their time recently to feel local music and culture workers and really are the one-stop in New Oreleans for any kind of help you may need.
Passenger Recovery
Passenger is a very spcial organisation that was born out of the need to help travelers in recovery to find the help that they need to stay well whilst on the road. Its founder, Chris Tait, is a long-time friend and member of the Back Lounge and brought Passenger to life after finding getting to recovery meetings whilst on tour to be a challenge. They run a weekly online 12-step support group meeting for music people and have created a COMPASS which can locate recovery meetings nearest to you in UK/USA. Use it to help locate AA, NA, NAMI and Refuge recovery meetings in any place you may find yourself on tour.
New Orleans Musicians' Clinic
This collective was founded in 1998 and was the USA’s first clinic for musicians and cultural workers of its kind. They help with medical support, social care needs and community support – regardless of someone’s ability to pay. They have used their time recently to feel local music and culture workers and really are the one-stop in New Oreleans for any kind of help you may need.
Passenger Recovery
Passenger is a very spcial organisation that was born out of the need to help travelers in recovery to find the help that they need to stay well whilst on the road. Its founder, Chris Tait, is a long-time friend and member of the Back Lounge and brought Passenger to life after finding getting to recovery meetings whilst on tour to be a challenge. They run a weekly online 12-step support group meeting for music people and have created a COMPASS which can locate recovery meetings nearest to you in UK/USA. Use it to help locate AA, NA, NAMI and Refuge recovery meetings in any place you may find yourself on tour.
The Roadie Clinic
Our dear friends at The Roadie Clinic have created something so bespoke, unique and utterly wonderful for roadies, by roadies. Their Lofts provide solace for roadies and their families to come together to heal with direct access to psychotherapy and other forms of help to make positive changes happen. They advocate for better lifestyles for roadies both on and off road and helped to found support groups online including; Dads on Tour and Roadies in Recovery.