We are proud to announce that the Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation has awarded a grant to support the inspiring and transformative work of Project 6 Sheffield—an organisation dedicated to helping adults on their journey of recovery from alcohol and substance misuse. This includes vital support for mothers who have experienced the loss of their children into permanent care—many of whom have also faced the care system themselves.
Project 6 provides trauma-informed care with a strong focus on empowerment, long-term recovery, and peer support. Their work reaches individuals often overlooked or stigmatised,offering real opportunities for personal growth, education, volunteering, and community connection through meaningful, person-centred support.
Our grant will contribute towards purchasing instruments, including electric drums and a keyboard for the ARC Recovery Café. These will be used to expand Project 6’s already powerful use of music within the recovery community. The instruments will support the development of regular music sessions and skill-sharing opportunities, allowing participants to build confidence and connect through creativity. They will also help grow the community choir, which has run each Christmas for the past eight years, and enable the café to host sober social evenings featuring open mic performances. Importantly, the space will encourage intergenerational exchange between people under 30 and those over 50, offering a unique opportunity for different age groups to connect through music and shared experience. With up to 90 individuals accessing the café each week, this new equipment will provide a creative outlet, foster joy and belonging, and strengthen the recovery journey in a safe, inclusive environment.
At the heart of Project 6 is the ARC Recovery Café—a welcoming, peer-led space offering relapse prevention, support groups, sober activities, and access to volunteering and educational pathways. It provides a lifeline to people who are rebuilding their lives, including women, older adults, younger people under 30, and members of the LGBTQ+ community, groups that are often underrepresented in traditional recovery services.
The ARC community is built on inclusion, connection, and creativity, and music plays an increasingly central role in fostering this. From their long-running choir to the plans for expanded weekly music sessions, Project 6 is using music to bring people together, reduce isolation, and help individuals rediscover their voice, both literally and figuratively.
At the Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation, we believe in music’s ability to inspire, empower, and connect. By funding new instruments for Project 6, we are supporting an organisation that uses creativity to make a lasting difference in people’s lives. Music provides a space for people to feel seen, heard, and valued and in the context of recovery, this can be life-changing.
We’re proud to support Project 6 Sheffield in their mission to create meaningful change through community, compassion, and the power of music. Follow them to find out more about their organisation