# Hear Me Out Music

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1119049
- **Other names:** MUSIC IN DETENTION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 2, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1119049


## Contact

- **Address:** Hear Me Out, Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E1 6LA
- **Phone:** 07548558741
- **Email:** hello@hearmeoutmusic.org.uk
- **Website:** www.hearmeoutmusic.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF IMMIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE DETAINED UNDER IMMIGRATION LAWS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE POSITION AND EXPERIENCE OF IMMIGRATION DETAINEES,  AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE LIVING IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, CURRENT AND FORMER IMMIGRATION DETAINEES, IN THE CREATIVE ARTS.

**Activities:** Hear Me Out brings people living in immigration detention centres together with professional musicians and people living in the community, to create and perform powerful artistic work, and convey it to new audiences through live and recorded performance, thereby increasing wellbeing and empathy, and helping change attitudes to migrants.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Bedford
- Cumbria
- Durham
- Islington
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Tower Hamlets



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £371361 | £332661 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £285514 | £364108 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £347262 | £350614 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £319810 | £232186 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £257311 | £242129 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SUE LUKES** (Chair) — appointed May 2, 2007
- Aksa Canolli — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Bridget Rennie — appointed Jan. 30, 2018
- Clare Scott Booth — appointed Feb. 1, 2019
- Hannah Wilkinson — appointed July 5, 2019
- JOANNA RIDOUT — appointed Jan. 28, 2010
- Kaveh Ghandizadeh Dezfuli — appointed Nov. 22, 2022
- Kidu Zerabruk Gebreegziabher — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- MARIE-ANNE MACKIE — appointed July 31, 2014
- Seyedardavan Nikaeen — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Vebi Kosumi LLB LLM — appointed May 2, 2007