# Hear Me Out Music

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1119049
- **Other names:** MUSIC IN DETENTION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05943893](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05943893)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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:** 07548 558741
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.
- Scotland
- Bedford
- Cumbria
- Durham
- Islington
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Tower Hamlets





## Trustees

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




