In 2019 Suzi moved back to West Yorkshire and began working regularly with the Theatre and Dementia department at the Leeds Playhouse.  She runs weekly singing workshops for people living with dementia and their relatives/carers for the Our Time and Peer Support groups. These often focus on themes that run alongside the staged productions that the Playhouse have programmed at the time.  Suzi prides herself on ensuring that these sessions are led in a responsive, person-centred way, working in the moment to connect and communicate through singing. Thankfully, the sessions  have been able to continue online via Zoom throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which has ensured the groups can still come together to sing and connect virtually. Suzi is proud to call herself a Creative Associate for the Leeds Playhouse.

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Suzi was also at the forefront of developing a community choir at Meanwood Health Centre in North Leeds in September 2019. This was to help fulfil the requirement for social prescribing within the NHS and offer patients within their community the opportunity to improve their health and wellbeing. This saw the group expanding and going from strength to strength before the pandemic unfortunately put a pause on proceedings. This is something Suzi hopes to restart when restrictions allow in order to fully explore the impact this type of community singing can have.