Nobody gets left behind
Muse was established in 2018 as the umbrella for a range of extraordinary community projects, implemented in both Moldova and the UK.
Since early 2022 and the outbreak of war in Ukraine, our work has expanded and the two sides of the organisation have come together to support people fleeing the conflict. In both countries, displaced Ukrainians are being housed by local families. This is having a huge impact on society and the economy at local and national levels. Playing an active role at the Salisbury Community Hub for Ukraine, the Muse team of therapists, musicians and volunteers is supporting families and assisting their integration into new communities in both the UK and Moldova.
In the UK
Muse in the UK is a not-for-profit organisation based in Salisbury. It was established at the start of the Covid pandemic to help vulnerable or disadvantaged members of our community who found themselves isolated and alone. Since 2020, we’ve worked with other grassroots organisations in Salisbury to deliver a number of activities.
Salisbury Community Hub for Ukraine & MUSE CIC are collecting!
List of items urgently needed to assist the recovery effort around Kakhovka Dam
We have brilliant partners in Dnipro who already shelter 2000 displaced persons within Ukraine. Last night they took in another 800 and this evening they are travelling down to the Kherson region with vital supplies. We would like to send them funds to pay for supplies and utilities in Dnipro and we would like to send food, clothing and household items in a van from here. Please give as generously as you can.
This is the link to the gofundme page to send funds to Max – our lead partner:
This is the list of supplies urgently needed:
Items for clearance and evacuation:
Shovels, rubber boots, long rubber sleeves, lights, power banks, solar panels, water treatment agents, food for animals
Food
• Canned food
• Instant Food
• Cereals and pulses / pasta
• Sunflower oil
• Sugar
• Sweets – cookies, waffles, gingerbread, biscuits
• Tea/coffee;
• Breads in vacuuming
Hygiene.
• Wet wipes
• shampoos
• shaving foams
• disposable razors
• aftershave cream
• soap
• Personal care products for women
• diapers for children and adults, urological pads
• toothpaste and floss
• antiperspirants
Where? You can deliver these items to Jane Ebel, at 56a The Close, Salisbury, Wilts, SP1 2EL who will take them to the storage facility, kindly donated by Storage Works at Old Sarum.
Contact: Jane Ebel on musecic@gmail.com or j60rbm@gmail.com
Jane Ebel – started her career in Russia in 1986, when she moved to Moscow to sell mini computers. She soon side-stepped into the voluntary sector and worked on a variety of health and social care projects in Moscow, the Urals and in neighbouring countries, including Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia and the Baltic States. For the last 15 years, Jane has worked in Moldova, in the field of disability, early years inclusive education and communication through music. In 2017 she organised the first Marathon4All with Moldovan colleagues and was awarded an MBE for her work on disability in Moldova.
Since 2020, Jane has also worked in the community in Salisbury, developing services for people living with dementia and people isolated by the effects of the pandemic.
The conflict in Ukraine, has seen Jane working in both countries to support people fleeing the war and the families in Moldova and Wiltshire, who are hosting them.
Jane is a Trustee of Alzheimer’s Support Wiltshire and of The BEARR Trust.
What we do
Muse has built on the innovative work of its founder, Jane Ebel. Jane’s work in Moldova began in 2009.
- Supporting older and more disadvantaged individuals and groups (especially during Covid)
- Providing additional support for people living with dementia and their families
- Networking and small conference events
- Early Years Inclusive Education
- Music and Drama Therapy
- Wheelchair Provision and Maintenance
Our Work
In Moldova
Project director Jane Ebel has been working in Moldova since 2009. Initially working with children in residential institutions and those with special needs, she teamed up with British and local partners to implement a range of projects including Communication Through Music, Early Years Inclusive Education, Wheelchair Provision and Maintenance, Marathon 4 All and, most recently, support in the community for refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. Jane organises an annual networking day for British and Moldovan NGOS in London while the British Embassy in Chisinau holds a corresponding event in Moldova.
About Us
Lyndon Stickley - Executive Mentor, Non-Executive Director, Investor
During the past 30 years, Lyndon has invested in and helped to build seven successful organisations; six of which have been acquired. Personally leading the contractual negotiations and deal conclusion for three of them, the largest sale was over £100M.
John Quinn - Journalist, Entrepreneur, Novelist
John is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and novelist whose charity work is focussed in the UK on working with schools and colleges to raise the aspiration of their pupils.
Mandy Worthington – Land Surveyor, community volunteer in UK, France & Moldova
Of the three directors, Mandy is the only one to have been to Moldova and participated in both the Marathon 4 All and the community projects with children with special needs.