Pauline Waugh, 1969 - 2025
It's a very sad time for us at The Cheyne Gang. Our beautiful founder Pauline Waugh, who had been fighting cancer for more than a year, died peacefully and without pain on March 15th.
We will never see her like again and we will miss her always.
THE CHEYNE GANG
'Sing to Breathe'
The Cheyne Gang is a community singing group for people living with long term respiratory conditions such as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), Asthma, Bronchiectasis - in fact any respiratory condition that causes long term breathlessness.
If you are interested in discovering how singing can help please explore our site.
Find out more about The Cheyne Gang
Please consider making a donation to The Cheyne Gang so that we can continue supporting over 200 members.
All donations help us stay connected with our members and provide services that benefit their health and mental well being.
The Cheyne Gang is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). Our SCIO number is SCO47259
Cheyne Gang Member Spotlight
Get to know our members from our Edinburgh, Oxgangs group and hear about the benefits that singing for lung health can bring to your life.
What Does The Cheyne Gang Mean to You?
Hear what some of our Oxgangs group members have to say about The Cheyne Gang
click here to watch all of the videos
Singing For Lung Health Training Course
A training course to enable singing group leaders and music therapists to start and run their own singing for lung health groups.
We are now offering a unique opportunity for singing group leaders.
Come and train with The Cheyne Gang and learn to deliver singing workshops for people living with long term lung conditions.
To learn more please click the link below to register your interest for upcomming dates.
Where to find us...
There are 6 Cheyne Gang groups at present, in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Borders with plans underway to start one in Highland area.
Our groups locations can be viewed on our information page
Alternatively please contact us for more information.
You can also take part in some of our breathing exercises and songs online.
Long Covid Support Scotland is the brainchild of the team behind The Cheyne Gang.
The website provides short, bite sized videos that inform and advise on the wide range of common symptoms experienced by people with Long Covid.
Having recruited interested professionals from disciplines including speech and language therapy, respiratory physiotherapy, and occupational therapy we created the Long Covid Support Scotland website resource which provides videos addressing the common symptoms and offering practical measures such as gentle exercises, singing and relaxation. The videos are designed to allow for pacing and choice.
The website, which was launched in January 2023 includes useful bite-sized videos, resources and practical advice for people who have long covid as well as their families.
How to manage post-viral fatigue after COVID-19
Practical advice for people who have recovered at home
An excellent resource published by Royal College of Occupational Therapists. Click the highlighted text to view the file.
OUR HEALTH projects create community-based research that invites local communities to set real-world research questions around health and well-being
Our Health is a student group from Edinburgh University that has been collaborating with The Cheyne Gang since January 2018.
Our Health now have their own page on our website to stay in touch with our members.
Visit their page to find out more.
The Cheyne Gang would like to acknowledge the organisations and individuals who provide both financial and moral support.
They can be viewed on our information page along with details about our team, our locations and more detailed information about The Cheyne Gang.