How ENO Breathe Helped Me

• 94% of participants said that ENO Breathe met their expectations
• 98% would recommend ENO Breathe to others experiencing long Covid symptoms
• 80% of participants said that their levels of breathlessness had improved
• 73% of participants said their levels of anxiety were better
• 80% said their general well being improved since starting of the programme
• 87% said that ENO Breathe had a positive impact on their General Wellbeing.

To date, ENO Breathe has been evaluated by an independent evaluator following an evaluation methodology co-designed with our colleagues at Imperial College. The methodology uses standardised healthcare metrics which are recognised by the NHS. Our evaluation data is analysed periodically, and we have found the results of our ongoing evaluation to be consistent with the findings presented above (from the first 1084 patients to take part in the ENO Breathe programme).

A Randomised Controlled Trial was conducted on ENO Breathe in the summer of 2021 by academics at Imperial College London and we were delighted that the results were published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal in April 2022. The trial involved 150 participants. More information on the trial, the summary of results, and access to the full article can be found here: ENO Breathe Announces Results of Randomised Controlled Trial.

“I never before had an experience like this. I didn’t think things like singing could help me with my breathing and improve my recovery from Covid and it has really helped me emotionally and physically.”

“ENO made me feel like someone still cared and something was actively being done to recognise and ‘treat’ long covid and not let us become lost in the ether.”

“ENO Breathe has helped me by showing me breathing techniques and ways to relax my vocal cords which I use daily. I also use the relaxation methods on a daily basis, they help me enormously as I suffer with anxiety now. ENO Breathe helped me with practical and mindful ways to cope with my life when I felt forgotten and I will be forever grateful.”

“I definitely know that during my day to day life, I’m calling upon things that I’ve done in the course. I’ve no doubt that ENO has been one of the causes of my progress over the last six weeks.”

Hear from participants about their experiences of ENO Breathe

Watch past participant, Wayne’s story

ENO Breathe was awarded the prestigious RPS Impact Award in 2021. View the award ceremony and hear our acceptance speech – jump to 1”12”01).

The project was also shortlisted for The Stage Community Project of the Year and Broadway World UK Awards under the category of Lockdown Hero.

Press Coverage (as of September 2025)

ENO Breathe has been featured on BBC Breakfast and ITV News, on BBC radio 4’s Today programme as well as on many local radio stations and numerous global news channels.

610 total pieces of coverage
6 continents reached
102 interviews with key spokespeople
410 broadcast mentions
90 national broadcast mentions
323 regional broadcast mentions
19 international broadcast mentions

Notable coverage:

Read articles about ENO Breathe, and its conception in the

• BBC Music Magazine
• The Telegraph
• The New York Times
• The Independent

Listen to

• an interview from CBC with past participant Joanna Herman, and our Creative Director Suzi Zumpe
•  Inside Health Programme on BBC Radio 4 – Focus on Breath

Read and watch

• a feature on BBC News Online, written by Jon Kay following the 3rd May ENO Breathe performance on the London Coliseum stage, includes interviews with Jenny Mollica, and participants: Dave Smith, Dr Hannah King, Marj Levy.
• an ITV News report, aired on the ITV News at 10
• a feature on BBC Breakfast about Dave Smith learning to breathe and sing again after Long Covid
•  a feature on the TODAY programme.
• a feature on CBS This Morning programme

Many of the individuals who have completed the ENO Breathe 6-week programme continue to engage with ENO Breathe’s regular weekly drop-in Twilight sessions and have expressed a desire to continue singing and connecting with each other.

To respond to this, between December 2022 and May 2023 we offered a series of new creative sessions to the ENO Breathe community. In these sessions, we wanted to hear the participants’ ideas & stories and connect with their creativity to help us craft some new lullabies together.

As a culmination to this project, on Wednesday 3 May 2023, 67 ENO Breathe participants, representing the larger community of over 2,500 participants performed these newly-created lullabies to a full auditorium, alongside the ENO Orchestra.

BBC Breakfast also recorded segments of the final rehearsals and performance, following the story of ENO Breathe participant Dave Smith. Watch their news segment.