Music and music education
Changing Tracks – Communications Lead for national music services inclusion learning programme
Anita Holford from Writing Services has been working as the communications lead for Changing Tracks, a musical inclusion programme with, for, and by music services across England.
Read MoreYouth Music – collaborative communications strategy for the Alliance for a Musically Inclusive England
Writing Services was asked to provide a communications strategy and co-ordination for The Alliance for a Musically Inclusive England (AMIE). AMIE was a collective of 13 organisations, working together to promote equity in music education.
Read MoreThe Music Works charity – Education Programme Manager & Communications/Evaluation Lead
Writing Services was approached by the CEO of The Music Works (TMW) to join the team of this small but growing youth and community music charity. The only catch was, the organisation wasn’t looking for a communications person. They needed someone to run their education programmes.
Read MoreAnthem – mapping survey, comms and youth research work
Writing Services conducted a mapping survey, project managed a youth consultation, and provided communications advice and support.
Read MoreMake Music Gloucestershire – resources for inclusion in music
Make Music Gloucestershire, the music education hub for the county, was launching an Inclusion Conference. They wanted to add value to the event by signposting people to resources to help make music education more inclusive. They approached us because Anita has worked with the partnership over many years, and has a special interest and knowledge…
Read MoreWiltshire Music Connect – case studies, leaflets and communications strategy
“You’ve brought music hub communications expertise into our team and we’ll be communicating more effectively as a result of it. We enjoyed the balance between support and challenge and appreciated your sensitivity to particular issues and challenges. Thank you.” Nick Howdle, Leader, Wiltshire Music Connect. We’ve worked with Wiltshire Music Connect on a range of…
Read MoreRocksteady Music School – copywriting about the impact of music education for disadvantaged young people
Copywriting for Rocksteady Music School about the benefits of music and the Rocksteady approach to disadvantaged young people.
Read MoreUniversity of Sunderland – writing content for online training
Our copywriting work for the University of Sunderland was very exciting as it involved our very first foray into developing online training materials for a MOOC – a Massive Open Online Course. A MOOC is aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures,…
Read MoreThe Leicester-Shire Music & Cultural Trust – communications
We were asked to do some communications work, along with our colleague and friend Marc Jaffrey, for the Leicester-Shire Music and Cultural Trust. The Trust was in its early stage of formation, and its trustees wanted some support to help with their fundraising. The Trust was set up to raise funds to support the work of…
Read MoreBrighton & Hove Music & Arts – communications strategy
“Anita did great work with our leadership team, really listening to our initial thoughts, progressing the thinking, and then developing a helpful communications strategy with tangible outcomes. This has built on the work she had already carried out, working with our teams on digital marketing, and communications work for Our Future City”. Peter Chivers, Head…
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