PODCAST [45] Evaluating and communicating impact: the key to resilience – with Adam Joolia, CEO, AudioActive
How did a youth music charity go from moments of almost giving up, to being core funded by Arts Council England, and respected by commissioners/funders in public health and youth justice? Listen in on my chat about resilience with Adam Joolia, CEO of AudioActive, the brilliant Sussex charity that uses music as a tool for social change, education, and personal development with young people.
You can listen now below, or on your usual podcast app.
What’s in this episode?
We talk about:
- AudioActive’s work in social change through music, grassroots talent development, and fair routes into the music industry
- How musicians like Rizzle Kicks, ArrDee, Celeste and Octavian have helped raise the organisation’s profile
- How learning about theory of change helped to change the organisation’s direction of travel – and success with commissioners and funders, including the Youth Endowment fund, who are evaluating its 1-1 mentoring programme
- The importance of packaging your work in the language that funders and commissioners understand, and being alert to current and future policy initiatives and strategic directives in areas like education, youth offending/violence reduction, public health
Links for this episode
Sound Sense – the association for community music
Transcript [45] Adam Joolia of AudioActive
About the music for education & wellbeing podcast
Listen in each month to get ideas, inspiration and practical advice from people involved in music education, community music, music therapy and more. Learn how you might break down barriers to music, through communications, advocacy and inclusive practice.
The music for the podcast was created by Otis Hynds, a young person working with Noise Solution.
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