Introduction
Steph Dickinson, of Pie Factory Music, an East-Kent creative youth charity, shares how they’re continuing to provide services and support to young people during lockdown.
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What’s in this episode?
We talk about:
- How their first response was to identify young people they were concerned about
- How they’ve continued ‘band’ sessions online using Zoom and Charanga VIP Studio
- The importance of daily Instagram challenges – found sounds, cover songs, songwriting , lyp sync battles and more
- The value of using Instagram to provide a place and time where young people can always find the Pie Factory Team
- The increase in need for pastoral care and signposting to other services and support, in the absence of school
- The importance of practitioners looking after their own and their colleagues’ wellbeing