Posts Tagged ‘Youth Music’
Anthem – 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 More8 questions and hacks to improve your not-for-profit, public sector or social business website
8 questions and hacks to improve your not-for-profit, public sector or social business website to really make a difference to your reach, sales and impact.
Read MorePODCAST [10] Paul McManus, Chief Executive, Music Industries Association, on music education and music industry partnerships
Anita Holford interview with Paul McManus, CEO of the Music Industries Association (MIA), the UK trade body for the musical instrument industry.
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 MoreBlogs about youth music, community music education on the Youth Music Network
Visit my Youth Music Network page for blogs about music and ‘at risk’ young people, quality in inclusive practice, hubs and inclusion.
Read MoreYouth Music – case studies about the power of music
“Anita conducted sensitive telephone interviews with vulnerable young people and their families, and crafted their words into the powerful emotive stories we needed for fundraising purposes. Anita is professional, efficient and innovative: when a story she’d already worked on had to be withdrawn due to a change in participant’s circumstances, she managed to produce a…
Read MoreYouth Music – website development and user testing
“Anita is professional, efficient and innovative. Her work has made a huge difference to our communications with our supporter audiences, and we’d be very happy to work with her again.” Sophie Scott, Communications Manager, Youth Music. The Youth Music Network website is an online community for people working in music education and community music. It is…
Read More‘SWAG’ Musical Inclusion / Youth Music – case studies
The most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in our society are often those who can benefit most from making music. Yet often because of the challenges they face, they’re the least able to access opportunities to do so. SWAG (Swindon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire) Musical Inclusion was a programme funded by Youth Music and others, which addressed…
Read MoreThe Music Works – case studies of music mentoring with vulnerable young people
“Anita showed excellent skills in talking to both the young people and to staff. She draws out key bits of information in a way that is both sensitive and perceptive. Vulnerable young people have found her easy to talk to and have found the experience positive for them. Anita has a way of approaching this…
Read MoreStories / case studies: music work with young people in challenging circumstances
A short post to share a range of promotional as well as evaluation/practice-sharing stories and case studies about work with young people in music. Many of the case studies and activities were supported through Youth Music’s Musical Inclusion programme. It’s been a privilege to talk to these music leaders about their work and hear the stories…
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