London Music Fund opens second round of Amplify London funding
London Music Fund and YouTube Music are offering funding to organisations and projects which provide young Londoners between the ages of 11 and 21 way…
Category: Inclusion
FutureLearn sees tripling of women enrolling since the start of lockdown
The number of women enrolling for online courses increased by around 200 percent between March and October according to the social learning platform F…
Live streaming offers a profitable life beyond lockdown
A Manchester-based partnership has made a success of online gigs and believes they have established a new business model beyond the Covid-19 lockdown
Streetwise Opera seeks Chair of Trustees
Streetwise Opera, the UK charity that uses music to inspire and empower people recovering from homelessness, is seeking a Trustee and a new Chair of T…
Orchestras For All offers state schools free online support
The UK music education charity Orchestras for All has offered its Modulo Programme to UK secondary state schools free of charge for the coming year
First round of Youth Music Incubator Fund beneficiaries announced
The first round of Youth Music’s Incubator Fund grants has been revealed and 31 creative organisations will receive up to £30,000 to help tackle in…
Abbey Road launches scholarships for young black British students
The Abbey Road Institute at the famous recording studios in North London has launched a scholarship programme to fund two black British students on th…
West Midlands arts organisations pledge to support black creatives
Almost 30 theatres, venues and other arts organisations in the West Midlands of England have signed the More Than a Moment: Action with and for Black …
UK Music’s ten-point plan to boost diversity
National industry association UK Music has published a detailed report showing notable improvements in diversity across the music industry but says th…
Anthem and Youth Music reports highlight impediments to music education in Wales
Anthem, the fund for young people’s music in Wales and Youth Music, the national charity investing in young people’s music in England, have publis…
Department for Education slashes laptop and internet provision for disadvantaged children
On Friday 23 October, just after schools had closed for half term, emails were sent to Primary head teachers across England telling them the Departmen…
Music Mark appoints Samantha Spence to implement diversity strategy
The music education membership organisation Music Mark has employed a consultant, Samantha Spence, to help its members address issues of diversity, in…
Musician Isa Bell calls for help to launch music education in Benin
Singer-songwriter and charity founder Isa Bell sees music education as key to helping the next generation of children in her homeland
Commonwealth citizens invited to lift spirits during pandemic through music
The Uniting the Commonwealth through music during COVID-19 project is a never-before-attempted musical feat to combine the voices of 54 musicians from…
The Irene Taylor Trust 25th anniversary Music in Prisons webinars
The award-winning Irene Taylor Trust charity is to host a series of webinars on the rehabilitative powers of music to celebrate its 25th anniversary i…
UK music education lacks disabled access says report
The charity Youth Music has published an extensive report on the issues facing disabled music students in the UK
Education Through Music opens 2021 songwriting contest
The not-for-profit organisation, Education Through Music – Los Angeles (ETM-LA), has opened its 2021 Music Unites the World songwriting competition …
Chineke’s Got Talent
A youth orchestra, created to develop black, Asian and ethnically diverse classical musicians, has reached the semi-finals of the TV talent series, Br…
Lockdown inspires the music industry to be more inclusive
Several British music and cultural organisations have agreed to a set of seven principles to improve inclusivity and access to disabled artists and au…
Why do we need music as schools reopen after Covid-19?
As schools in England fully open their gates again in the wake of the pandemic, young people need music more than ever. But why?