guidance

Protect your charity from scams

Charitable organisations are being targeted by scammers. Making Music provides guidance on how you can take protective measures.<

Blog: Charities and tax returns

We have heard from a few member groups recently who have been contacted by HMRC and asked to submit a Company Tax Return (CTR).

Access and inclusion: Links to specialist resources

When you are developing accessible and inclusive activity and practice, it’s important to connect with the knowledge and experience of people with direct experience of barriers.

This resource lists some of the specialist organisations who provide resources, service and training. Use these links to find out more about any challenges specific to your members or that you are likely to find in your community.  

Latest guidance on music group activity in England

On 8 December, the UK Government announced that England will move to Plan B of the

Latest guidance on the route out of lockdown

All four nations of the UK are starting to open up again after lockdown, each with a different roadmap and timeline. 

Covid resources: Overview

Although governments' Covid measures are no longer in place, the virus is still prevalent in the UK and it may take some time until things are completely back to normal. So we've updated our Covid resources and added new ones to help you, as we learn to live with Covid

To find out what living with Covid means for your group, guidance on what measures you could take to minimise the spread of Covid, and to access risk assessment templates, have a look at our new resources for performances and rehearsals.

And still we play (and sing)

Following changes to the rules governing social interaction in all the nations of the UK, confusion arose as to their application

New coronavirus rules?

Following the announcement by the UK government last week, Making Music were told originally by the Department for Culture, Media

The role of the chair

The role of your group’s committee or management team (or whatever term you use to describe the group of people who volunteer their time to run your group) is to organise and facilitate the activities of the group, whilst supporting and protecting the reputation of the group and ensuring that legal responsibilities are met.  The role of the chair within this, is to oversee the work of the committee and the everyday activities of the group to ensure that these aims are achieved.