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Post date: Thursday, 27 October 2022 - 3:56pm

A team from HMRC’s digital service design department is looking into ways to simplify the process of claiming Gift Aid online and improve the service’s user experience.

Your experience and opinions matter!

If you have claimed Gift Aid previously, we encourage you to provide your feedback on the process. The team at HMRC is especially interested in learning which aspects of the service work well and which do not.

Post date: Wednesday, 26 October 2022 - 1:00pm

Music creator Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones talks about the premiere night of her collaboration with the Voices of Exmoor as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2022.

Post date: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 - 2:54pm

The Creative Lives Awards, formerly known as the Epic Awards, is back again!

This year, Creative Lives is looking to recognise and celebrate the engagement, collaboration, innovation and creative development across voluntary and community-led projects and groups. The awards will shine a spotlight on those ‘unsung’ heroes who inspire and sustain creative cultural activity for the benefit of others.

Post date: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 - 10:25am

New corporate member Naxos Music talks about their online streaming and programming resources.

Post date: Monday, 10 October 2022 - 4:49pm

The latest research by Donne, Women in Music shows the disparity between male and female composers and global majority composers within the global concert repertoire. It calls attention to the need for diversity across classical music.

Post date: Tuesday, 4 October 2022 - 11:49am

Melanie Le Breuilly, the Music Director of Reading Youth Orchestra (RYO), tells us about the start of her group's work with Caitlin Harrison as part of their Adopt a Music Creator 2022 collaboration

It’s the start of the new term and I’m busy preparing for our first rehearsal back after the summer. In particular, I’m delighted to be learning the score for our Adopt a Music Creator composition written by the lovely Caitlin Harrison.

Post date: Thursday, 29 September 2022 - 2:43pm

NewSPAL, the charity taking on Surrey County Council’s performing arts collection, is now open for business. With the support of its community and patrons, it has established a more sustainable future for the SPAL collection.

Post date: Thursday, 22 September 2022 - 3:59pm

Annual celebration recognises music creators and arrangers, projects, music directors and group heroes.

The winners of the 2022 Making Music Awards were announced by Debbie Wiseman OBE, Making Music President, at an online awards ceremony on Thursday 22 September.

Post date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 - 5:13pm

Paul Whittaker OBE discusses the value of having sign language interpreters at performance venues, how music can be seen as well as heard, and ways music groups can create an inclusive environment for Deaf people.

No doubt many of you have seen sign language interpreters in action at meetings, conferences and on TV. Perhaps you’ve also seen them in a theatre. But how often have you come across them in a concert hall?

Post date: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 - 2:16pm

Carmel Smickersgill describes preparing for the premiere with the Junior Leeds Conservatoire Ensemble Creative as part of their Adopt a Composer 2019/20 collaboration.