In this recording of our webinar (original event 16 February 2024), we talked about our progress on our #MakeSpaceforMusic campaign, since its launch in Autumn 2023.
This campaign is raising awareness about threats to essential infrastructure – the spaces you use to rehearse, learn and meet in to make music. We talked about possible solutions, like getting involved in planning consultations, or volunteering your time to take on or run a community owned space, and brainstormed what other spaces could be used. We also touched upon the Community Spaces Forum we hosted in October 2024, and how to widen out your search for the perfect space.
We welcomed expert guest speaker Thorsten Dreyer, the Programme Manager for the Greater London Authority’s Culture and Community Spaces at Risk programme, which supports organisations at acute and immediate risk of losing the space they operate from. They talked about how we you can take action when your music spaces are threatened.
The views represented by the speakers in this webinar are their own, and do not represent the views of Making Music.
Useful links:
- Download the presentation slides from this event
- Find out more about our #MakeSpaceforMusic campaign - on this page you can download the #MakeSpaceForMusic briefing paper for policy and decision makers, and also the #MakeSpaceForMusic flyer to encourage spaces to hire leisure-time music groups
- Check out the Culture and Community Spaces at Risk programme
- Consult the Cultural Infrastructure Plan and Toolbox, a free action plan
- Read the success story of St Mary’s Walthamstow, which reopened after receiving National Lottery Heritage funding to create improved community space
- Read the Creative Lives report Spaces for Creativity, published January 2024
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