BACC for the Future
The Bacc for the Future campaign is back again following the Department for Education’s announcement of plans to introduce a compulsory list of subjects at GCSE level.
campaigns and advocacy
How to make the case for leisure-time music
Are you looking to explain your leisure-time music group to your council, local authority or MP/MSP/AM/MLA? Perhaps you are looking for evidence to support a funding application? Or maybe there is a threat to your music library or rehearsal space. Find useful resources to help you make your case on this page.
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Past campaign: Protect Music Education
Making Music joined the ISM and other supporters in successfully defending music education from a government consultation proposing that Local Authorities cease funding for Music Education Hubs.
Past campaign: Wakefield Music Collection saved!
In 2011, Making Music successfully campaigned to save the Wakefield music collection, one of the most important national collections in the UK, used by thousands of amateur music groups.
Following cuts to spending in 2011, the Wakefield music and drama library, one of the biggest and most important collections of music in the country with over 500,000 scores, was threatened with closure and the break-up of a vital centralised resource for amateur musicians.
Music libraries - common themes
Executive Director Barbara Eifler outlines some of the key threats to music libraries, common themes emerging and our approach to campaigning.
Music libraries
Music libraries, a crucial resource for many leisure-time music groups, are under threat in many local authorities. What is Making Music doing and what can you do?
