Campaigns and advocacy

What do you do when a service, building or fund you need is under threat? This event brings together people in music groups who have successfully campaigned to change something in their community. Hear from those with experience of what really makes a difference for insights on what to do to protect your music making and culture in your community.  

To fully include everyone in our music activities, we need to understand the barriers that stop people from attending, taking part or progressing. In the Conversation about inclusion series of events, hear about the issues from the perspective of those who directly experience barriers and discuss what we can do to change things from within our own music groups. 

This Making Music Annual General Meeting will look back at the calendar year 2024 with Chair and Treasurer talking talk through the 2024 Annual report and accounts.

The results of Board elections will also be announced and as ever there will be a chance to ask questions on any other matters you would like to bring.

To fully include everyone in our music activities, we need to understand the barriers that stop people from attending, taking part or progressing. In the Conversation about inclusion series of events, hear about the issues from the perspective of those who directly experience barriers and discuss what we can do to change things from within our own music groups.

If you’d like your group and your audience to be more diverse and inclusive, thinking about how you recruit and welcome people is crucial. And if you want to increase your membership and your audiences, recruiting and welcoming new people in a way that is inclusive means you’ve more chance of success. Whatever your driver, there are actions you can take that will remove the barriers to joining your activity and provide access to more people.