Setting up a group

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. 

Your Making Music membership offers a wealth of benefits. They are designed to support you running your music group, to save time, effort and money, as well as offer ideas and inspiration.

But are you making the most of your membership? In this event we'll explain what you have access to - and how we can offer support.

Please note: this event will be focused on giving an overview of what is available to members and how you can make the most of them, we will not have time to go in depth about specific topics.

We'll talk about:

Looking to attract new members, sell more concert tickets, or find the right music professionals for your group? Making Music’s website is a powerful platform to help you reach those goals - and many of our members aren’t yet making the most of it.

Join us for this free online event to discover how your group can maximise visibility and impact using the tools already available to you on the Making Music site. We’ll explore how your group profile, event listings and musical vacancy pages can all work together to support your marketing efforts.

Your Making music membership offers a wealth of benefits. They are designed to support you running your music group, to save time, effort and money, as well as offer ideas and inspiration.

But are you making the most of your membership? In this event we will explain what you have access to - and how we can help.

We'll talk about some of the main benefits:

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.