Working with young people

Individual visits and consultations: Oxfordshire

Sharon Moloney, Member Engagement Manager, will be available in Oxfordshire to meet and talk with members from this area and beyond.

If you have a burning issue on which you would like some help or advice, or would simply like to say hi or find out more about Making Music, please get in touch to confirm an appointment. Sharon is available to attend concerts, rehearsals or committee meetings, or for individual appointments.

 

Topics you may wish to discuss include:

Location

OX1 Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
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Individual visits and consultations: Essex

Sharon Moloney, Member Engagement Manager, will be available in Essex to meet and talk with members from this area and beyond.

If you have a burning issue on which you would like some help or advice, or would simply like to say hi or find out more about Making Music, please get in touch to confirm an appointment. Sharon is available to attend concerts, rehearsals or committee meetings, or for individual appointments.

 

Topics you may wish to discuss include:

Location

CO1 Essex
United Kingdom
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Individual visits and consultations: Nottinghamshire

Sharon Moloney, Member Engagement Manager, will be available in Nottinghamshire to meet and talk with members from this area and beyond.

If you have a burning issue on which you would like some help or advice, or would simply like to say hi or find out more about Making Music, please get in touch to confirm an appointment. Sharon is available to attend concerts, rehearsals or committee meetings, or for individual appointments.

 

Topics you may wish to discuss include:

Location

NG1 Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
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Individual visits and consultations: Shropshire

<p>Sharon Moloney, Member Engagement Manager, will be available in Shropshire to meet and talk with members from this area and beyond.</p><p>If you have a burning issue on which you would like some help or advice, or would simply like to say hi or find out more about Making Music, please get in touch to confirm an appointment.

Location

SY1 Shropshire
United Kingdom
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Individual visits and consultations: Lancashire

Sharon Moloney, Member Engagement Manager, will be available in Lancashire to meet and talk with members from this area and beyond.

If you have a burning issue on which you would like some help or advice, or would simply like to say hi or find out more about Making Music, please get in touch to confirm an appointment. Sharon is available to attend concerts, rehearsals or committee meetings, or for individual appointments.

 

Topics you may wish to discuss include:

Location

LA1 Lancashire
United Kingdom
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The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This guidance summarises the changes in relation to child safeguarding legislation made in 2012 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

The millennial gap: Tips for recruiting younger members

Struggling to recruit younger members? In this guidance, reprinted from the Autumn 2016 issue of Highnotes, Making Music’s Youth Engagement Manager Xenia Davis has some suggestions.

The biggest barrier to young people joining music groups isn’t repertoire, or classical music being perceived as ‘stuffy’, or the age profile of the group.

Youth engagement resources

Many music groups tell us they find it challenging to attract younger members. With the help of a generous legacy from lifelong choral singer Pauline Thompson, we have been able to compile a bank of resources aimed at helping you to reach out to under-35 year olds.

We'll continue to add to these resources, but in the meantime if you think we're missing something that would be helpful for groups like yours, or if you have any questions,  just get in touch. 

Safeguarding

When it comes to a broad topic like safeguarding it can be difficult to know where to start. To help we've produced a range of resources (including a template policy) and can help arrange DBS checks for you. We'll continue to add to these, but in the meantime if you think we're missing something that would be helpful for groups like yours, do please let us know.

Information and advice event (Luton): Growing your membership (with a focus on under 35s)

It's the perfect time of year to start thinking about recruiting new members for the autumn term. Many groups have told us that they want to be able to engage better with young people, and thanks to a legacy left to us by Pauline Thompson, we’ve been able to develop a bank of ideas that can help!

 

Come along and find out more about the research we’ve done, and how you can use it to help your group reach more young people.

We'll talk about:

Location

Luton Central Library
St George's Square
LU1 2NG Luton
United Kingdom
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