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New funding model, the Youth Music Programme, to launch in November 2011
Youth Music’s new funding model will now be launched in November 2011 following the publication of the National Plan for Music Education. The Youth Music Programme will be focused on developing high quality music provision for children and young people.
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East Midlands
Welcome to Youth Music’s East Midlands regional homepage. This is a new site section dedicated to information specific to your region.
I am Heloise Way, the Youth Music Regional Executive Officer for the East Midlands. I have worked for Youth Music since 2002 in varying roles, first at the Head Office in London and then since July 2005 in the East Midlands. Prior to this I studied music at university and Trinity College of Music.
More than 4 million people live in the East Midlands, a region rich in heritage and cultural diversity. A quarter of the population is aged 18 or under. Youth Music targets these children and young people through advocacy and investment with the aim that each and every one of them has access to music-making. Sadly, we don’t have enough money to be able to invest in every good project that comes to us, but what we can do is listen to you, help to lobby local government, build partnerships with other agencies, offer information and advice so that the government’s promise that every child has access to music making is realised.
Within our region there are some key challenges. We have areas of significant deprivation, where opportunities for children and young people to engage in the arts are severely limited. The East Midlands also encompasses some of the most rural and diverse wards in the country. This means that specific work must be undertaken to ensure that access to music is available in these communities.
Youth Music’s policy from 2005-10 focuses upon 5 priorities: early years; singing; transition between primary and secondary school; young people at risk; workforce development.
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