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Changing Tack

6 Organisations Tackling Underrepresentation in the Music Industry

In 2020 we launched the Youth Music Incubator Fund to enable organisations to create sustainable, meaningful career opportunities for young people aged 18-25, especially those who are currently underrepresented in the sector. We wanted to help creative employers support emerging talent and benefit from a more diverse workforce. 

Since then, we've given out more than £2.3 million to businesses, collectives and not-for-profits working in the music industries to make that happen, that have created over 800 paid work opportunities created at the Real Living Wage, for young people across England, Scotland and Wales.

Check out some of the ways organisations have used the funding to tackle underrepresentation in the industry below. 

Music and Healing by Aimée Hanson (Volunteer Peer Mentor on Quench Arts’ Wavelength project)

From inpatient to outpatient: following a young person through their social and musical journey by Dan Cippico (Music Leader on Quench Arts’ Wavelength project)

My 3 Most Used Plugins as a Community Musician by James Stanley (Quench Arts’ Wavelength Music Leader)

The positive impact of working on a one-to-one basis by Holly Kehoe-Kingsley (Quench Arts’ Wavelength Music Leader)

Busking with Third Thursdays

MusicLab - Session Work, 30th November 2021

Robot trial in Northwest hospital settings in a UK first!

RNCM 2022 Cohort: Training the next generation of Music for Health musicians!

Early Years Music Leading during Covid-19 Pandemic with Josie Newton

How can young people living in rurally isolated areas be supported to take the first steps towards a career in the music industry?

Impact of 1-2-1 sessions at Readipop

What is Venue B

Hattie Whitehead's Reflections on the Musicians in Healthcare Mentoring Programme 2021

Embedding inclusion into the music services quality assurance cycle – what might help? National Music Services Working Group on Inclusion, Feb ‘22

Embedding Inclusion with Music Service Quality Assurance Cycles

Let Them Know, Mabel chooses Betsey Bircumshaw!

First day in the studio, nailed it first take!