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Music can be the key to engaging young people who are facing challenging circumstances: building confidence and self-esteem, resilience, self-belief and motivation.
We work in partnership with other professionals in social services, youth support, youth justice and the voluntary sector to provide specialist 1-1 and small group music mentoring, as well as short courses, to get young people where they want to go through music or in music.
We work on a referral basis for individual young people, as well as being commissioned to deliver programmes (ie for 10 weeks/term or a full year), workshops, or ongoing weekly provision.
Read more about our impact and outcomes in APS’s, Hospital Education and with At Risk young people in mainstream schools, or see below for more information about our work outside of education.
NEET
Prince’s Trust contracts us each year to deliver its ‘Get started in music’ week-long music programme, and we have experience of working with many other young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).
We support them to build their confidence, develop their skills, and work out their next steps in music.
YOUTH SUPPORT / INTERVENTION
Our Key Changes referral programme provides young people who are vulnerable or facing challenging circumstances, with one-to-one music mentoring to help them to write, play and record music. In doing so they learn a range of skills, raise their self-esteem and self-confidence, achieve through music, and gain a range of other benefits.
YOUTH JUSTICE
We’ve worked with young offenders in the past, and are currently co-creating a programme of work with professionals working in youth justice in Gloucestershire. More on this soon, watch this space and get in touch if you’d like to know more …
SEE THE EVIDENCE
Hear from young people who have participated in our Prince’s Trust week-long course, or see Jordan’s video on the front page of this site.
THE MUSIC AT WORK
Take a look at our participants and tutors making music and making change.
OUR STORIES
Case study: Foundation House
For four years now, we've been working with young disabled musicians at Foundation House, one of the supported living units of National Star College, the county’s flagship support centre that enables young disabled people in all aspects of living and learning. In the...
Jasmine’s creativity and confidence bloom
Jasmine took part in our Music Minds teenage mental health programme. She's featured in this video singing the song she wrote, accompanied by musicians from Gloucestershire Academy of Music. Her headteacher tells Jasmine's story: "Jasmine's confidence and self-esteem...
Songwriting and recording are the best therapy says Harley
Harley struggles with anxiety and lack of confidence as a result of early childhood experiences. She lives in foster care, and has found it hard to fit in at school and make friends. She was referred to our Music Minds programme, for one-to-one music mentoring. Music...