Community Music engages with its community to provide a creative platform for all. This also includes working with other organisations such as referral agencies and schools to help ensure that music is accessible and encourages creative music making from grass roots.
We are very proactive in helping our local schools and community organisation’s concentrate on providing creative music skills to our community and beyond. We also work with NEET young people who are not in education, employment or training to develop not only creative skills but skills that might help them in the world of work, working together as a team, IT Skills, CV writing as well as offering progression routes into either further education or access to opportunities via apprenticeships and further training.
There are various ways to offer support to our charity, whether it be offering careers advice, mentoring, CV writing or a visit to your place of work. All offer experience in the world of work.
Community Music believes that getting involved in the arts unlocks and provides a release for creativity.
By using our expertise in music, we want your company employees to feel inspired and creative, we have the right resources and positive vibes to help create an environment which stretches the imagination creatively as well as musically. You may have a specific idea for your corporate away day, we can help create a bespoke day for your team helping them to bond by giving staff an opportunity to get creative with their colleagues, provide some team building and a creative experience that can be taken away and applied to in their working life.
Your support to our charity will help make a real difference to the work being delivered to young people across the range of programs we offer and help to develop more program specific to the needs of the community.
For example donating £5000 would cover our tutor costs for programs such as our Music Space programme which offers free rehearsal space and mentoring for young bands in the borough. Donating £10,000 would help us cover costs for our NEET program – OFF BEAT, helping to develop skills in both music creativity and employability.
We believe that a lack of funds should not stop anyone from furthering their education, we would like to offer bursaries onto our foundation degree to those students who may be facing financial difficulties but have a real aptitude and passion for developing their skills in music and business. Potential students will need to apply and will need to meet the criteria to be eligible for the funding but this would have a real impact on the life of someone who is really passionate about developing their music and business skills but do not have the financial support.
If you are interested in making a donation or would like us to organise your corporate away day, please get in touch with our Corporate and Creative Partnership’s manager Michelle@cmsounds.com who will be able to discuss further with you
