South West has 2 organisations engaged in youth voice and music education
Bristol Plays Music
Bristol Plays Music is the music education hub for Bristol, promoting access to music education activities for all young people.
Heart Beats Music
Heart Beats music is a Somerset club for younger adults with learning disabilities. They run music sessions that challenge rural isolation.
Bristol Plays Music
Bristol Plays Music is the music education hub for Bristol, promoting access to music education activities for all young people.
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Heart Beats Music
Heart Beats music is a Somerset club for younger adults with learning disabilities. They run music sessions that challenge rural isolation.
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Reports, videos and articles to inform and inspire.
Youth Engagement Equaliser
The Equaliser is a tool to help you learn more about Youth Voice & Participation, consider what you are already doing and identify aims for further development.
ReWired: Promo Video
Sound Connections and Wired4Music believe that youth voice is at the heart of all meaningful activity for young people. Watch this video to get an insight into the ReWired project and those who are contributing to it.
ReWired Literature Review
Young Researcher & Wired4Music member Siân Dicker-Thorne, shares the research into the field of youth voice undertaken to provide a foundation of knowledge for ReWired: a mapping project of best practice in youth voice in music across the country.
Data Report: Scoping National Youth Voice in Music
Young Researcher & Wired4Music Member, Siân Dicker-Thorne, lays out some of the survey findings from Rewired – a research project scoping national youth voice in music.
Youth Participation through Music
This briefing paper, written by former Sound Connections Programme Manager Lawrence Becko, describes how the principles of democratic participation can be applied in a musical context. The paper explains the process through which Wired4Music was developed, the benefits this has had for young people and the lessons the Sound Connections team learnt.
ReWired Survey - Executive Summary
Our National Youth Voice Survey collected information about Youth Voice activities from 22 organisations across the country. This executive summary brings together some of our early findings from an initial analysis of that data.
