Youth Voice

Essex Youth Consultation

In 2017 we were commissioned by Essex Music Education Hub to consult with young people across the county, particularly those…

Arts Council ten-year strategy evidence: children and young people

Commissioned by Arts Council England as part of Darren Henley’s consultation to inform the ‘25 Year Creative Talent Plan’, we…

Youth Voice Demystified

Sound Connections has been reviewing its professional development programme, and designing a new, updated training offer relevant to current needs…

ReWired: National youth voice mapping and research

If you enjoyed reading “Youth Voice: necessity not luxury” in the previous edition of the Sound Connections newsletter and would…

Youth Voice: necessity not luxury

Written by Sound Connections Programme Manager, Jennifer Raven   Without youth voice, music education can never be truly inclusive.  That…

What do young people want and need from organisations providing projects and opportunities?

Over the past year, Sound Connections staff and Wired4Music ambassadors have been out and about across the UK to meet…

Re:Wired – youth voice research and resources

A year ago, we had an instinct that there was lots of ‘youth voice’ work happening across the country, but…

ReWired Summit: scoping a national youth voice in music

On Tuesday 16 June 2015, Sound Connections gathered young people and music organisations from across the country to talk about…

ReWired: Scoping a national youth voice in music

Sound Connections is pleased to announce that ‘ReWired’ youth voice spotlighting survey has officially been launched. This survey forms the…