As a small charity we rely upon donations from generous individuals, trusts and companies to support our work with children and young people across London.
Investing in people and projects across London
We have been busy shortlisting applications across four different Sound Connections programmes and are excited to announce the results! The projects represent a wide range of London boroughs, themes and approaches:
Wired4Music Generate – project funding and mentoring for people age 16-25
The first cohort of Generators for 2019 are:
Sahra-Isha with ‘Sai Noir’ – a music magazine showcasing young creatives in the music industry
Tyrell with ‘Southside’- an audio-visual project highlighting gentrification in South London
Redz Man with ‘The Name RJ’- an audiovisual project based on a concept mixtape
Rana with ‘Fashion EP ’- a debut EP being launched via fashion
Lil Trubz with ‘Tracks on Tap’ – an open mic and performance night based in Streatham Space for 16-25s
There will a second round of Generate opening later in 2019 – sign up to Wired4Music for updates.
Music Education Hub (MEH) Inclusion and Diversity Fund – fund for MEHs to embed inclusive practice
This is a brand new programme for 2019, and involves more then a third of London’s Music Education Hub lead organisations:
Tri-borough Music Hub will support their youth forum to plan and deliver an event
THAMES and Newham Music will run a cross-borough youth consultation
Redbridge and Southwark Hubs will grow a network for Hub-based Early Years leads
The South West London Hub consortium will work collectively through a series of away days to create an inclusion and diversity framework for 7 boroughs
Impact – bursaries and mentoring supporting people to develop skills and capacity for evaluation, impact measurement, fundraising, consultation and needs analysis
Impact Bursary recipients are a mix of individual practitioners and grassroots organisations:
Music charities School Ground Sounds and BIRD
Carnival band Pumpkin Jigsaw
Early Years practitioners Julia MacDonell and Charmaine Simon
Croydon-based community musician Catherine Pestano
Innovate – seed funding and mentoring for innovative music projects
All of this year’s Innovate projects have a focus on youth leadership:
Road works – a research project focused on London drill and rap music in South London, led by Ciaran Thapar
Boys 4 Voice – building a community of boys and young men in East London through singing, led by Living Song
Beat Exchange – bringing samba into community spaces for young people with a migration background, led by Pumpkin Jigsaw
Join: Qube Live Sessions – a jam series created and led by young people at Lambeth-based youth centre Yellow Qube
If you would like to find out more about, or be put in touch with, any of the projects then please contact us via info@sound-connections.org.uk
We are grateful to the National Foundation for Youth Music for supporting Generate, Innovate and the Music Education Hub fund, and the City of London Corporation’s charity, City Bridge Trust, for funding Impact.
Upcoming Events
Youth Voice Week 2020 - Save the Date
Monday 5 October - Friday 9 October
10.00am - 6.00pm
Interpreting the COVID-19 guidelines in your practice
Tuesday 13 October 2020
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Understanding autism in the early years
Thursday 15 October 2020
4:00pm - 6:00pm
The Essential Youth Voice Training Series
October - November 2020
LEYMN session: Decolonising music in the early years
Tuesday 3 November 2020
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Fundraising during challenging times
Thursday 19 November 2020
4:00pm - 6:00pm
How to evaluate your impact
Wednesday 2 December 2020
2:00pm - 4:00pm
An introduction to data analysis and report writing
Wednesday 6 January 2021
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Creative collaboration though workshop leading in the early years
Wednesday 13 January 2021
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Inclusive Practice in Action: Diversifying the Workforce
Thursday 11 February - Friday 12 February 2021
I Speak Music London launch event
