FOOD FOR THOUGHT
BREAK OUT SESSION 7
MUSIC HUBS
JIM PINCHEN
SURREY MUSIC HUB COORDINATOR
Hubs and disadvantaged children and young people
About us
• 18,000 young people aged 0 – 25
• 100,000 hours of tuition p.a. in 261 venues across Surrey
• 50 bands, choirs and orchestras
• Over 400 music teachers
• Over the last two years, working with Borough & District Councils and music charity Rhythmix we’ve helped generate an additional
£638,000 to fund community arts activities.
• In 2012 – 3.8 million people attended Olympic Inspired Cultural Events in the SE region. Surrey had 35 Cultural Olympiad projects
– more than any other region outside London.
• Surrey Arts currently receives 10.6% of the balance of its incoming resources from Surrey County Council, 26% from Arts Council
England and 63.4% from fees, charges and other income.
• for every £1 that Surrey County Council directly invests into the service, there is more than £8 added.
Deprivation in Surrey
• In a number of areas across Surrey, more than 30% of children and young people live in poverty, some areas being significantly
worse than the national average.
• 1 in 4 under 15 year-olds in Surrey is either overweight or obese. Surrey also has a significantly worse record for the number of
hours that 5-18 year-olds take part in sport compared to the national average.
• A dozen wards have a higher rate of mental health issues amongst children and young people than the national average
• One in three children receiving free school meals leaves primary school with substandard Maths and English – twice as many as
those children not receiving free school meals
• Approximately one child in 20 is disabled and the income of families with disabled children is more than 23% below the UK
average income
• Since 2001, there has been a 22% increase in lone parents, above the 17% rise nationally
• Domestic abuse is higher than expected and cuts across all areas of society
• In one area of Surrey nearly 10% of homes have no central heating
Taken from Surrey Uncovered 2013
MUSIC HUB - CORE AND EXTENSION ROLES
We are the lead organisation for Surrey Music Education Hub. This is a partnership between Schools, Borough & District Councils
and other important stakeholders funded by Arts Council England. The brief of the Hub extends to both formal education in schools
and non formal education in the community and its priority is to ensure high quality music education for all young people in Surrey.
Core Roles
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Ensuring that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to
learn a musical instrument. (1st Access)
Ensuring that clear progression routes are available and
affordable to all young people. (Progression)
Ensuring opportunities to play in ensembles and to perform
from an early stage. (Ensembles)
Developing a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings
regularly and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available. (Singing)
Extension Roles
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Ensuring Continuing Professional Development programmes for teachers.
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Providing an Instrument Hire Service, with discounts for the disadvantaged.
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Providing access to large scale and high quality live music experiences for pupils, working with professional musicians and
venues.
Purpose
To work together to ensure that children and young people receive music education that is high quality, wide ranging, sustainable and
accessible to all and that there are clear routes for progression.
Aims
To make music activities available and accessible to all young people in Surrey whatever their age or needs
To raise awareness about the value of music and the arts to everyone in Surrey
To promote music activities that enrich lives, aid wellbeing and strengthen communities
To promote excellence through expert people/ organisations offering professional, high-quality experiences.
To ensure valuable music activities for all young people at a reasonable cost
Progression, community and barriers.
Alternative
accreditation
Youth Music
funded projects
Rock
Schools
Formal Ed
Community
choirs
Non formal
education
in the
community
Progression
Community
Music Orgs
Music
Industries
Portfolio
LAC
SEN/D
Rock
and Pop
orgs
Young
Carers
NEET/RO
NI
All
BME
SEN
Disability
Offenders
How can hubs engage with disadvantaged children and young people
LAC
Offenders
NEET
All
Young
Carers
BME
SEN
RONI
Disability
Others….
Charities
Community Organisations
MINC Holders (YM)
Services for YP (YMCA)
Housing Trusts
Young Carers Support Orgs
Disability Groups
Health Service (NHS/CAMHS)
Forster Carers
LA Services
Arts Development Officers
LAC Teams/social workers
Community homes
Youth Offending Teams
Youth Services
Children’s Rights Teams
Alternative Learning Providers (PRUs)
SENCOs
Special Schools
Equality and Sustainability
Why hubs must diversify
• Delivering on and going beyond our commitments as part of ACE funding proposals
• Exploiting and linking with LA services and tap into funding by delivering on LA
strategies (priorities, aims and vision).
Surrey County Council – Children, Schools and Families 2012-17
….every child and young person will be safe, healthy, creative…..
….raise the participation age of Surrey’s young people (from age 16 to 17) in education, training and employment….
….reduce the number of young people who are involved in crime….
…support to schools to further improve the attainment of pupils, especially those from vulnerable groups.
…improve support and education for children with disabilities
• Better links with the wider arts sector/cross art form collaboration
• Better links with MINCs/YM funded orgs
• The potential of hubs
Case studies
Voice and Volume (Rachel)
Funders: Youth Music, LAC Services, SA, SCC
Partners: Above plus SYSS, YMCA, APS, YMS.
Surrey Police, CAHMS,
Delivered by: Rhythmix/SA
Target Group: Fully inclusive
Accredited: AQA
Artforms: Music, dance, BMX, visual art
“Thank you so much for everything. Without you, I wouldn’t have
the confidence to sing in front of anyone."
(Young Person on project for Looked After Children in Surrey)
UAS Residential (+ young LAC arts residential)
Funders: Asylum Support team, LAC Services, Artswork
Partners: SA, SCC Services
Delivered by: Rhythmix/SA/Ballyhoo Arts
Target Group: Young unaccompanied asylum seekers
Artforms: Music (football!)
MINC Breakthrough
Funders: YM
Partners: SA, Rhythmix, ESDAS
Delivered by: Rhythmix
Target Group: Young Victims of domestic abuse
Artforms: Music
“..loved every second…. making friends and music, it’s the best part of my week and the
one thing I look forward to….” (young person on domestic abuse song writing programme)
Circus Project
Funders: SA, Guildford Schools Consortium
Partners: SA, Rhythmix, Circus
Accredited: Arts Award
Target Group: School exclusion
Artforms: Music and Circus
Sound and Motion Lab
Funders: Youth Music, Surrey Arts, SCC
Partners: SA, Rhythmix, StopGAP, Orpheus
Target Group: Digital Artists/dancers
Artforms: Music and dance
“… the single most creative and inspirational training event I
have ever attended ….” Stop Gap Dance Company
The potential of hubs/music services