FREE Musical Inclusion Training Programme – Challenging Voices

We have identified that we need to increase, support, and diversify our musical inclusion workforce, especially those working in alternative provision or with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health problems.

We are seeking to recruit up to 21 music practitioner/leaders (7 per hub organisation) to complete a comprehensive, fully funded musical inclusion training programme between May-Sept 2023.

Those applying should be based in Devon, Torbay, Plymouth or Cornwall.

You may already be working in music education, perhaps as a freelance portfolio musician/music leader or as a visiting music tutor. You may already be delivering musical inclusion work but wish to develop/refresh your practice. Alternatively, you may be a musician working in another role such as a TA in Alternative Provision or a community/youth worker. The programme will suit practitioners with a range of experience, musical skills and interests including contemporary music specialists such as DJs, music producers and rapping artists. You will join together to form an active ‘community of practice’.

The course is FREE to attend and there is a limited bursary pot available to help with any specific access needs e.g. childcare costs, teaching cover, travel or expenses.

We actively encourage applications from musicians who have experienced barriers to music leadership – LGBTQI+, female, non-binary, disabled, global majority, and those from low-socio economic backgrounds.

We are also interested in specifically offering a handful of the 21 places to music leaders who are under 26 years of age. Please let us know if you meet this particularly criteria in your application.