Help Us Change Lives Through the Power of Music. Support Looked After Children in Birmingham With the Music Cares Project Today
Photographs are posed by models to protect the identities of the young people we’re supporting
Music has the power to impact the lives of young people and their development of language, literacy and numeracy skills as well as their personal and social development.
For children in care, the opportunity to engage in music can be limited for many reasons. In 2018, Services For Education, in partnership with Birmingham Virtual School (the umbrella body that oversees the education of children in care in Birmingham), launched ‘Music Cares’, a project providing music opportunities and instrument loans for Year 4 and Year 7 children in care across the city. Due to increased need, the project now supports over 150 children across more year groups and more areas.
Project Focus
Looked after children
Musical engagement
Personal wellbeing
Music qualification
Why donate?
Looked after children often miss out on things due to circumstances outside their control.
By donating to Music Cares, you will have an impact on the life of a child in care, helping them feel part of something special, giving them the opportunity to develop their music and creativity skills.
Through involvement in the project, children have the opportunity to have free loan of their own instrument for regular music lessons. The project also offers opportunities to complete music exams, join ensembles and performances and experience things that they would otherwise miss out on. Additionally, Music Cares provides a rare opportunity for children in care to engage positively with other people, particularly adults not involved in their care provision, an essential skill for when they leave the care system.
Music making helps vulnerable children knock down barriers that they either face or put up themselves. It builds their confidence and communication skills, empowering them to transform their lives for the better. Perhaps more importantly, for many it develops a sense of pride, value and belonging to something that they’ve been missing.
Photographs are posed by models to protect the identities of the young people we’re supporting
ABOUT SERVICES FOR EDUCATION…
Services For Education Limited
Company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales No. 07739831
Registered charity in England and Wales No. 1148848
CE: Sharon Bell
Our charity is overseen by a dynamic board of Trustees:
Chair of Trustees: Martin Hall
Trustees: David Bolton, Sarah Smith, Joanna Cooney, Clive Stone, Dr Peter Borg-Bartolo, Dr Jory Debenham and Shimri Vachter.
We bring learning and music to life