Networks
Sound Sense - Sound Sense is the UK development agency for community music
www.soundsense.org
The Music Manifesto - At the heart of the Music Manifesto is a desire to see more opportunities in music for more young people – from high quality curriculum tuition to out of school hours youth and garage bands; from composing to live performance, from classical concerts to DJing and gigs.
www.musicmanifesto.co.uk
I.S.M.E. - The International Society for Music Education believes that lived experiences of music, in all their many aspects, are a vital part of the life of all people. Established in 1953 under the auspices of UNESCO, the Society leads and supports music education worldwide
www.isme.org
Musical Futures - The 'Musical Futures' project is a £2m, four-year music education action research project. The aim has been to devise new and imaginative ways of engaging young people, aged 11-19, in music activities
www.musicalfutures.org.uk
C.A.N. - Based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester City Centre, Community Arts Network is an arts development organisation working in partnership with voluntary sector communities, agencies and artists to encourage, develop, create, produce and promote cultural programmes of work
www.can.uk.com
MusicLeader - MusicLeader aims to increase the impact, value and quality of music leadership, by guiding, developing and supporting all those involved in leading music activities with young people.
www.musicleader.net
Band On The Wall - Internationally famous Manchester music venue, currently working towards re-opening in 2008
www.bandonthewall.org
LIME - LIME acts as a channel between the arts world and the health world, enabling creative and positive outcomes.
www.limeart.org
ALIVE EARTH - Courtesy of the Climate Outreach Information Network, a small UK based non profit organisation that engages the public about climate change. Our work is based around a single fundamental principal: that people will not change when they are told what to do: they need to feel supported and personally involved.
www.aliveearth.org