Portsmouth Music Service

Dear Colleague

Invitation to become a Community Partner in the Northamptonshire Music education Hub

The Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust (NMPAT) is the lead partner in the Northamptonshire Music Education Hub (NMEH), a consortium of organisations, including schools, which exists to deliver the promises of the Government’s National Plan for Music Education.

NMPAT now reports to Arts Council England and is charged with delivering the core and extension roles of the National Music Plan.

We are keen to develop a network of Community Partners to be Associate Partners in the Hub, who have similar aims and ambitions and would like you to consider whether you would like to apply to be a part of this network.

What this means in brief:

We want to encourage organisations such as yours for the role they play in enhancing our community, and providing opportunities for young people to continue using the skills they have developed and enjoy. We want Northamptonshire to be the most musical county there is!

What you get from us:

 We will list you on our Website as a Community Partner of the Hub http://www.nmpat.co.uk/music-education-hub/Pages/community-partners.aspx  This listing can link to your own website where you can advertise concerts events and opportunities for players  Use of the NMEH logo  The opportunity to post about your events and opportunities on the Hub Partner’s Facebook page www.Facebook.co.uk/NMEHub

What we get from you:

 Opportunities for the Children, Young People and Communities of the County to enhance their music making  Commitment to support the work of the Hub to develop opportunities for music making in the County  A link to our webpage (www.NMPAT.co.uk) from your website/literature. The goals of the hub are to:

 Provide high quality music education and support for children and young people in the diverse Northamptonshire community  Inspire all children and young people to sing and play a musical instrument, developing their talent through progressive pathways  Promote high achievement through diverse partnerships  Transform lives through music  Provide opportunities for musical excellence to flourish  Reach all sectors of children and young people, including the hard to reach and those in challenging circumstances, inspiring and enriching their lives through music  Reflect the musical diversity of Northamptonshire’s community through engagement with highly skilled partners and experienced partners  Build sustainable pathways to nurture musical talent  Promote innovation, creativity and achievement in music and the arts

Community Partners … :  Will have expressed a commitment to supporting the mission and goals of the Hub and to enhancing music and music education for early years, 5 - 18 year olds and adults.  Will provide services that are complementary to the services provided by other Partners in the Hub  Will work together to enhance opportunities for children and young people and to support the opportunities that individual organisations are providing  Will not pay to be part of the Hub but contribute in-kind support. (There is no expectation that Partners will receive direct grant funding from the Hub)  May be commissioned if they are required to fulfill the core and extension roles and complement the other services available

Please note that each application to become a Partner will be submitted to the Hub governing body, the Trustees of NMPAT. Successful partners will be invited to use the Northamptonshire Music Education Hub logo in their literature and publicity and will undertake to ensure that their website entry remains current and correct.

We do hope that you would like to apply to become one of our Community Partners and we invite you to share this invitation with other organisations in the County which we may not yet have contacted.

If you would like to discuss this initiative and ways in which your organisation could support the Hub, then please do not hesitate to make contact with me.

Yours sincerely

Peter Smalley Chief Executive NMPAT Application to become a Community Partner of Northamptonshire Music Education Hub

Name of Organisation ______would like to apply to become a Community Partner of the Northamptonshire Music Education Hub and support NMPAT in its aims.

Contact Details:

Address:

Telephone:

Email:

Website:

Please list three ways in which you will support the aims of the Hub.

We will support the Northamptonshire Music Education Hub by:

Please add an email address to which further communication should be sent. This won’t be for publication.

Email for communication:

Please return this form to: Peter Smalley, NMPAT 125-9, Kettering Road, Northampton NN1 4AZ

Or by email to [email protected]

In submitting this application we agree to abide by the decision of the Hub Governing Body. We undertake not to work to the detriment of any other Hub partners, to use the Hub Logo appropriately and to inform NMPAT of any changes in contact details on the web page. Name ______

Organisation ______

Position in the organisation ______

Date ______