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Anthem – initial mapping report, January 2020 Index About this report 3 About the research 4 Executive Summary 5 Who’s involved 6 Map of those identified to date 8 About the survey respondents 9 Where their work takes place 9 Who is working where 10 Genres 12 Languages 12 Services /opportunities 12 Ages 13 Settings 13 Specialisms /areas of need 14 Numbers of young people they work with 14 APPENDIX A: Survey questions 15 2 Anthem – initial mapping report, January 2020 About this report This report summarises the results of networks and communications were in an initial survey to provide a broad the early stages of development. There picture of the youth music and music are many individuals and organisations education sector in Wales. It was this research hasn’t yet reached, commissioned by the board and particularly individual music tutors interim CEO of Anthem, the new fund /community musicians /animateurs, set up by Welsh Government to invest and grassroots youth work in local in opportunities in music for young communities. people in Wales. The purpose is to help Anthem to build a picture of who We hope that Anthem can work works with young people in music, further with Music Partnership Forum where and how, to inform its strategy. Wales – an informal network of organisations involved in music This is an initial snapshot at 20/1/20 – education – to continue to build the 55 people responded, although the picture through the sub-group survey stayed live after this report was mapping that the partnership has created. The mapping had a fast planned. turnaround (7 weeks), and Anthem’s About the research 2. Survey: 1. Desk research: Survey created and published via Initial mapping database created based on SurveyMonkey, gathering researcher’s knowledge, website research ● contact data and asking contacts to recommend others ● basic information about the nature of the who could be added to the database. 120 work, and contacts in total (this has grown since this ● answers to a question about priorities. report) Two surveys, English and Welsh language. Contacted Musician’s Union, Youth Music, Arts Council Wales and ISM (Incorporated ENGLISH: Society of Musicians) for relevant data on https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3DJ7JBC practitioners/organisations in Wales1. WELSH: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3WCPWRH 1 This was with the aim of gaining comparative figures for organisations/individuals in England receiving funding in the organisations/musicians working with young people through last three years: which was 368. music and engaging with national bodies/funders. Data was only available from Youth Music, for the number of 3 Anthem – initial mapping report, January 2020 3. Interviews c) Mentions in the following enewsletters /personal emails: Follow up telephone calls or meetings with those who responded, 16 people in total, • Arts Council of Wales news item - representing the following organisations (full enews 11/12/19 list in Appendix): • Arts Council of Wales news item - website Canolfan Gerdd William Matthias • Music:Ed website and news item ArtWorks Cymru & Operasonic • SoundSense (UK association for Lewis School Pengam Music Department community music) enews Tŷ Cerdd • Personal email to all music Cardiff Music Service services in Wales via Cagac Chair Gwent Music Emma Archer, Gwent Music Pop Factory Porth / Valleys Kids • Personal email to youth services John Rostron, promoter (Swn Festival and via Helen Jones of CWVYS, more) Council for Wales of Voluntary Benedetti Foundation Youth Services Menter Iaeth Cymru Sound Sense RWCMD Arts Connection Powys 5. Enews list for future Forte Project communications Community Music Wales Media Academy Wales MailChimp list of those who responded ‘yes’ to being added to an enews list, has been created ready for future communications. 4. Promoting the survey: a) Bilingual email sent to all initial database contacts (38), additional emails sent as the database grew (estimated 15) asking people to: ● complete survey ● let us know if they’d like to take part in a follow up interview, and ● whether they would be willing to offer a venue/space for youth consultation in March. See Appendix. b) Bilingual social media campaign to promote the survey involving setting up new/using existing Anthem social media accounts, creating bilingual posts, image cards, and slideshow video to gain attention and engagement, making use of @tagging key individuals/ organisations to encourage sharing. 4 Anthem – initial mapping report, January 2020 Executive Summary Despite the well-known and documented There is also a good spread of types of challenges for young people’s music in Wales, service/opportunity offered. the mapping has identified a great deal of activity. In terms of age groups worked-with, again there is a good spread but early years music As would be expected given the limited has the least provision, delivered by just over funding and strategy, this is often short-term one third of providers. and project-based, rather than having long- term strategic aims and outcomes. Most work takes place in schools, music/arts organisations and community spaces eg The work is delivered by a wide range of community centres/village halls, with other providers: settings being used by less than one third of providers. ● local authority music services and in rare cases, other local authority services; In terms of areas of specialism/need, the ● independent commercial or charitable least well-served areas are asylum seekers, music services; homeless, refugees, young parents, English as ● community arts/music organisations; additional language, ill health, pupil referral ● community-based initiatives. units, challenging home circumstances, ● national arts and music organisations, excluded from school, sensory impaired, some of which are Arts Council of Wales’ traveller/Romany, young offenders/at risk of regularly funded (Arts Portfolio Wales) offending, with 5-17.5 per cent of organisations; practitioners saying the specialise in these ● venues; areas. The areas of need which are most well ● individual music tutors/community served by respondents were economic musicians; deprivation, special educational needs, ● youth work organisations; emotional or behavioural difficulties, with ● individual youth workers. around 40-50% of providers stating these specialisms. In total, 120 providers emerged through our initial research and mapping, and 55 people Views on needs and opportunities were not completed the survey (to date, 23/1/20). the main focus of the mapping, but we asked the question in both the survey and the Providers are inevitably clustered around the follow-up interviews. A themed analysis of major towns and there appears to be little responses (which can be divided up in many provision in particular in the north west and ways) showed that inclusion/equality/equity mid Wales – although this is based on in its many forms was the most highly mapping of survey respondents: a further mentioned need, followed by financial analysis will need to be done to create a map support for lessons/instruments; social, for all of those researched for the database: personal and wellbeing outcomes; and researching postcodes in order to extend the support for schools. map on page 8. 45% deliver work in Welsh; 27% do not; 27% said that they don’t but could do. There is a good spread of genre diversity, and Western Classical and Contemporary Commercial Rock/Pop dominate equally. 5 Anthem – initial mapping report, January 2020 Who’s involved2 Through the initial Independent music Operasonic mapping we have found services (5) Avant Cymru Artis Community (RCT)* or been told about 125 (music service-style offer eg formal music education tuition, Citrus Arts delivery organisations groups/ensembles, but Rec Roc Caerphilly potentially working in independent of local authority) music with young people Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias Venues (8) (Gwynedd & Anglesey)* Bethesda Theatre in Wales: Denbighshire Music Coop Dolman Theatre CAVMS Ltd (Cardiff & Vale) Maen Alaw (Community Centre) Local authority music Upbeat Music & Arts Service Ltd Wales Millennium Centre* services (14) (South Wales) Venue Cymru Cardiff & Vale Music Service Wrexham Music Co-operative Pontio* Bridgend Music Service Pontardawe Arts Centre Caerphillly Music Service National music/arts St David's Hall/ A2:Connect / Arts Active Trust Carmarthenshire Music Service organisations (21) Ceredigion Music Service trac : music traditions wales* Conwy Music Service national theatre wales* Music tutors, community Denbighshire – see independent Sistema Cymru - Codi'r To musicians, animateurs services below CânSing Ltd (freelance individuals) (11) Flintshire Music Service, Theatr Benedetti Foundation Sioned Foulkes, Vocal Clwyd Sinfonia Cymru* Animateur, incl. CânSing / WNO Gwent (Newport, Blaenau Tŷ Cerdd Andrew Jones, freelance Gwent, Monmouthshire, RawFfest (Ruth Garnault ex- trumpeter, Music for You Torfaen) Director) Sarah Lewis, classical musician Gwynedd & Anglesey – see National Youth Arts Wales* Andrienna Straw independent service below Live Music Now Wales* Alison Shone Gwasanaeth Cerdd Ysgolion Making Music Polly Graham (Schools Music Service) Music Theatre Wales Gavin Porter Merthyr Tydfil County Borough RWCMD Keith Morell Council BBCNOW* Sheila Llewellyn Pembrokeshire County Council WNO Stacy Blythe Music & Sport Urdd Gobaith Cymru Helen Woods Powys – no music service Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Neath Port Talbot (West Glam) The Aloud Charity Youth work Rhondda Cynon