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PRESS RELEASE - Closure of Music For Change, pioneering Canterbury-based inclusion and diversity charity
After 27-years of pioneering music-based projects with a focus on inclusion and diversity, the trustees of the Canterbury-based charity Music for Change made a difficult decision to cease activity at the end of August 2024. The organisation will now close.
However, we are pleased to say that members of the Music For Change Team are continuing the work under the new banner of Global Sounds Education. They will be continuing to work with the amazing artists in the MFC family. Please get in touch with them to find out more
globalsoundseducation@gmail.com
Music for Change, led by a small, dedicated operations team and an outstanding group of artists, has played a significant role in raising the profile of cross-cultural understanding through wider music participation in Canterbury, Kent and beyond.
In recent times the third sector has been operating in a very challenging financial climate with rising costs, the impact of austerity cuts and increased competition for funding all taking their toll.
Many organisations, particularly in the arts, are finding it very difficult or impossible to survive, and it is with great sadness that Music for Change will join their ranks.
The Trustees would like to thank all the schools, venues, community groups and partner organisations with whom we have worked and all the individuals who have taken part in and enjoyed our events, projects and activities.
We also thank our generous funders both large and small, our previous employees, and our many partners and volunteers.
Above all though, we thank the dedicated Music for Change team which has kept the organisation alive under increasingly difficult circumstances, along with the incredible group of artists it has been our pleasure to work with and know. They have all played a part in bringing positive and lasting change to so many peoples’ lives, and their contributions will not be forgotten.
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Our vision is, and has been throughout 37 years of engagement activities, that all members of the community, especially children and young people, fulfil their creative potential whilst respecting and celebrating cultural diversity.
Music for Change has brought culturally diverse music and dance into the classroom and the community. We have run educational workshops, projects, music events and festivals in just about any setting, for all ages.
Music for Change volunteer Saffie Halke managed to catch a few words with Seckou Keita before his performance to a sold out Ramsgate Music Hall.
