campaigns and advocacy

The Bacc for the Future campaign is back again following the Department for Education’s announcement of plans to introduce a compulsory list of subjects at GCSE level.

Making Music joined the ISM and other supporters in successfully defending music education from a government consultation proposing that Local Authorities cease funding for Music Education Hubs.

In 2011, Making Music successfully campaigned to save the Wakefield music collection, one of the most important national collections in the UK, used by thousands of amateur music groups.

Following cuts to spending in 2011, the Wakefield music and drama library, one of the biggest and most important collections of music in the country with over 500,000 scores, was threatened with closure and the break-up of a vital centralised resource for amateur musicians. 

Executive Director Barbara Eifler outlines some of the key threats to music libraries, common themes emerging and our approach to campaigning.

Music libraries, a crucial resource for many leisure-time music groups, are under threat in many local authorities. What is Making Music doing and what can you do?