Putting on events

Is your music group missing out on Creative Tax Reliefs?

If you’re part of an instrumental, musical theatre or opera group, you could be eligible for Creative Tax Reliefs (CTR) – even if your group doesn’t pay tax.

CTR are offered by HMRC as a way to incentivize the creative industries. A common misconception is that you have to be paying tax to claim tax relief, but that isn’t the case. Charities that have not previously paid any tax can still claim tax reliefs and receive a payment from HMRC. All the groups we help claim CTR are registered charities.

Running your group is a rewarding but challenging role. Our regular meetups are a chance for you to meet and share learning and ideas with other Northern Ireland groups facing similar challenges, explore specific issues affecting leisure-time music making in Northern Ireland and consider how we can work collaboratively to find solutions and advocate for the sector. 

Stephen McNally, Northern Ireland manager, will be leading this session.

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Running your group is a rewarding but challenging role. Our regular meetups are a chance for you to meet and share learning and ideas with other Wales groups facing similar challenges, explore specific issues affecting leisure-time music making in Wales and consider how we can work collaboratively to find solutions and advocate for the sector. 

Miranda Glen, Wales manager, will be leading this session.

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Running your group is a rewarding but challenging role. Our regular meetups are a chance for you to meet and share learning and ideas with other Scotland groups facing similar challenges, explore specific issues affecting leisure-time music making in Scotland and consider how we can work collaboratively to find solutions and advocate for the sector. 

Alison Reeves, Scotland manager, will be leading this session.

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Join us for the first in a new series of lunchtime webinars presented by our corporate members.

In this session we will hear from TryBooking.

Concert audiences are waining, revenue from concerts is waining.  Trybooking has supported music concerts since 2014 from concerts in village halls to Westminster Abbey – we are here to help you with your 2025 concerts.

Trybooking is a customer centric platform, with a great team to help you at any point before during and after your concert.

Come to our latest Climate change network event – hear some inspiring speakers and come away with some useful tools for your music group to consider.

Twice a year, music groups gather in these online Climate change networks to be inspired and to share tips, tools and resources to help them make their own groups more environmentally sustainable and also to influence their group members, their families and friends, and audiences.

We know that for many of our members there is a confusion and uncertainty around arranging and copyright, with fears of getting caught out for unintentionally not following the rules. This can be a significant barrier to celebrating the variety of repertoire that arrangements make it possible for groups to perform. We know arrangements are more important for many of you than new music commissions - but that is not reflected in the number of nominations for our Best Arranger for a Leisure-time Music Group Award. 

Many leisure-time music groups want to be more accessible and inclusive, for a whole range of reasons. But when your volunteers’ time is short, and you have a busy programme to deliver, it can seem like too big a task to tackle. At this event we’ll look at how creating an action plan can identify what will work to include a wider diversity of people in your group, and drive the positive change you’re looking for.