SOUNDABOUT

Help fund a new Sounds Together project in Warwickshire for people with learning disabilities

Soundabout Grow

For this project, we will plan and deliver four Multi-Sensory Festivals (two days each) in accessible and inspiring learning settings in areas where there is a strong need for more multi-sensory activities for children and young people with profound ....more

For this project, we will plan and deliver four Multi-Sensory Festivals (two days each) in accessible and inspiring learning settings in areas where there is a strong need for more multi-sensory activities for children and young people with profound and severe learning disabilities through our links with families, local schools and groups. The number of beneficiaries will be at least 120 children and young people with learning disabilities as well as 100 parents/carers and SEN teachers. Through this project, Soundabout aims to unlock the potential of Disabled children and young people by helping them to develop their sensory engagement and ability to communicate and interact with the world around them through music and sound. Our experience shows that enabling people with disabilities to enjoy communicating through patterns of sound and silence motivates them to develop imaginative thinking and core learning, listening, and communication skills. There will also be long-term sustainable benefits as teachers and parents/carers will learn Soundabout techniques to help their Disabled children continue to enjoy music making at home and school.

Providing support for the Inclusive Choir to meet and sing online

The funding will be used to run an Inclusive Choir in Gloucestershire as part of the organisation's choir network and build on the success of a pilot project in 2021/22. The aim of the project is to develop musical talents and singing abilities for ....more

The funding will be used to run an Inclusive Choir in Gloucestershire as part of the organisation's choir network and build on the success of a pilot project in 2021/22. The aim of the project is to develop musical talents and singing abilities for children and young people.

Creating Musical Communities without Barriers

Unrestricted core funding for small charities

Online sessions for disabled children and young people isolated at home during the Covid-19 crisis.

Inclusive Choir bringing together people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, and families, to make music with a community of mixed ability singers with a diverse range of life experiences.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Soundabout, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.

Coronavirus - Emergency Fund - Organisational sustainability

Advice & support - Children, young people and adults with severe or profound learning disabilities, and their families, will be able to participate in music making at home whilst isolated.

Soundabout's Inclusive Choir brings together people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to make music with a community of mixed ability singers with a broad range of life experiences. All abilities are welcome and this community choir ....more

Soundabout's Inclusive Choir brings together people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to make music with a community of mixed ability singers with a broad range of life experiences. All abilities are welcome and this community choir is fully inclusive and accessible, building skills, confidence, friendships and love of singing.

Inclusive Choir

Building Bridges

Music activities and events for people with learning disabilities.

purchase of iPads for a charity which works with disabled people in Oxfordshire

This project will use funding to run family sessions and a sensory music festival, around the theme of the sounds of the South Pole, for disabled children. This will enable profoundly children, including those who are unable to speak or hold musical ....more

This project will use funding to run family sessions and a sensory music festival, around the theme of the sounds of the South Pole, for disabled children. This will enable profoundly children, including those who are unable to speak or hold musical instruments, the opportunity to engage in music and sensory activities to develop their ability to communicate.

towards three years' salary of a Soundabout Community Programme Coordinator at a music education charity providing activities and support to people of all ages across the UK with severe and profound learning disabilities

Towards the Baby Soundabout sessions for families of disabled children in Oxfordshire.

Towards a three-day package of Soundabout outreach training in special schools in Oxfordshire.

Towards the "Music for All" project for children and young people with physical and learning difficulties (£5,000 in 2007, 2008 and 2009).