Impact
B Sharp’s programme helps improve outcomes for children and young people in a rurally isolated area. We collect feedback from our young participants, parents/carers and project partners across our programmes. Evaluation of our three programme strands tells us:
Inclusive Creative Music Making
Young people, including those who are vulnerable, improve their musical skills, including their instrumental skills, singing, composition, musical collaboration and performance. They also improve their social skills, and gain confidence in interacting with their peers and adults. They also build their self-confidence, and feel empowered to try new things and take the next steps in their lives.
Improving wellbeing
Our music-making sessions help young people and parents/carers improve their wellbeing, providing opportunities to focus on a positive, creative activity in a safe, supportive environment. Our participants also tell us that they gain confidence in how to use music outside of sessions to support their own positive mental health.
Training and Development Programmes
B Sharp’s training and development programmes improve outcomes by enhancing young people’s aspirations and skills to improve social mobility. Our Young Music Leader traineeship mentors young people 6 – 10 young people per year, helping them develop transferable skills for future employment. Our MusicFutures programme provides specialist support to young people interested in careers in the music industries.
Our established training cascade, ensures we offer high-quality employment, and career progression opportunities to young creatives in the region. It also builds workforce capacity, helping us build music opportunities to more young people.
To find out more see summaries of our evaluation, previous projects and young people’s stories.
Past Projects
B Sharp has been an amazing experience for our children who have been inspired to let their musical creativity out. We are very lucky to have an organisation like this making this all possible for children in a culturally deprived area
I think I found B Sharp at a really crucial part of my life, and it’s a bit scary to me to think about who I’d be now if I hadn’t found them. If I hadn’t started going to sessions and eventually become a Trainee, it would have been infinitely harder for me to achieve my goals and ambitions because I wouldn’t have the confidence I have now. I also found that the support I got from the other members truly helped me to overcome the struggles I was facing, and every week I looked forward to the sessions no matter how bad of a week I’d had. I’m incredibly grateful to B harp for all that they have helped me achieve and for their constant and unwavering support.
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Young People’s Stories
I have really enjoyed working as a trainee, because building relationships with the young people has been fulfilling for me, because B Sharp helped my confidence hugely, and to be able to pass that on has been amazing. Because I know in my life if I hadn’t had that push, or that extra support through music, then I don’t know where I would be. It has helped me enormously.
Contact B Sharp
- B Sharp
St Michaels’ Business Centre,
Church Street,
Lyme Regis,
Dorset, DT7 3DB -
info@bsharp.org
07947 334138
- B Sharp is a Registered Charity. No.1149237
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