1. Moving away from subsidy: A music inclusion ‘centre case-study’ from Swindon Paul Rowe Delivery Manager Make Music Swindon Swindon’s music hub

2.  Prior: No music provision in centres.  Year 1: Provision almost entirely funded by Youth Music / Swindon Hub.  Year 2: Significant increase in centre funding for provision.  Year 3: Music provision largely funded by the centre. Step by step…

3.  SWAG (Swindon, Wilts and Gloucs): a successful application to Youth Music for a regional Music Inclusion Programme.  A local approach in Swindon to the borough council’s EOTAS (educated other than at school) centres.  A training dimension for local tutors participating in Swindon’s Music Inclusion programme. Context:

4.  Ask, don’t tell.  Adapt to centre constraints e.g. timing, rooming.  Identify the tutor-skills sets required.  Allow for musical-genre flexibility.  A mixture of more experienced (older?) and less experienced (younger?) tutors.  Provide good quality, portable equipment, hire-free. How…?

5.  Gain the confidence of centre leaders.  Demonstrate success in context (e.g. behaviours, participation, musical performances).  Demonstrate clear skill progression.  Provide curriculum enhancement.  Solve problems. Support centre aims…

6. To achieve the correct ‘direction of travel’ away from overwhelming subsidy and towards increased centre financial contribution:  Provide a musical, tailored, skill-based learning experience which the centre cannot achieve by another means.  Engage pupils – including the most ‘difficult’ – by demonstrating both rapid successes (‘quick-wins’) and longer-term musical development.  Remember that communication is (almost) everything! In summary…