Making Tracks
Irene Taylor Trust
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Project availability
from 13 December 2019 to 13 December 2022
We don't take individual referrals.
What
Making Tracks is a music project run by the Irene Taylor Trust which targets young people in London at elevated risk, including those on the fringes of the criminal justice system and those who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). We expand the horizons of these young people through an intensive workshop week, culminating in a live performance to the local community, followed up by a series of music sessions over 4 sessions. In the intensive project, over just 5 days, led by the Irene Taylor Trust’s project team, the young people taking part will learn how to play instruments, form a band and write their own original songs. The group will also be supported by musicians from our ex-prisoner programme Sounding Out, who have first-hand experience of the reality of spending time in prison. As well as performing their original songs live, the new band makes recordings of the tracks, which are then professionally mixed for a special CD for participants to share with friends and family. The tracks are also uploaded to the dedicated Making Tracks Soundcloud page. After taking part in the 5-day intensive project, the young people will be given the opportunity to hone their new-found skills in twice-weekly sessions, over the course of which they can earn an Arts Award accreditation. The young people receive pastoral support and bespoke guidance to further development opportunities. Central to Making Tracks is guiding the young people, buoyed with their raised self-confidence, on to further opportunities. Our Personal Development Co-ordinator works closely with the young people to help source suitable progression routes and development opportunities, and has recently helped young people on to courses with Oval House, National Youth Theatre, Pathways SE11 and the Roundhouse.Organiser
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