Bruce Walker – We Are The Future
Bruce Walker certainly isn’t lacking ambition. We asked him what the upcoming We Are The Future event on the 20th of November was all about,
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Stanley from Urban Fresh
We talked a little about the way that music affects people in yesterday’s post.
So how have some people taken that to the next level to try and make a change?
Here are a few projects where people have done just that.
Music And Change
Dr Charlie Alcock wanted to deal with the fact that one in three young people who offend have a mental health need that hasn’t been addressed when they commit the crime. She explains how she wanted to use “street therapy”, to provide people with help in settings where they feel comfortable and unthreatened.
She talked to some young people who thought that music would be a good way of doing things, and so MAC-UK (Music and Change UK) was set up. Find out more here.
You can hear Dr Alcock talking about the charity on BBC Radio London here.
Plan B – Youth, Music and London
We loved this Ted Talk from Plan B. He talks about how some young people are represented in the media, and the way he is using music to try and make a change.
Urban Collective
Urban Collective is all about finding young people who want to make music, and giving them the tools to do it. They describe themselves like this:
Urban Collective partners with a local community centre that is located in under-resourced urban communities. We select a group of aspiring young artists and producers (aged 15-25) chosen from open auditions, and run [them] through an intensive educational course, teaching them how to make original music, record, and promote their creative output for independent release.
Sounds good to us! You can find out more here.
Teaching Healthy Living Through Music
A healthy lifestyle is something that Hip Hop Public Health thinks young kids need to learn about, especially with the amount of junk food so easily available to them.
They use music to spread the message of eating healthily and keeping active to the next generation. You can find out more about them here.
Live UnLtd And Music
We’ve backed a lot music-based projects at Live UnLtd. Head here to read about just some of them.
Could you start a project that uses music to change your world? We’ve teamed up The Steve Redgrave Fund to say – Your Call Your Community.
What would you change in your area? And can you think of a way that music (or anything else!) could be used to make that change? Tell us a little about your idea:
