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We believe that every child should experience the life-transforming benefits of learning to sing. Our 2024 Small Sounds programme will establish weekly music groups in cathedrals for over 1,500 early years children and their families across the UK, helping them to live happier and healthier lives.
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Situation
Many children experience barriers accessing music from a young age, provision which has been proven to support personal, musical and social development. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, music provision for very young children has drastically reduced, exacerbated by closure of early years settings and financial barriers facing families. Fewer than 9% of cathedrals, which are the UK's centres of choral excellence, offer early years provision.
Solution
By instilling a love of singing at this crucial age, we will safeguard the nation's long-term mental and physical wellbeing. Weekly cathedral-based music groups will provide high-quality musical experiences and enhance children's confidence, well-being and personal development - and help them become ready for school. We will equip cathedral music departments and train their musicians to deliver this work on an ongoing basis, changing lives for years to come.