The DfE's Capital Grant for instruments and equipment (outlined in MT July 2024), and its emphasis on breaking down barriers for pupils who experience physical and cognitive barriers to music-making, fills me with both excitement and trepidation.
Excitement that our much hoped-for goal of giving every young person the opportunity to grow and flow with an instrument that meets their needs, abilities and interests is suddenly within touching distance. Trepidation because I know that choosing and buying the instruments is just one step on the path to full access, and that each hub needs to build a training and resource offer for schools around these instruments that mirrors their offer for traditional acoustic instruments. This is no small task, but entirely necessary to avoid the nightmare situation of unused instruments filling store cupboards.
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