The gardens of the US Embassy, surrounded by the new builds of Nine Elms and the regenerated Battersea Power Station, aren't where you'd expect to find a music academy driven by ‘a non-exclusive, non-elitist philosophy’. World Heart Beat is a registered charity, with 45 teachers and 400 students at the Wandsworth and new Nine Elms site. The academy runs multiple programmes, including Adventures into d&b Soundscape, First Beats for primary students, and EMERGE for help with career progression. These are funded by the likes of Arts Council England, The Helen Hamlyn Trust, The Thistle Trust and restaurant chain Wagamama, as well as public donations and from profits from the onsite café.
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