Some goals are key to the future of the work

• Creating a sustainable, long-term programme

• Achieving real change for young people

• A programme that supports children and young people from ‘cradle to career’

• Continually improving what we do, so that we are able to further develop this innovative and challenging programme and our practice is excellent

• Broadening opportunities for young people (e.g. being able to take them to visit other programmes)

 

Our priorities are:

• Increasing instrumental tutor teaching hours across the primary-age programme

• Adding more primary schools

• Providing ‘teen’ Sistema sessions for older children (11 to 18yrs)

• Expanding and training the tutor team

• Bringing in an experienced musical director to help us grow the work

• Increasing our pool of instruments

Typical costs associated with the programme

• £5 provides fruit for a session

• £10 replaces a full set of violin strings, and £20 a cello set.

• £65 provides a tutor instrumental session for up to 15 children

• £120 pays for a violin

• £130 provides a two tutor ensemble session or sectional for up to 25 children

• £140 pays for a day of musical director time

• £175 pays for an instrumental lesson for a child for a year

• £180 pays for a trumpet, trombone, clarinet or flute

• £260 provides a full orchestral rehearsal session for up to 60 children

• £350 enables a child to take part in a primary-age orchestra for a year

• £400 pays for a cello

• £600 enables a child to take part in the Colegate Nucleo orchestra for a year

• £600 pays for an instrumental lesson for a year for 5 children

• Instruments like Oboes, Double basses, Tubas and Bassoons all cost well over £1,000

• £2,600 pays for instrumental lessons for a year for 15 children

• £3,000 to £6,000 enables us to start an orchestra at a new Primary school

 

Key larger targets:

• £18,000/pa to enable us to achieve the needed level of musical direction

• £20,000/pa to provide a part time pastoral worker to support young people

• £40,000/pa to support core function, particularly administration, coordination, communication and fundraising

• £90,000/pa to run our ‘teen’ Sistema, providing 5hrs/week for 150 young people