About the Voices Foundation

Our mission
To enable all children to realise their full potential through a singing-based music curriculum, and to influence national perception of the vital importance of music in education
 
What we do
We are a music education charity working closely with the Government, Local Authorities and Schools to deliver sustainable solutions to teaching music at a Primary level.
 
We offer In School Programmes, professional development training for both classroom teachers and specialists, and provide expert resource material.
 
Our work the Department for Education and Skills
Over the years, The Voices Foundation has helped to influence leaders in the field of music education as well as government, to make singing a vital part of every child’s entitlement. Susan Digby has served on the Government’s Music Manifesto working group and also supported Marc Jaffrey (Music Manifesto Champion) in developing the current emphasis on singing in schools. The Voices Foundation has also been involved in the KS3 working group which has resulted in a current nationwide programme of support being delivered to music services. In 2004/5 the DfES provided The Voices Foundation with major grant which funded a Primer Project in 16 new schools in Southwark, Bolton and North Devon.
I have no doubt that the work of The Voices Foundation is contributing greatly to the delivery of arts education in those schools that take part in the programme
Tansy Jones, Artsmark Officer, Arts Council England