Joining up creative communities
We link artists, musicians and teachers with local people, directly and through schools, councils and social prescribers, with facilitation and a ready-made platform.
How it works →Future Sounds · a social enterprise
Community through creativity
We join up local arts and music practitioners with the people around them. We do this directly, and through the schools, councils and social prescribers who already work with local people. The more we connect, the greater the benefit.
Practitioners connected with local people
Partners in schools, councils and social prescribing
Software that joins up a town's creative community
What we do
Three ways we help local arts and music thrive
We started by connecting music tutors with schools and young people. The same approach works for a whole town: linking practitioners with local people, and with the schools, councils and social prescribers who serve them.
Music projects for young people
We bring schools, expert music tutors and funders together to design hands-on music projects, from first instruments to producing a mixtape.
See our projects →Future Sounds Events
We help events and collaborations happen that otherwise wouldn't. We spark ideas, advise people running events, and run some ourselves.
About Future Sounds Events →Why it matters
Most towns already have the practitioners. Local people, and the services that support them, often don't know they're there.
A social prescriber looks for a singing group for someone who is lonely, while a choir down the road wants new members. A school wants a visiting musician while one lives two streets away. Joining these up costs little and makes a visible difference.
- Local people
- One place to find what's on, who teaches what, and how to take part.
- Practitioners
- Artists, musicians, teachers and groups reach new participants, collaborators and venues.
- Schools
- Local musicians and artists to enrich lessons, clubs and performances.
- Councils
- A clear picture of local cultural activity, and evidence of what it adds to health, town centres and community life.
- Social prescribers
- Trusted, up-to-date creative activities to refer people to.
Who we work with
Find your way in
Practitioners and groups
Artists, musicians, teachers and venues: get listed, and reach local people and the services that refer them.
About the platform →Schools and colleges
Music partnerships for your pupils, and links to practitioners in your town.
School partnerships →Councils
Set up a joined-up arts and music network for your town, linked to your cultural, health and town-centre plans.
For communities →Social prescribers
Find local creative activities to refer people to, and know they are current.
Get in touch →Get in touch
Interested in joining up your town?
Tell us a little about your place and who's involved. We'll suggest a sensible first step.