Reaching Out Network 2026

What is Reaching Out?

Reaching Out is a place for music leaders to meet, chat, learn and share. It's a future-thinking network for anyone who plans and manages inclusive music activity for children and young people.

At Reaching Out you get to:

• Share ideas, approaches and problem-shoot plans for future delivery of music projects with children and young people
• Stay up to date and connected with other programme and project managers working across the region
• Find ways to support each other through signposting, sharing resources and identifying potential partnerships

Hosted by Brighter Sound and More Music.

What’s involved

Dates of next sessions are 29 January, 21 May and 19 November 2026.

29 January: Music Careers
Theme: “How do we support young people into the industry?”

21 May: Fundraising
Theme: “Budgeting and raising funds for our projects.”

19 November: Collaborative Projects
Theme: “Shared experiences of working across sectors.”

How to join

The session will take place on Zoom.

Once you sign up, we'll email you the link.

If there is anything we can do to help you access this session, please let us know.

New to Reaching Out?

We’re always open to new sign-ups and love to see new faces. Contact Ash Murphy at ashley.murphy@moremusic.org.uk or Rachel Waters at rachel@brightersound.com for more info.

Reaching Out is a partnership project between More Music and Brighter Sound, with funding from Youth Music.