Our community project, Liverpool Music Makers were awarded £20,000 in National Lottery funding to support our work with young people living with disabilities. The group, based in Wavertree, Liverpool, have been using the money to run regular Music sessions and support for families in person and on-line.
Music Makers has been running with Emerge since 2014 and is staffed by Musician Jamie Davies and a team of volunteers. It was founded by Sara Ward who was at that time a social worker working with disabled children and realised that the community was struggling to provide support to local families and their children.
The group now runs a weekly session at a community centre, attended by up to 20 local young people and their families, where they join in with activities such as singing, learning instruments, socialising and sharing their news. The sessions help people to make friends, while learning new skills and having fun. While enjoyable, participants are also gaining greater confidence, self-belief and important collaboration skills.
The funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, which distributes money raised by National Lottery players for good causes and is the largest community funder in the UK.
Thank you so much to the National Lottery players for supporting this amazing cause.
Comments