Is Sing Up going to finish in March 2011?
The government funding which supports Sing Up was always scheduled to run from 2007 up to March 2011, but that doesn’t mean we’re planning to finish! With a new government in place, and public sector spending cuts imminent, it is very difficult to predict the future for the funding of music education. However, we recognise that Sing Up has become invaluable for schools and are building a strong future for the programme, which includes the continuation of its resources and support, so that the proven benefits of singing within education can continue. In the meantime, please continue to use Sing Up as normal. But you can help too! Our best chance of ensuring a future for Sing Up is to have ALL primary schools on board, and signed up to Sing Up. We’re approaching 90% engagement from primary schools, but if 100% are on board, that’s difficult to ignore! So, if you feel strongly that Sing Up, and government funding for music education, should continue, please make sure that all the schools
