Dawn Williams' presentation from the Main Hangar at Sing Up Manchester, January 21st 2010, demonstrating the consultation process behind the Sing Up "How To' guide

1. Sing Up Young Singing Leaders How to Guide

3. Sing Up Area Leaders

4. CoMusica YMAZ young leaders and musicians

5. Trainee community musicians

6. Leaders of The Sage Gateshead Learning and Participation programme

9. We know some of the deadlines for achieving Sing Up young singing leader targets have passed

11. How you are meeting the targets already

12. How you can develop young singing leaders now

16. Support other children with their singing, for example, in a choir, singing group, classroom, or out of school singing activity

18. Positive

19. Well-informed

20. Clear

21. Inclusive

22. Encouraging

23. Creative

24. Musical www.singup.org/quality

26. Young People: Leading Change

28. Young people supporting the learning and personal development of their peers and younger children

29. Making their voices heard in school councils, in their own communities, through youth organisations and civic bodies

30. Expressing ideas, making choices, decisions and taking action about issues which concern them

31. Making positive contributions to business and enterprise

33. More self aware

34. Gain skills

35. Exercise their power

37. Gain confidence

38. Gain skills

39. Make choices and decisions

41. Sing Up will train 35,000 singing leaders and 17,500 young singing leaders (under the age of 19) to work regularly with primary school-age children

42. Between April 2008 and March 2009

43. Each Area Leader will have worked with 175 young singing leaders

44. Between April 2009 and March 2010

46. Area Leaders have worked with directly

47. Are being supported by teachers and other adults who have participated in Sing Up training with a focus on young singing leadership

53. Improves musicianship and vocal practice “I feel more confident to lead because I feel I have more musical knowledge now. E.g. conducting and so on”

54. Develops confidence in children and young people “I’m a lot more confident now and it’s a lot more fun now I know what I’m doing”

55. Develops positive role models

57. More self aware

58. Manage their emotions

59. Develop empathy with others

60. Establish healthy relationships

62. Listen and show that they are listening

63. Have good, open body language

64. Be respectful of young people, their opinions and their ideas

65. Be open minded and open to new ideas

66. Provide guidance and advice

67. Try to involve everybody in the group

69. Feel safe

70. Be treated with respect and care

71. Be supported where necessary

72. Have clearly defined boundaries

73. Be given appropriate opportunities to lead

74. Be supported with a non-judgmental, empathic attitude

76. Clear communication of roles and responsibilities

77. Making sure the young singing leader has an appropriate level of skills, knowledge, and experience

78. Making sure the young singing leader is given appropriate opportunities to lead

80. What policies and procedures are in place in your workplace?

81. Do older young leaders need a CRB disclosure to work with primary school aged children?

83. How does an adult recognise a child or young person’s interest in singing leadership, what signs do you look for?

85. How do you make young singing leadership work in Beyond the Mainstream settings?

87. How do we celebrate success with young singing leaders?

89. Arts Award www.artsaward.org.uk

90. Young Achievers Award www.youngachievers.co.uk

91. Youth Achievement Award www.ukyouth.org

92. Duke of Edinburgh Awards www.dofe.org

93. GCSE, AS Level, A level http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/QualificationsExplained/index.htm

94. 14-19 Diplomas http://yp.direct.gov.uk/diplomas/

96. The How to Guide will be posted on the Sing Up website for you to amend, add to and comment on