Our Health and Safety Policies

Yorkshire Youth and Music takes the health and safety of our staff, freelance facilitators and (most of all) our students and participants incredibly seriously. As we are also a registered charity with a firm belief in sharing information and good practice, we have made available our H&S policies online as follows:

Our Health and Safety Policy	Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment Form	A response to COVID-19 *COMING SOON*
Our Safeguarding Policy	Our Safeguarding Statement (March 2018)	Safeguarding Training (a help sheet)

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Music Makes Lives Better Because… of the tools we use

Besides using music itself as a tool for improving a child’s ability to engage in their lives in more healthy and proactive ways, we use a range of musical genres, instruments and technologies to improve what we (and they) can deliver...
Yorkshire Youth and Music receives Cultural Recovery funding!

We are delighted to announce that we are one of the recipients of the DCMS' Cultural Recovery fund
Sounds Like... a soundscape!

What’s a soundscape? It’s a creation, or re-creation of an environment or a series of environments, in sound...
Andrew Cleaton

Andrew Cleaton is an accomplished composer, facilitator and producer with 25 years experience of leading music workshops in a variety of settings

Deaf and Musical

Deaf and Musical is a series of videos, created by musicians, Eloise Garland and Sean Chandler (who both happen to be D/deaf) and the team here at Yorkshire Youth and Music, to support D/deaf young people to improve a whole range of musical skills, with and without instruments
Signed Songs by Paul Whittaker OBE

Paul Whittaker OBE has been profoundly deaf all his life yet pursued a career as a successful Musician. Paul has created this brilliant set of resources, including a set of signed songs and a handout detailing some things to remember when singing and signing...
A guide to Singing and Signing

Our guide to Singing and Signing with hearing and hearing impaired children and young people
Our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Resource Pack - Parts 1, 2 and 3!

A free guide to introducing music and instruments to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Deaf Instrumental Learning - tips and good practice

A guide on tips and good practice for musicians and practitioners teaching Deaf and hearing impaired young people how to play an instrument
Getting the best in Secure and Controlled environments

Our guide to getting the best from a visiting musician in secure settings for young people
Getting the best in Early Years settings

A guide to getting the best out of visiting musicians in Early Years settings