New Pro Bono OR Project: Joy of Sound

Joy of Sound Project

Reaching out to the hard to reach: Overcoming barriers to social participation.

Project:

To aid Joy of Sound (JOS) volunteers to evaluate the impact of their inclusive arts and music activities toward their 20th Anniversary celebrations.

Project description:

JOS undertakes a range of activities including inclusive music and arts workshops, training sessions, design and production of bespoke music instruments and associated access equipment, with the aim of promoting social inclusion through music and the creative arts. 

The model is so successful that they are in process of roll-out to other London Boroughs. In 2020 it will be their 20th anniversary and they would like to produce a report demonstrating the impact of their work with disabled and impaired people, volunteers, care support networks and the wider community. There is considerable data available.

It is anticipated that the volunteer will:

1. Have a project initiation meeting with the JOS founder and obtain available documentation and data
2. Visit a JOS session to meet participants and experience at first hand what happens and how.
3. Facilitate a half-day workshop with JOS trustees to Identify their key  inputs, activities, outcomes and impacts
4. Identify appropriate measures, data requirements, data sources together with any additional data gathering that is needed
5. Write a report on the impact of JOS together with recommendations for future data collection and reporting

Recommended Volunteer Requirements:

• A belief in and commitment to inclusive society 
• Experience with facilitation , skilled with data gathering and analysis.
• Experience of impact measurement and the theory of change would be helpful
• An interest in social inclusion and in finding ways to evaluate inclusive processes  

Time commitment: 5 days over 9 months

Location: Most of the work can be carried out remotely. The volunteer would need to attend the facilitation session in person and to attend one JOS session to experience what the charity do and how they do it, and to be better able to understand and consider viable approaches towards impact measurement and project evaluation.  

If you feel you are able to offer your assistance please complete the application form and return along with your CV to amy.hughes@theorsociety.com by 30^th April.

The OR Society fully supports equal opportunities. As such, we welcome applications from the partially sighted or blind, or those with disabilities.

Information about the organisation: 

Joy Of Sound uses inclusively designed and made instruments to help individuals, who might otherwise be excluded from the creative arts, to make music. The organisation works closely with the individual co-learner, their families and key-workers, and designers to build acoustic instruments that draw on the individual’s abilities, talents and tastes. JOS has facilitated thousands of individuals with differing needs over the last seven years and estimate 70% being from BME communities and over 30% being wheelchair users.

For further information about Joy of Sound please visit http://joyofsound.org/or email William Longden at williamelongden@icloud.com

For further information about the Pro Bono OR scheme, please visit: www.theorsociety.com/Probono  or email ProBonoOR@theorsociety.com