Hub Governance and Finance
On Wednesday 5th November we held a visioning day for the Lancashire Music Hub to look at the next 3-5 years of development and out of it came certain key questions. (Around the table - YPS, ACEBO, Headteachers, More Music, Lancashire Music Service, Charanga.) I would like to gather information from others over the next month and will then be very happy to share with other MINC organisations. Please send info to me at pete.moser@moremusic.org.uk
Governance.
What is the governance structure of the Hub, particularly if it is led by a local authority service? How are decisions made about allocation of resources ?
In Lancashire the Tim Rogers is Hub Chairperson, Hub Co-ordinator and also the CEO of the main provider of services (LMS). He understands that this needs addressing and we noted that it can lead to conflicts of interest in terms of the spending of public funds. We also have working parties that look at particular areas of strategy but they have no real power at the moment.
Finance
What is the breakdown of spend within the whole Hub? Given that many partners bring funding to the table how much is spent on
- WCET
- Singing Strategy
- Digital
- Targetted Inclusion projects
- Workforce Development
- Music Centres
- Instrmental Loans
- Concerts
- Central ensembles
- Govenance/management
- Overheads
- Creative projects
Are you able to find this out ?
And finally, when we were asked to contribute our stats to the ACE data return we couldn't fit what we do into the categories and so the figures were los in narrative question number 23. We need to tell ACE this and so if everyone found the same issue it would be useful to share this information. Hey Ho. See you all soon.