Reaching Out is a training, development and future-thinking network for project managers, programme managers and anyone planning and managing inclusive music activity across the North West for children and young people.

Network gatherings are an opportunity to develop partnerships and share learning and understanding around inclusive and accessible music practice across the region.

Our next Reaching Out gathering will focus on working with trans, non-binary and gender variant young people, with a free training session (normally £125 pp) provided by The Proud Trust and Tandem Theatre’s ‘Zhoosh’ music project. We’re delighted to have Frances Nutt, Tandem Theatre’s Artistic Director joining us to share learning from the project.

Places are limited and allocated on a first come-first served basis. Lunch is included.

The training will:

•   Be an exploration of gender and gender identity using experiences of young people and examples in practice

•   Cover appropriate terminology pertaining to trans, gender variant and non-binary identities

•   Explore myths and critique the misrepresentation of trans, gender variant and non-binary people in popular culture and the media

•   Look at the legal, Oftsed and moral obligations of an organisation to meet the needs of a trans, gender variant or non-binary child in their care, or accessing their services

•   Offer appropriate signposting to organisations that can offer support to a trans young person and their family

•   Give you the confidence and skills to recognise and appropriately challenge transphobic language and behaviours
  
  

Schedule

10am – Introductions

10.20am – ‘Zhoosh’ Project Case Study

10.40am – Working with Trans, Non-Binary and Gender Variant Young People

1.30pm – Reflection, what’s next and networking lunch (included)

2.30pm – End

About Zhoosh

Zhoosh’* is a music making project for young people who identify as LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other identities such as intersex and questioning). Young musicians aged 11-18 from three different Greater Manchester LGBT+ youth support groups took part in music workshops around composition, lyric writing, singing, conducting and performance. The groups recorded their compositions at Z-Arts studio, and have been sharing some of their music at various events such as a Trans Youth Tour of Manchester Art Gallery for the Trans Arts Festival, Salford Pink Picnic and Rainbow Playground (national youth LGBT+ festival).

*Zhoosh is a term used in the Polari slang language popular in gay subculture meaning 'to make more exciting and lively'.

Find out more about The Proud Trust at: www.theproudtrust.org/

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