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- Introductory training, Capacity strengthening
Tako’s story
Georgia
As an example of local leadership, Tako’s story encapsulates the way we are always looking to entrust the development and delivery of our activities to people with the right skills and experience.
- Children
- Disability
- Introductory training, Capacity strengthening
თაკოს ამბავი
Georgia
როგორც ადგილობრივი ლიდერობის მაგალითი, თაკოს ისტორია ასახავს იმას, თუ როგორ ვცდილობთ, რომ ჩვენი საქმიანობის განვითარება და მიწოდება, სწორი უნარებისა და გამოცდილების მქონე ადამიანებს მივანდოთ მხოლოდ.
- Children
- Disability
- Introductory training, Capacity strengthening
From a distance: A history of the Distance Learning Programme
Romania, Georgia, Jordan, Myanmar, Occupied Palestinian Territories
The creation and development of the Distance Learning Programme in Romania is a case study in innovation, partnership – and not giving up.
- Children
- Disability
- Young people
- Sustainability
Silbia’s Story
United Kingdom
Learning to use music on a daily basis in your place of work is a step towards optimising care, but what happens when our Partners move on to new roles, or their use of music lapses? After a long pause in running her music sessions, Silbia’s story is a shining example of true sustainability and long-term impact.
- Children
- Introductory training
Piloting our approach in mainstream education
United Kingdom
When our Advisory Panel highlighted primary school children as a priority client group in light of the anticipated impact of the pandemic, we developed a 6-week tailored skill-sharing project, delivered in the Scottish Highlands.
- Children
- Disability
- Sustainability, Capacity strengthening
Changing the way we care: Capturing impact in the UK
United Kingdom
The creation of a film to capture our work in the UK proved to be an effective way to support our programme’s sustainability, while also enabling us to build capacity on an organisational level.
- Adults
- Children
- Dementia
- Disability
- Elderly
- Young people
- Introductory training, Capacity strengthening, Sustainability
Gill’s Story
United Kingdom
Interactive Music-Making Tutor Gillian O’Dempsey believes that supporting early years practitioners to see their existing expertise is crucial to developing their skills and confidence to run meaningful music sessions for the young children in their care.
- Children
- Disability
- Sustainability, Introductory training
Kheeima’s Story
United Kingdom
Kheeima demonstrates how you can build on your introductory training to create a much wider impact, and truly sustainable music, by utilising the support on offer from MasT – particularly during the most difficult of circumstances, the pandemic.
- Children
- Disability
- Capacity strengthening
Supporting our Partners’ vision in adversity
Rwanda
When international travel was prevented by the Covid-19 pandemic, some of our Partners took the opportunity to drive their programmes forward on a local level in a perfect example of our approach to Capacity Strengthening.
- Disability
- Young people
- Children
- Sustainability
Refreshing ideas and aims
India
On a return visit our partners at The ARMS Centre in Hyderabad, Nina Cherla worked with the team of teachers to share successes, pool ideas and troubleshoot all within a day’s tailored workshop. Together, they focused on refreshing activities according to their changing aims.
- Adults
- Children
- Disability
- Young people

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Stories

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Tako’s story

თაკოს ამბავი

From a distance: A history of the Distance Learning Programme

Silbia’s Story

Piloting our approach in mainstream education

Changing the way we care: Capturing impact in the UK

Gill’s Story

Kheeima’s Story

Supporting our Partners’ vision in adversity

Refreshing ideas and aims