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Sounding Board 'Duty of Care' issue

This special issue of Sounding Board explores the theme of Duty of Care in community music. Whether you’re a practitioner, participant, partner organisation, or simply curious about the field, we invite you to join us in reflecting on what care means in our shared practice - for ourselves, for one another, and for the communities we make music with.

As practitioners, facilitators, and organisations, our work often takes us into complex spaces: hospitals, schools, care homes, community centres, youth projects, and beyond. In each of these contexts, our duty of care - to participants, to ourselves, and to each other - demands continual reflection and shared learning. This issue brings together a rich collection of perspectives from across the UK’s community music sector, exploring what “duty of care” means in real terms. We hope these contributions will inspire, challenge, and support you in your own work, and help us all continue building a culture of care that sustains both people and creativity. Read the latest issue here.

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