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The difference music makes Artistic, social and economic impact update Feb 2021 bristolbeacon.org/impact
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03 I ncreasing and diversifying our artistic
programme
05 C
reating more music education opportunities
for young people
07 Delivering value and raising funds
08 Taking a leading role in diversity & inclusion
10 Post-Transformation impact
bristolbeacon.org/impact
Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021
Increasing and diversifying
our artistic programme
Since Bristol Music Trust took over the management of Bristol Beacon in 2011, we have
significantly grown and diversified our artistic programme. Before the transformation
of the venue began in 2018, we hosted…
600+ c.15,000 5,000+ 65%
events per year artists and capacity Harbourside of audience from a BS postcode
musicians concerts staged
per year each year featuring
international acts
audience of 6 60
c.300,000 major festivals free performances
each year per year
per year
3Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021
“The live stream worked
really well! :-) As a disabled
Increasing and diversifying person, I appreaciate being
able to attend concerts
our artistic programme in this way.”
Audience comment
Since the once-in-a-generation transformation of our spaces
began, our ambitious programme has continued.
We have… Since COVID-19 we have…
Put on
18% Created the Bristol Broadcast The Lark
200+ Takeover Online Ascending Centenary
of artists are programme, watched by concert on Tuesday 15
17,000
events people of colour December 2020,
with over
12,000
people
views
Worked with Increased diversity of Raised over Been a
30
our audience from 4%
non-white (2017) to £15,000 Bristol Arts
local partner venues
8.4% to support local artists, Channel
and businesses to Music Venue Trust partner creating a
present concerts non-white (2019) & partner grassroots collaborative programme
and events beyond venues in Bristol of online events across the city
our venue
4Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021
Creating more music education
opportunities for young people
Through our award-winning education hub, Bristol Plays Music, we have significantly grown
engagement and provided opportunities for the most disadvantaged young people, including:
91% £560,000 Supporting a diverse
cohort of £400,000
targeted investment through our
of Bristol’s schools
18
invested each year on subsidising
now making music music lessons including providing Earthsong programme providing
through our free lessons and instrument young people through free instruments + singing and
music education loans to all SEND children with our talent development instrumental lessons in 13 schools
programmes an Education Health Plan and programme Home in areas of high deprivation,
children in care Grown Heat including delivering
400
free glockenspiels
7,000 £60,000 Investing and reaching
hours per week of music per year invested in free music £46,000 4,500
tuition delivered tuition for children in care and per year on children
those with disabilities delivering our
city-wide music
curriculum
5Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021
“Many, many thanks for all the
fabulous work you have done again
Creating more music education this term with our children - the staff
continue to be blown away with your
opportunities for young people creativity and flexibility and the
children are flourishing.”
Assistant Headteacher
Since COVID-19 we have…
Supported over Our Earthsong
FREE FREE
300 instrumental sessions
ran in online music tuition for young online sessions for
32
people with disabilities through
35
young people
via our Virtual our Flow Creative online
Academy online schools in autumn programme young people in care through our
music tuition 2020 Hope Creative online sessions
Regular
instrumental 228 5
lessons continued young people supported young people supported
to take place in online to engage with our by National Open Youth
music centres Orchestra engaging
61 in one-to-one tuition
schools in autumn delivered by Bristol
Plays Music
2020
6Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021
Delivering value and raising funds
Bristol Music Trust contributes significantly to the economic and social life of the city.
When Bristol Beacon is operational it currently contributes…
c. £12 million £200,000 For every £1 of public funding the Trust receives,
GVA (Gross Value Added) per spent in Bristol with partner a further £8.30 of income is generated
year to Bristol’s economy organisations on hires
We have raised over £52 million for the transformation project
Financial commitments include £16.2 million from Arts Council England
(the largest single capital award made by them in the South West).
£10 million from Bristol City Council
£5.2 million from HM Treasury
£1.5 million This business model delivers greater
value for money and a reduced
£4.75 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund
£11.4 million from the West of England Joint Committee
spent on local artists financial dependency on Bristol City + £4.5 million from numerous individual donations, trusts foundations
and freelance music Council, with surpluses made every and sponsorship agreements
leaders’ fees year from 2011 to the commencement
of the transformation in 2018 that We have also secured significant corporate support from a number of
are then reinvested in the artistic and the city’s businesses, including Burges Salmon, Arup, KPMG, Renishaw,
education programme. Nisbets, Capita, Hayes Parsons, Corrigan Associates, Gleeds and Empica.
7Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021
Taking a leading role in
diversity & inclusion
Bristol Music Trust was the first organisation in the city to announce in 2017 that we would be
changing the name of our building to remove associations with the slave trader, Edward Colston.
The new name, Bristol Beacon, was officially announced on 23 September 2020.
We have also released the ‘Bristol Appointed
Over 4,000 Secured a
4
Beacon Transformation Promise’ - a
newly developed manifesto for change people from across the city £400,000
which includes a series of commitments diverse artists to create art were consulted about our vision investment from Paul
and actions to improve the diversity for the transformed venue for the new venue and informed Hamlyn Foundation into
of our audiences, programme and the choice of the name Bristol a major programme of
workforce, ensuring the name change Beacon. community-led activity.
is more than a symbolic move. Activity
within this programme includes:
Publishing our Developing the HEARD Partnership with Rising Arts Recruiting a creative
Equality, Diversity model of inclusion with The Agency has engaged programmer in 2021 from an
3 under represented
National Foundation for Youth
and Inclusion Music, which has now been
adopted by the Alliance for a young emerging creatives socio-economic background in a
Action Plan Musically Inclusive England
and by Music Education Hubs
to work on the new Bristol
Beacon branding.
position funded by Jerwood Arts.
across the country
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Taking a leading role in
diversity & inclusion
A New Song Working with partners on
creative activity and Expanding the Hope Creative
for Bristol music therapy project, which provides weekly
city-wide song-writing project,
for victims of human trafficking, music classes for extremely
vulnerable young people
launched in November 2020,
planned for 2021
working with schools, individuals
and professional musicians living in care
“He was almost bouncing off
Creation of a
The Here his chair with the excitement of
Children’s and Now getting through a difficult couple
Hospital music and dementia project will of bars. He told me he loves his
Orchestra use music and creativity to help sessions with Kate because they
adults and their families living ‘Make me happy!’.”
at the Bristol Royal Hospital for with the condition
Children, planned for 2021 HOPE Creative Carer
9Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021
Post-Transformation impact
The transformation of Bristol Beacon will create a world-class concert facility to
attract the best performers from around the world and encourage greater and more
diverse audiences. It will open up the Victorian cellars for the first time to create
a fully accessible music education centre and flexible third performance space.
With this additional space, it means Bristol Beacon will provide…
800 More than
A carbon neutral concert venue
events a year 273 by 2030 – the first in the UK
full time equivalent jobs
An estimated An additional income of
£13 million £10
GVA for Bristol for every £1 of funding in the
in its first year reopening year and an additional
alone
£19
in the first full year after that
10Bristol Beacon: artistic, social and economic impact Feb 2021 “Music and young people’s music-making
plays a central role in this transformation
Post-Transformation impact and we at Youth Music give our
unequivocal support to Bristol Music Trust
for leading the way and driving positive
We will be able to provide even greater music opportunities change. We wish Bristol Beacon all
and experiences for Bristol’s communities, including: the very best for an exciting and
imaginative future.”
Matt Griffiths, CEO, Youth Music
An exceptional
contemporary music venue
Engaging with Inspiring
A new enterprise
30,000+ 5,000 platform
for Bristol... young people per year from people each year
breathing investing in the future of the local
all backgrounds and abilities with our accredited
music industries by supporting
across 130 schools in Bristol, lifelong learning
new life and providing a cultural base in programmes business start-ups, DIY artists,
creatives and educators
our new education spaces
into a historic Victorian building by
opening up and restoring the unique
Bristol Byzantine colonnades and Cutting edge facilities for Recording and broadcast
150-year-old historic façade studios, education spaces,
1,800 rehearsal rooms and live stage
facilities for
children per year from across
Bristol with special educational
needs and disabilities, children
emerging
in care and care leavers and artists
young carers
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