Organisations and institutions

Music in Detention (MID)

Music In Detention (MID) works through music to give voice to immigration detainees and create channels of communication between them, immigration and detention staff, local communities and the wider public. MID was formed by a group of organisations and individuals inspired by a pilot programme in 2005 that took participatory music activities into four of the UK's Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs). Category: Arts Organisation

http://www.musicindetention.org.uk/index.htm

Evaluations as member organisation (4)

Evaluation Report: Community Exchange project between detainees at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre and young people at West London YMCA

The report explores the project’s impacts on participants’ wellbeing and resilience, awareness and understanding, and musical skills. Based on observations, questionnaires, interviews and focus groups, it contains a wealth of detail about the creative process and the experience of participants. The report also looks at the project as an example of ... read on →

Author Katie Bruce (National Foundation for Youth Music)

Published July 2015

Artform Music

Organisations Music in Detention, Sound Connections   Project venue Harmondsworth IRC

Participant type Male Adult Detainees, Male and Female Young Young People at risk

Evaluation report: Music in Detention's work in the community and in Immigration Removal Centres

This report aims to assess the impact of MID’s Community Exchange programme, and the quality of the participatory music making involved in the case studies presented, as well as case studies and information presented in previous reports evaluating projects which took place between 1st April 2007 – 31st March 2010.  ... read on →

Authors Hazel Addley, Karin van Maanen

Published 2011

Artform Music

Organisation Music in Detention   Project venue Harmondsworth IRC

Participant type Male and Female Adult Detainees, Male and Female Child School pupils

Interim evaluation report: Overview and impact of delivery work in Year 2

This evaluation is a participant-focused evaluation, looking at the responses of detainees actively participating in the project, members of IRC staff who were directly involved, and how members of the community responded to two of the community exchange projects which took place in 2008/2009. It covers the three key areas ... read on →

Author Karin van Maanen (Anne Peaker Centre)

Published 2009

Artform Music

Organisation Music in Detention   Project venues Dover IRC, Haslar IRC

Interim evaluation report: May 2007 – May 2008

An evaluation of the projects delivered by Music In Detention (MiD) in 3 Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) during 2007-08. It covers the music interventions, quality of life (for detainees) and channels of communicaton (between IRCs and communities/wider public). Within these areas it focused on the elements of self-expression, culturally relevant ... read on →

Author Karin van Maanen (Anne Peaker Centre)

Published 2008

Artform Music

Organisation Music in Detention   Project venues Dover IRC, Harmondsworth IRC, Haslar IRC

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