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The Amber Trust and ISM launch ground-breaking new digital resource for teaching music to blind children
The Amber Trust, in partnership with the Incorporated Society of Musicians’ sister charity the ISM Trust, has launched a major new online resource for teaching music to blind and partially sighted children: Amber Sound Touch. Amber Sound Touch is the first comprehensive online teaching
resource for music that specifically caters for teachers working with blind and partially sighted children. It comprises 13 videos complemented with an extensive written guide, covering key topics such as learning to play by ear, guidelines for appropriate touch in teaching technique, notation, improvising, practice and performance. Amber Sound Touch has been two years in production in collaboration with the internationally renowned University of Roehampton’s Applied Music Research Centre. This process has involved several of the families and young people The Amber Trust supports, their music teachers and other professionals who work with them. This innovative new resource will enhance equality of opportunity for blind and partially sighted children in their pursuit of music across the UK and beyond. Julia Walport, Amber’s Chair of Trustees said: “We are delighted
to have had this opportunity to create Amber Sound Touch through the generosity of Julia and Hans Rausing. “We are extremely grateful to them, and to MariaMarina
Foundation and the GC Gibson Charitable Trust. We hope the new resource will inspire teachers and give them the confidence they need to enable these children to reach their full musical potential.” Deborah Annetts, Chief Executive of the ISM, of which the ISM Trust is a sister charity, said: “The ISM Trust is delighted to partner with The Amber Trust on this important and innovative resource. “Amber Sound Touch embodies the Trust’s mission that every
child should have access to music education, and the expertise and skill that has gone into creating these ground-breaking resources makes them a valuable addition to the SEND resources available to teachers.”
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Auchinleck Academywins pioneering national investment competition
Sixth form girls at Auchinleck Academy have beaten off stiff competition to scoop first place in the inaugural Growing Future Assets Competition. Pitching Illumina Inc, a cutting edge medical device company, the girls demonstrated innovative, strategic and analytical thinking, when presenting their chosen business as a viable and recommended investment opportunity. The Growing Future Assets Competition final took place virtually on 8 and 9
June 2020. The annual event, introducing senior schoolgirls across Scotland to the world of investment, its operation, relevance and impact as well as the range of careers available within the sector. It supports them towards developing an understanding that good investing is about the long-term prospects, profits and sustainability of a company. The winning team received £1,000 for their school and £200 for each of the
team members in vouchers of their choice. The runners up; Eyemouth High School, pitching Greggs also won £500 for their school and £100 worth of vouchers for each team member. “It was an honour to hear Illumina represented in the Growing Future Assets
Competition,” said Jacquie Ross, Vice President of Investor Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility and Communications at Illumina. “Illumina’s culture builds on our commitment to innovation and to enabling a more sustainable and equitable future for all, and we are thrilled our story helped to inspire the next generation of Scottish female investment professionals. We look forward to seeing the contributions each of the participants will make toward improving our global community through finance, corporate responsibility, and beyond.” Peter Gilchrist, Head Teacher, Auchinleck Academy comments: “At Auchinleck
Academy we are so proud of our Business Girls who won the 2020 Growing Future Assets Competition. Well done to Abbie, Ailey, Alice, Eva and Katie who have worked brilliantly on this project from start to finish.” Mentor for the Auchinleck Academy Team, Laura Fyfe, Investment Analyst at
Stewart Investors comments: “I was hugely impressed with the girls’ work on making the case to invest in Illumina. Each of the girls worked immensely hard on their investment report and the initiative, professionalism, independence and critical thinking skills they displayed over the past few months has been incredibly inspiring.” As a direct result of the success and level of high-quality entries this year,
Future Asset have confirmed that they will hold the second Growing Future Assets competition next year. More information on the 2021 event programme will be available in the coming months. Future Asset believes that being female should never be seen as a barrier to progressing in a chosen career. Their goal is to enable girls in the senior phase of high school to learn how investment can change the world for the better, gain valuable, transferable skills and consider the benefits of possible future careers.
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