Birth of MU: The Journey from Sound System to System Change
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support How a reggae sound system became the blueprint for the Musically Unorthodox movement Watch Video Every movement has an origin story. Not the polished, press-release version, the real one. The one that starts not in a boardroom or a funding application, but in […]
From Reaction to Prevention: What Youth Violence Data Tells Us About Early Intervention
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support Insights from Rachel Long, Northamptonshire Serious Violence Prevention Partnership Watch Video At the Musically Unorthodox Conference 2025, Rachel Long, Programme Manager for the Northamptonshire Serious Violence Prevention Partnership, delivered a presentation that reframed how we understand youth violence, not as isolated criminal behaviour, […]
Wi Educate
GET TICKET Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support Wi Educate Education Provision Speaker Home Linkedin Instagram About Wi Educate WiEducate is an education provision for young people aged 16+ with an EHCP. They offer bespoke programmes to support young people back into education, training or employment. WiEducate works with young people who have […]
‘We Built It Ourselves’: National Panel on Legacy, Resources and Going Beyond the Industry
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support A conversation with Maxwell D, Biggoss, Denise Stanley and Lyle Bignon Watch Video The first panel of the morning was local. People building things in and around Northampton, often with no budget, always with deep relationships. The second panel was national. People who […]
‘It’s Not Just the Music’: Northampton’s Local Talent Leaders On Building Real Pathways
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support A conversation with Dreadz, Leon Denton, Connor Osborne and Anton Noble Watch Video There is a moment in the opening session of the Musically Unorthodox Conference 2025 when Chris Cooke poses a question that hangs over the entire day: “What about all the […]
‘It’s Not Just Getting In, It’s Staying In’: The EDI Panel on What Real Inclusion Looks Like
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support A conversation with Wizdom Layne, Foreda Begum and Lyle Bignon Watch Video Ashley Samuels-Mckenzie opened the panel with a poem. That had never happened before. Lyle Bignon, who has done “quite a few panel discussions”, confirmed it. “First time we’ve had a poem […]
Joining the Dots: Why Pathways Into Music Believes the Future Is Local
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support Chris Cooke, Pathways Into Music on Mapping Careers, Watch Video At the opening of the Musically Unorthodox Conference 2025, Chris Cooke, co-founder of the Pathways Into Music Foundation, took the stage not as an expert with answers, but as a learner with questions. […]
Beyond Grants: How the Pluggin Ecosystem Is Tapping a £31 Billion Seam of Social Value
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support Jay Baughan FRSA on connecting public procurement, community impact, and the future of music-based youth work Watch Video Every organisation in this room knows the feeling. The project is working. The young people are engaged. The referrals are coming in. And the funding […]
Foreda Begum
GET TICKET Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support Foreda Begum Content and Partnerships Director Omnicom Media UK / OMG Unite Speaker Home Linkedin About Foreda Begum Foreda Begum is a Content and Partnerships Director with 10 years’ experience delivering inclusive & culturally campaigns. At OMG Unite, she leads strategy for major clients including […]
Breaking Down Barriers: 5 Key Statistics on Youth Employment in 2025
attend: summit ATTEND: AFTERPARTY Days Hours Minutes Seconds Thanks for your support Insights from Olivia Dams, Youth Employment UK Watch Video At the Musically Unorthodox Conference 2025, Olivia Dams, Senior Youth Engagement and Careers Lead at Youth Employment UK, took the stage to deliver a sobering yet vital snapshot of the youth employment landscape in […]