MDA - What Do We Do?
Developing the Creative Economy
MDA (Music Development Agency) is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to enhance and improve the creative economy and music practice across merseyside and throughout the North West region
Founded in 1996, MDA has developed over the years and now provides a number of services including enterprise development in the creative industries through to supporting music-making opportunities for young people
MDA currently operates the following services:
Amplifi
Amplifi is an exciting new project aimed at anyone aged 16 to 25!
Want to work in the Music Business? Interested in Fashion Design, Arts, Media or anything else creative, then join Amplifi and make noise' about your future
Boost your CV & improve your career options
Celebrity masterclasses, IT training, work experience in your chosen industry
Get involved in a selection of Music & Media projects!
And much more !!
This opportunity is completely free of charge
For more information, or to find out if you live in an eligable ward, please contact us on 0151 707 4550 or email info@mmda.org.uk
Music Zone
Music zone is the young person's music and creative arts service for the MDA. It provides access to the arts in a creative, nurturing and non-competitive environment.
Music zone works with a wide range of arts, educational and local authority departments to deliver focused activities in the following areas.
Education and Schooling - Music Zone work in collaboration to work with excluded children, young people with low educational attainment, after school and extended school clusters
Justice Sector - Young offenders Institutions, Positive Activities for Young People
Vulnerable Children and Young Adults - from disadvantaged or abusive backgrounds
Minority Groups - BME, Refugee and Asylum seekers, N.E.E.T. - young people (Not in Education Employment or Training)
C.R.A.F.T.I.E
The CRAFTIE (Certificated Training in Business Development and Entrepreneurship for Creative Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Project delivers training in business entrepreneurship, cultural and social development and creative IT skills, offered on a group and one to one basis. The project, delivered by a partnership of organisations (MDA, Merseyside Refugee Support Network and Sola Arts) provides Merseyside's Refugees and Asylum Seekers with an expansive programme of diverse support; increasing employability through enterprise and creative skills development
Since receiving the first instalment of our Baring Funding in 2007, the C.R.A.FT.I.E project has made significant progress in establishing the Programme as a vehicle for enabling Asylum Seekers and Refugees to access training and other support in Merseyside.
Our students have been successful in:
- Gaining employment
- Establishing themselves as freelance arts practitioners
- Starting the process of setting up a community resource for fellow asylum seekers and refugees
- Gaining recognised IT Qualifications
- Producing outstanding creative work that has been showcased in various exhibitions
MDA Business Start Up Programme
Sign up to our creative enterprise programme and receive the following benefits:
- Free workshops about finding out about being self employed in the creative industries
- One to one business advice
- Find out about grants and loans available to help finance your business
- Get tips on everything you need to know from marketing through to management and e-business
To take part in this programme you must be a resident in the areas of Anfield, Everton, County, Kirkdale, Linacre or Derby wards of Merseyside.
