Our Purpose

Our core purpose is giving disadvantaged children and young people opportunities to gain confidence and skills and improve their prospects while having fun and expressing themselves. We also support vulnerable adults.

Through our Music for Wellbeing sessions, we develop and support children and young people referred to us by schools, charities, local authorities and agencies, care providers and families. Our facilities offer a safe, nurturing environment where they can express themselves, collaborate and explore their potential.

Outside of school hours, we provide music lessons to children who are unable to access them at school and provide a launch pad for school-aged musicians, groups, producers and technicians.

"Everyone who comes to Wrexham Sounds for music lessons is putting something back into the local community by contributing to our work with disadvantaged children and young people."
Chris Lloyd, Chairman, Wrexham Sounds

Wrexham Sounds is all about:

• Equality: We work closely with our service users, their families, community partners, client organisations and supporters, sharing lessons learned to improve what we do.
• Positivity: The circumstances of children and young people referred to us can make long-term commitment difficult. We focus on the needs of the individual and what they achieve.
• Being practical: Our beneficiaries gain the most when our services and activities are practical, relevant to them and their lives, and the outcomes are tangible.
• Having fun: Gaining confidence and feeling better about yourself is more likely to happen in an environment where you can be yourself and mistakes are fun not faults.
• Personal growth: We are fully committed to the development of everyone we engage with and do what we can to help them develop skills, grow in confidence, and enjoy life.

Wrexham Sounds is run by a volunteer Board of Directors, all based in Wrexham:

David Gray BA Hons, MBA is a creative arts entrepreneur with a national reputation. He founded Undegun in Wrexham which provides work, exhibiting and performance space for artists.

Chris Lloyd BA Hons, MA (Chairman) is an experienced business leader who has founded and developed several professional businesses operating in UK and Internationally.

Caroline Richards BEd Hons, MEd is an experienced teacher who spent her career in further education where she developed and delivered business and administration programmes.

Reporting to the Directors and responsible for operations and resource management is General Manager, Olivia Gallagher BA Hons, PCE, PGCE, CMI. Olivia is a qualified teacher, experienced in engaging communities in the arts. She has a strong background in business management and third sector fundraising and marketing.

Funding has been received from Thomas Howells Educational Fund for North Wales, Temperance Hall Trust, Wrexham County Borough Council, Yamaha Music Europe, Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Third Sector Resilience Fund, Moondance Foundation, Anthem Wales, Moving On, Ty Cerdd, Music For All, Co-op, Community Foundation Wales, AVOW, The National Lottery Community Fund, Arts Council of Wales and Welsh Government.

Corporate donors include Pan Stone Europe, Pivotal Sound & Lighting, Banana Ben’s, EA Technology and Competence Assurance Solutions.

Donations have been received from the following Community Councils in Wrexham: Gwersyllt, Minera, Acton, Caia Park, Abenbury, Rhos, Offa, Brymbo, Marchwiel, Penycae and Rhosddu.