Making music
with Young Londoners
Fairbeats Corona Virus Statement:
During the current outbreak of COVID-19 we have unfortunately had to postpone our Fairbeats activity. We know that music, creativity, social contact and connecting is hugely important for everyone we work with so we are exploring ways to stay connected online. Please check out our social media channels to find out more about activities and resources we are sharing over the coming weeks.
Fairness
Creativity
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Fairness
Creativity
Friendship
Openness
Wellbeing
We are Fairbeats!
We are a music charity working with young refugees, asylum seekers, newly arrived migrants and their families. We work with community centres across south London and the families we work with come from all over the world.
We bring people together through music-making and other artistic activities in a way that is creative, relaxed, dynamic and fun.
Fairbeats was founded by Catherine Carter and Jennifer Raven. In 2019-2020 we are celebrating our tenth birthday year.
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We are Fairbeats!
We are a music charity working with young refugees, asylum seekers, newly arrived migrants and their families. We work with community centres across south London and the families we work with come from all over the world.
We bring people together through music-making and other artistic activities in a way that is creative, relaxed, dynamic and fun.
Fairbeats was founded by Catherine Carter and Jennifer Raven. In 2019-2020 we are celebrating our tenth birthday year.
Where we work
We work in partnership with Action for Refugees in Lewisham, Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers, Refugee Action Lewisham and Love to Learn Homework Club in Wandsworth. At each centre we run regular music clubs where children can learn new musical skills and create new music together.
Through our bursary scheme we also support the children we work with to take part in other music making for example with Midi Music Club, MultiStory Orchestra, Battersea Arts Centre Beatbox Academy and The Albany.
If you or someone you know would like to take part please contact the centres directly to find out more about the clubs they run.
Where we work
We work in partnership with Action for Refugees in Lewisham, Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers, Refugee Action Lewisham and Love to Learn Homework Club in Wandsworth. At each centre we run regular music clubs where children can learn new musical skills and create new music together.
Through our bursary scheme we also support the children we work with to take part in other music making for example with Midi Music Club, MultiStory Orchestra, Battersea Arts Centre Beatbox Academy and Kingston Music Hub.
Support us
Help bring people together through music-making. Donate to Fairbeats! With Paypal.
Support us
Help bring people together through music-making.
Donate to Fairbeats! With Paypal.
The Fairbeats Team
Catherine Carter
Creative Director and Co-founder
Jennifer Raven
Operations Director and Co-founder
Awate Suleiman
Love to Learn Music Leader
James Moriarty
AFRIL Music Leader
Kaia McTernan
Music Relationship Co-ordinator
Nadine Assam
RAK Music Leader
Suzy Herbert
Bookkeeper
Arjun Jethwa
AFRIL Fife Leader
Jerome Silsby
SDCAS Music Leader
Daniel Miles
Guest Artist and Trainee
Holly Khan
Guest Artist and Trainee
Abi Bailey
AFRIL Ukulele Leader
Abimaro Gunnell
Associate Artist and Mentor
Julie Thompson
Associate Artist and Mentor
Basel Saleh
Associate Artist
Trustees
Lawrence Becko
Chair of Trustees
Consultant
Lawrence is a consultant in the cultural sector and creative industries where he specialises in organisational development, cultural mapping, youth programmes and leadership training. He was born in London to a mixed culture migrant family, and grew up in Athens. He became Chair of Fairbeats in June 2018.
Carolyn Ehman
Deputy Chair of Trustees
Business Development Manager at The Albany
Carolyn is a arts management professional with a background in music and a focus on organisational resilience in practice. She is a firm advocate of community arts, having been involved in volunteer and trustee roles with a number of charities over the past decade. She joined the Fairbeats board in 2018.
Nigel Tyler
Treasurer
IT Manager
Nigel has an undergraduate degree in Economics, he is an IT Manager for a financial services firm where manages teams and projects in Europe, North America and India. In his spare time, he teaches Jiu Jitsu and has earned a blackbelt.
Esther Trewinnard
Trustee
Senior Media Officer at Tearfund
Esther works as a PR and Communications specialist in the humanitarian aid sector and has an interest in Community Music. Esther ran a local Thula Mama harmony singing group for new parents and carers in south-east London for many years and first came across Fairbeats when studying for an MA in Music and Development at SOAS. Born in the UK, Esther lived in Sardinia as a child, and later lived and worked in Tanzania and Peru.
Irene Ogunseitan
Trustee
Assistant Principal at an alternative provision academy
Irene joined the board in 2014. She is an assistant principal at an alternative provision academy which caters for young people who do not attend mainstream school due to circumstances such as school exclusion and school refusal. She has a master’s degree in Education Policy and is passionate about supporting young people to overcome barriers to learning and well-being. Born in Lewisham, she spent her early childhood in Nigeria and is a committed advocate for the numerous immigrant diasporas that contribute to the cultural dynamism of the UK.
Corinne Bass
Trustee
Senior Partnerships Manager at A New Direction
Corinne is Senior Partnerships Manager at A New Direction, a non-profit organisation aiming to enable all young Londoners to develop their creativity and play an active part in the cultural life of the city. She’s passionate about creative learning, lives in Lewisham, south London, and is an occasional but enthusiastic open water swimmer.
Work with us
We currently have no open positions. For more information about working with us please email fairbeats@gmail.com
Work with us
Open positions:
Trainees
We are currently recruiting two new trainees to work with us at the Wandsworth and Southwark Centres. More information on these position can be found here
Funders
Contact
For more information about Fairbeats! please email us at: fairbeats@gmail.com
or call on: +44 (0)7817 550510
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Lead Designated Safeguarding Officer: Catherine Carter
Charity Number: 1159133