Cambridge Music Project was established to provide tuition and training in all aspects of the music industry to young people aged 14 to 18 who are not in education, employment or training, or who have challenging behaviour. There will be twenty places, offering six hours tuition a week, available to young people living within Cambridgeshire.

The initial foundation course will include modules in music technology, music composition and arrangement, studio and recording techniques, live sound and P.A. skills, starting and running a record label, product and artist promotion, artist management, tour management, and musical instrument maintenance and repair. As a result, they will learn skills and apply them by running revenue-creating projects.

These will include running a music instrument reconditioning and repair service and establishing a record label, which will involve producing, marketing and promoting their product.

There will also be opportunities to help organise workshops and live music events, which will include planning, promotion and publicity and live sound engineering. Community workshops will be held in areas such as African percussion, recording and performance techniques and DJ skills.

Projects will be devised and run by the young people, assisted by staff - giving the students their first experience of working within the music industry. Learning skills and putting them into practice and working as a team with their peers, the young people's sense of commitment, professionalism and self-esteem will grow. The skills and experience gained will be invaluable to those wishing to pursue careers in the music industry.

Cambridge Music Project aims to become a sustainable social enteprise. It will be staffed by two full-time instructors, with experience of employment within the music industry and working with young people with challenging behaviour. Professionals working in the music industry will run extra workshops and classes, on a voluntary basis. All staff will be enhanced C.R.B. checked.