Hull Music Hub Board Mission statement

To have a strategic view in the provision of high quality music education for the children and young people of Hull

To hold Hull Music Service, the Lead Partner of Hull Music Hub & North East Lincs Music Hub to account with regards the delivery of the Core and Extension Roles and any other requirements, as set out in the funding agreement with Arts Council England.

Hull Music Hub Board Terms of Reference

1. Promote and support high quality music education in Hull & North-East Lincolnshire

2. Through partnership working and advocacy, support the Hull Music Service in its role as Lead Partner

3. Provide critical challenge for Hull’s response to the Core & Extension Roles for Hubs, the National Plan for Music Education, School Music Education Plan and other strategies as required

4. Maintain an education focus with clear values on standards, improvement and excellence both in the music curriculum and extra-curricular music

5. Ensure all strategies are tested with regards value for money, musical integrity, access and equalities.

6. Meet at least four times per year to receive reports from the Head of Hull Music Service and Partners as necessary

7. Endorse strategic plans and funding applications as required and communicate this endorsement.

8. The Hub will work with Primary Head’s Forum, The Learning Partnership, Hull City Council Learning & Skills Team and other Education networks as necessary.

9. The Hub will be independently Chaired (ie not by the Lead Partner)

Hull Music Hub Board Membership

The Board currently comprises of 11 members:

Head of Hull Music Service (1)

Hull City Council Arts and Culture (1)

Hull Primary Head teachers (3)

Hull Head of Music Secondary (1)

Hull University Senior Lecturer (1)

Hull City Council Learning and Skill representative (1)

Hull Music Service representative (1)

North East Lincs Music Hub representative (1)

Partner organisation representatives (2)

An Arts Council representative is invited to every meeting as an observer

Membership of Hull Music Hub Board is discretionary. The Chair is responsible for ensuring appropriate representation.

Board membership is not definitive but open to those identified to have a responsibility or interest in the strategic development of the musical opportunities for the young people of Hull.

Any member can resign by giving written notification to the Chair. Membership of the Board is voluntary. Members cannot claim expenses and they are not paid to attend board meetings.

Everyone who attends at Board meetings must declare any actual or potential conflicts of interest; these shall be recorded in the minutes. Anyone with a relevant material interest in a matter under consideration must be excluded from the discussion; this shall also be recorded in the minutes.

Chair
The Chair and Vice Chair are elected by the Board for a maximum period of six years.  The role of the Chair is to provide leadership to the board. If the Chair is absence at a meeting, the Vice Chair will chair the meeting. The Chair and Vice Chair must be independent of Hull Music Service.

Clerking
Hull Music Hub Board receive  a clerking service from the Local Authority. This service includes circulating meeting agendas, taking meeting minutes, maintaining an attendance register, liaising with Hub Chair and Head of the Music service.

Hull Music Hub Full Board Meetings
Hull Music Hub Board will hold at least four meetings a year.

Current Hull Music Hub Sub Groups (to be reviewed annually)

  • Business and Finance Group
  • Music and Partnership Group
  • Secondary Heads of Music Group
  • Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP) “Generation Hull”
    Hull Music Hub supports the aims and objectives of our LCEP. The Hub is represented on the LCEP
  • North-East Lincolnshire Stakeholder Group

Role of the Board.

  • The role of the Board is to be outward facing and to proactively engage with all key city wide stake holders to champion a broad range of music opportunities for the children of Hull.
  • The Board shall provide strategic advice and guidance to Hull Music Service who are the lead partner of Hull Music Hub & North-East Lincs Music Hub in order to promote and support high quality music education in Kingston upon Hull & North-East Lincolnshire.
  • Provide a steer for the Hull Music Service, acting as a ‘critical friend’ and providing support in the form of advocacy and channels of communication with the relevant partner’s stakeholders.
  • To ensure that, as Lead Partner, Hull Music service delivers, or oversees the delivery of the Core and Extension roles as set out in the partnership agreement with Hull City Council and Arts Council England (DfE)
  • Receive quarterly management accounts for scrutiny and comments. Ensure the effective use of available resources
  • Champion, promote and celebrate the musical achievement of the young people and communities of Kingston upon Hull & North-East Lincolnshire
  • To ensure membership of the Board reflects the communities it serves.
  • To decide which functions of the Board will be delegated to committees, groups and individuals
  • To appoint the Chair of any committee (if not delegated to the committee itself)
  • Review these terms of reference on an annual basis.

 
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