Toolkit
The County of Song Recruitment Toolkit For Singing Groups is a FREE GUIDE to attracting new members and keeping them.
Fundamentally, choirs and singing groups need people to exist. For many, finding the confidence to sing, and the joy of taking part is about being surrounded by a larger body of voices and sound.
This recruitment toolkit is aimed at community choirs, singing groups, leisure time singing organisations, groups that use singing as their social activity, groups that sing with a particular aim – for example for health benefits. It’s purpose is to to help support choirs and singing groups find and retain new participants, and develop their membership.
It’s been created in response to the results of the “Holding Our Breath” report on the impact of COVID on community singing in Lancashire, and ongoing enquiries from choirs asking for support.
It’s content has been informed by, and developed from, experience shared by a range of community singing and engagement practitioners, in particular responding to the County of Song recruitment survey. These are starting points to get you thinking about how to attract new members and keep them in a way that works for your group. There are themed sections with a selection of ideas to address each theme, case studies and quotes to illustrate the points, links for further research and a set of questions to help you reflect on the content. The “Making A Plan and Setting Goals” section has examples of processes to follow to put your ideas in to action.
Crescendo – Grow Your Choir
6pm – 7.30pm, Friday 28th March 2025
Online (Zoom)
Tickets: £5. Find out more and book tickets online here.
An accompanying webinar sharing insights from the Lancashire County of Song Choir and Singing Group Recruitment Toolkit delivered by County of Song Director, Loz Kaye.
In this webinar session, toolkit author, Loz Kaye, will be sharing insights from the research behind the toolkit and key data from the County of Song choir mapping project. This will include project tools exclusive to this webinar to help you plan sustainable development appropriate to your group.
This session is for the leadership of community choirs, singing groups, leisure time singing organisations,
groups that use singing as their social activity, groups that sing with a particular aim – for example health benefits. And more broadly, anyone interested in organisational development for inclusive arts.