The Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) is a not-for-profit organisation inspiring creativity and imagination by providing weekly music education classes and instruments to disadvantaged children and youth at risk throughout Australia.
One of the only activities that activates, stimulates and uses the entire brain is music. Engagement in music programs:
Enhances fine motor skills
Prepares the brain for achievement
Fosters superior working memory
Cultivates thinking skills
Improves recall and retention of verbal information
Boosts reading and English language skills
Boosts creativity
Allows disengaged students to re-engage with learning
Builds trust
Builds confidence
Builds resilience
75% of Australian public schools do not have dedicated music teachers. In 2002, singer-songwriter, Don Spencer, OAM, founded the ACMF to address the needs of children who were not getting the benefits of music education. “Research has proven the importance of music and arts education. And yet so many children don’t have access to music lessons. This is alarming. Every private school in the world teaches music. When i was young, every school had a music teacher and a piano. Where did the system go wrong?” – Don Spencer
Imagine a world without music, imagine a world without hope! The ACMF provides both to disadvantaged children.