Excerpt: Strummerville’s director, Trish Whelan, is trying to maintain an ethos where young people feel comfortable expressing themselves through music. The charity’s website gives a platform to aspiring artists, who can offer free downloads and links to their bands’ websites. “It gives them a platform to communicate with a community of people who actually care,” she says.
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