Welcome Notes Training: Leeds, UK
January 12, 2026 @ 10:00 am - January 16, 2026 @ 6:00 pm CET
Musicians Without Borders in collaboration with Leeds School of Arts present a 5-day “Welcome Notes” training programme. We are looking for facilitators and co-creators working across music and performing arts to participate in this unique training opportunity.

For 25 years, Musicians Without Borders (MWB) has been using music as a tool for personal, social, and political change. For over 2 decades, the organisation has developed a methodology that combines music pedagogy and community leadership.This methodology is used in post-conflict and conflict regions around the world to counter the destructive effects of war, violence, and displacement – in countries including Palestine, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, across the Balkans, as well as with refugees on the move in the Netherlands and across Europe.

This training opportunity aims to share this methodology with facilitators and co-creators working across music and performing arts, to equip you with the skills and expertise to work with vulnerable people, with a focus on people undergoing migration, forced displacement, and refugee status.

We have up to 25 places on the course, and trainees will be selected according to their application.

The cost of the training course is £500.

The learning will be collaborative and include group work. The training will be delivered in English, but we welcome applications from people who have English as a secondary language. The training features regular movement, however all activities will be tailored to the capabilities and needs of the group. Those with mobility difficulties are encouraged to apply.

New: Cindy Dymond Bursary available for 5 candidates

We are proud to be able to offer 5 fully-funded places in our Music Leadership Training in Leeds in January 2026 through The Cindy Dymond Bursary. Cindy Dymond joined MWB’s first-ever Training of Trainers in 2015 and remained actively involved with Musicians Without Borders until her passing in 2021. Her legacy continues to support Musicians Without Borders, as we support musicians around the world who use their music to help build just and peaceful communities.

For more information visit www.musicianswithoutborders.org/event/welcome-notes-training-leeds-uk/