Case Study

A dad-of-five confused by tax and Universal Credit has been helped to gain an extra £1.6K a month to support his family. Self-employed barber Shahid Qurbani contacted The People’s Orchestra’s(TPO) Benefits Advice Centre after a letter arrived about his tax. [READ MORE]

A unique musical fitness project is launching in the Black Country to help residents exercise without realising it. The People’s Orchestra (TPO) came up with the idea of free Walking Choirs across Sandwell and Dudley. The quirky idea is that [READ MORE]

A ground-breaking community orchestra is giving the genre an overhaul to attract more under-represented musicians of colour from areas starved of money for the arts. Bollywood tunes are replacing Beethoven and Motown is the soundtrack instead of Mozart at refreshing [READ MORE]

The People’s Orchestra (TPO) is far more than just creating music as it is playing an even more vital role in the community during the cost of living crisis. As a support network to improve lives in the Midlands and [READ MORE]

Taking The People’s Show Choir on the road to Krakow may have seemed slick but involved a lot of work behind the scenes. Here’s a look at staff preparation for the Show Choir Poland trip that started nearly a [READ MORE]

The Rusty Player's Orchestra was a spark of an idea that has caught fire over the past five years. Set up to reignite musical passion in those who hadn’t picked up an instrument in a while, it started out [READ MORE]