EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Objective

The intention of this piece of work was for Noise Solution to deliver music mentoring programmes to those young people felt most ‘in need’ from either Norfolk Music Hub or Norfolk Music Hub. We intended to see the same impacts on engagement and well-being as we see across the rest of our work.

Impact Measurement & Reporting

Noise Solution measures its impact on well-being using the Shortened Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS). The SWEMWBS data is not designed to be used as an individual diagnostic tool, but a way of measuring impact at a population level. The sample size is too small to be able to extrapolate meaning from here but when combined with our other work (delivered in exactly the same way) we see high statistical significance of well-being impacts across our population. The data captured from the participant at the start and end of a set of sessions, and the ‘distance travelled’ is statistically analysed on individual and population levels (any change over 2 is considered to be meaningful). Alongside these quantitative data, Noise Solution captures an equal amount of qualitative data in the form of the Digital Stories which is created by each participant as well as reflective feedback sought from the Participant and other involved third parties.

Overall results

Broadly we see similar patterns in SWEMWBS data for this contract as we see across our other services. We have seen reductions in low and moderate well-being being translated into increases of the same, or moving up into the next banding.