Delia Derbyshire Day Workshop

We are passionate about inclusion and do our best to make our music making experience accessible for all. We know that many children with SEND love music, are given the opportunity to focus, can self-regulate, build confidence, achieve and shine through our work. Some children are already fans of Doctor Who so they can share their knowledge with their classmates.
We have worked with children in mainstream and specialist SEND settings, including children with hearing and visual impairments.
We want to make sure children with SEND are adequately supported and can thrive, so we usually work 1-2-1 or in very small groups. We require you to provide support staff who know the child/ren so they can make the most of their Delia Derbyshire Day experience.

Delia Derbyshire Day is a growing charity elevating the legacy of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001) as a catalyst for empowerment now.
Delia Derbyshire Day occurs on 23 November - the date the Doctor Who theme, produced by Delia, first beamed into British living rooms in 1963. We work all year round in schools and community settings delivering music, heritage projects, events and workshops. Delia described herself as a working class girl, so acts as a role model for girls and others facing barriers. Delia's imaginative sample-based work acts as an accessible springboard for teaching music, tech and history. Our expert facilitators, female electronic music artists themselves (33% Global Majority Heritage, 50% neurodivergent and from lower income households) also act as relatable role models.

We are a women-led organisation inspiring and empowering since 2015. We address inequalities by "show, not tell" as we teach whole classes, boys and girls, so all see women and girls have competence and confidence in music and tech. We practice Trauma-informed positive education (TIPE) - a child-centred, trauma-informed, positive language approach. All of our teaching staff have also completed Understanding Autism and Non-Violent Communication training.
Electronic music is everywhere! It unites cultures, from gaming to movies. We provide accessible electronic music education for all - no music knowledge required, our work is often the first opportunity to participate in music-making.
Every DD Day workshop concludes with suggested routes for progression.
Our vision: Inspired by the electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001), we envision a diverse ecology of artists, technologists and heritage specialists who thrive and in turn inspire us all.
Our mission: Through events, workshops and development opportunities, we are dedicated to amplifying underrepresented electronic artists past, present and future, catalysed through the archive of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001).
Our impact statement: Elevating Delia Derbyshire's legacy as a catalyst for wider access to fulfilment in creativity, technology and the human experience.
Our values: Collaboration, curiosity, openness and creativity; increasing accessibility, inclusion and empowerment