If you make music with under 5's and their families...
...then The Family Music Hub is your home for resources, training, support and community.
The hub is a digital platform for everyone that includes music in their work with families. This might be:
- 10 minute sing-song at the end of a stay and play or playgroup
- A 'Rhyme time' in a local library
- Dedicated music sessions in a family hub or children's centre
- Home visits by health visitors / other family workers
- Music delivered in healthcare or perinatal mental health settings
- Pre-school or nursery family engagement... and more!
We know how busy this workforce is.
And we know that too often, group leaders can feel unsupported, undervalued, and under-confident in their music delivery.
But we also know something else: sound and music are powerful.
It's part of who we are, laying the foundations for life and learning.
Music-making brings communities together, builds confidence, strengths attachments, enhances wellbeing, encourages creativity — and plays a vital role in early childhood development.
We believe every family with young children should have the chance to experience the joy, healing, and connection that music can bring.
And that the people making that happen - the group leaders leading music with children and families in their communities - should be supported, equipped, and celebrated!
That's why we've created a hub that...
- Saves you time (no more scrolling, no more wading through YouTube)
- Values you, and makes you think differently about your work.
- Offers you practical support and skills, delivered by an experienced and respected team.
- Inspires and informs you with training and research.
- Connects you to a community of other group leaders.
The hub is a low-cost membership platform that refreshes every term with brand new resources, training, and a new schedule of virtual events and meet-ups.
Find out moreWhat's in the hub?
The hub is here to support, equip, and connect group leaders, in a supportive community of practice.
Support
Ready-to-use practical tools to save you time strengthen your music practice. A song bank, resources to share directly with families and a Q&A board to troubleshoot your challenges.
Equip
Targeted skills and training to grow your confidence through short, focused learning opportunities - with both live, virtual events and bite-sized self-paced courses.
Connect
Discussion boards & virtual events create opportunities for conversation and peer support. Don't work in a vacuum — join the conversation and share the journey!
In the hub, you'll find...
- A song bank - full of songs, rhymes and activities that your families will love, in the form of quality learning tracks and song-cards (lyrics, activities and resource suggestions) that are available to download and/or print.
- Resources to download and print for your device or folder, as well as resources to share directly with families.
- Learning and CPD - short, self-paced courses as well as live virtual training sessions to inform and inspire (replays always available).
- Community - opportunities to share and connect with trainers and peers.
Investing in yourself or your team can have a huge impact. For less than £2 a week, you can join the hub, and:
Interested?
We have two webinars coming up in November where you can ask us all your questions. Join either by signing up below - but the Local Government Association webinar is particularly geared towards local authorities thinking of signing their teams up. Alternatively, join the hub mailing list to be reminded when sales open, get a free preview of the hub, or just receive a little more information before you decide to commit.
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About The Family Music Hub
The Family Music Hub was founded in 2021, by early childhood musicians, researchers and consultants Nicola Burke, Katie Neilson and Rosie Adediran.
💥 We support anyone who uses music in their work with children under 5 and their families.
💥 Our goal is simple: to help these leaders to maximise the benefits of family music making in their communities.
💥 We do this by offering high quality training, resources and consultancy to this amazing workforce!
The team
Meet the team behind the hub - your trainers - Nicola Burke, Rosie Adediran and Katie Neilson - and communications lead, Eleanor Rattenbury.
Don't just take our word for it.
Here are some group leaders from Central Bedfordshire sharing how training from The Family Music Hub has impacted them and their teams.
When I came to the sessions I felt part of a team again so thank you.
- online training participant
As I am not a musician, just enthusiastic about music in the early years, I found the session useful understanding some of the theory behind the actual singing as well as collecting great ideas for activities. Great sessions.
- online training participant
I have worked and studied early years practice for over 30 years. I have attended and delivered numerous early years courses and training. This training has been the most comprehensive music training I have had.
- in-person training participant
Here's how it works
- Join a free Q&A webinar with the team and ask all your questions!
- From November 3rd, you can join as an individual, or sign up your whole team - (discounts apply for bulk memberships).
- The first cohort begins on January 5th 2026.
- But you can sign up at any time after November 3rd — your membership will activate at the start of the next cohort.
- Each term, the hub opens with a fresh schedule of events, new songs and resources, and updated content.
- We are looking for early adopters for our first year - getting a whole term for free when signing up for the year, before January 4th.
Pricing
Individual memberships, or bundles for teams will be available when sales open on November 3rd. Choose the membership option or bundle that works best for you, or get in touch for something more bespoke.
Individual membership
£100/yr
(or you can pay monthly)
Up to 5 memberships
£450/ yr
(Save 10%)
Up to 10 memberships
£850/ yr
(Save 15%)
Up to 20 memberships
£1600/ yr
(Save 20%)
Or get in touch to discuss your requirements or to request an invoice.
'Early adopters' get a whole term of the hub for FREE!
We’re inviting group leaders to help us shape the Hub over the next 12 months. All we ask is that you share your feedback through two short surveys and one brief online focus group which we'll be in touch with you about later in the year.
As a thank you, you’ll receive one full term’s access completely free.
Only available to those signing up before January 4th.
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Questions?
Take a look at some common questions below but don't hesitate to contact us if there's something you'd like to ask us or chat through.
Signing up:
Why should I invest in family music training ?
Can I sign up as an individual?
Can I try it out before committing?
When can I join?
Using the hub:
Do I need any experience to take part?
What if I can't make the hub's events live?
Can I use the learning tracks in my sessions?
Can I access the hub on different devices?
Is the hub suitable for me and my particular setting?
Payments:
I need to request an invoice rather than pay via the website. Is this possible?
Can I pay monthly or annually?
Can I cancel my membership?
Still got questions?
Get in touch with the team and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!