Jamming Station in Totnes has launched a £50,000 appeal to help transform its youth music venue, according to NME. The project says the money will go toward essential fire safety work, a new PA and lighting system, and soundproofing.
At higher funding levels, the venue hopes to create a fully equipped youth space with sensory rooms, an employability café, and training facilities. The Devon site, known as the Town Mill, is described in a press release as part youth club, part rehearsal room and part training ground for the music industry.
Co-director Jacqui Perks said many young people use the venue as a place where they feel they belong. She said it gives them space to relax after school and spend time with other young musicians who understand and accept them.
Jamming Station began in 2012 after Perks, Beth Coombes and Lee Friese-Greene started hauling equipment in cars each week because their children had nowhere in Totnes to play. Former student Izzi Warburton, who has toured internationally as a session musician with acts including Primal Scream and Kula Shaker, said the venue gave him opportunities that helped shape his career.
