Music as a Tool for Social Inclusion (PDF) - Cork City Council

The Use of Music as a Tool for Social Inclusion
Section 3: Sustainability Assessment
separately in the accounts, as they are self­employed contractors. Total expenditure
in Table 3.8 is adjusted by not including the participant wages to give a true picture
of the level of expenditure. Total expenditure of just over €317,000 reduces
staff wages to 36%, which accounts for the two CE supervisor positions at
Cork Academy of Music. The cost of all workers in community music education
services was about 55% of total expenditure in 2005.
Operations, accounting for 15%, includes facility costs such as utilities, materials,
insurance and rates. The FÁS materials budget accounts for almost 50% of the total.
In terms of insurance there is just over a €4,000 difference between the highest cost,
€4,800 at the Academy and the lowest, €750 paid by the pipe band in Ballyphehane.
The average insurance costs for the two full­time programmes, two of the pipe bands
and the two brass bands is over €2200.
Programme expenses include related costs such as travel and accommodation,
accounting for over 25% of the budget. Equipment, mainly instruments and uniforms,
accounts for a further 25% of the total and the participant development allocation from
the CE budget makes up over 35% of the total.
Fundraising expenses, at almost 60%, account for the dominant portion of
miscellaneous expenditure with the remainder made up of unallocated expenses.
The necessity to fundraise and the impact on services are dealt with in more detail in
the next section.
3.4 People
People are the source of the vision, mission and success of local music education
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