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33Music for Youthwww.mfy.org.ukThe NUT is a major sponsor of Music for Youth(MFY), an educational charity with a worldwidereputation for its work in music education.The charity provides free access to educationaland performance opportunities for 100,000young people, aged from 4 to 21 years, througha nationwide series of festivals and concerts,culminating in the Schools Prom concerts inNovember at the Royal Albert Hall.Each year, the NUT and MFY run a competitionoffering schools the chance to win a trip to theSchools Prom and a visit from a MFY MusicMentor to help develop music-making inthe school.For more information about the NUT’s work withMFY, including details of this year’s competition,please visit:www.teachers.org.uk/music-for-youthEnd child povertyThe NUT is proud to be a member of theEnd Child Poverty campaign. We are:• Speaking up for the one in five children inBritain living in poverty today; and• Reminding all political parties of their promiseto eradicate child poverty by 2020.The End Child Poverty campaign has publishedfigures that provide a child poverty map of thewhole of the UK. The figures are broken downby parliamentary constituency, local authorityand ward and paint a stark picture of a sociallysegregated Britain where the life chances ofmillions of children are damaged by povertyand inequality.Check out the map atwww.endchildpoverty.org.ukAbout the NUT