Created on: 30 Oct 2024
This briefing aims to highlight the significant concerns which the EIS has in relation to proposals to remove East Ayrshire Instrumental Music Service from the local authority’s Education Department and outsource it to East Ayrshire Leisure Trust.
We are extremely concerned about both the content of the proposals and the approach which has been adopted by the Council in seeking to move a vibrant and respected Council service to an arm’s length trust, without meaningful consultation with the EIS, as the trade union representing the majority of Instrumental Music Teachers (IMTs) affected by these proposals, and apparently without any consideration of the impact which they will have on children and young people in the area.
