B.B.C. Look North (local news programme)have just broadcast an item on Durham County Council's initiative to get youngsters interested in acoustic music-making by providing free Ukulele classes to schoolchildren as young as 9.
The report contained delightful images of schoolchildren engrossed in(& very quickly mastering) the basic beginner's techniques.
One thing that some 'Catters might not like about this is that the instruments were all Mahalos.
Nevertheless I think it gives some hope for the future of acoustic music production.