Grant News

Grants of up to £30,000 are available to organisations in England for projects that support disadvantaged and disabled children and young people in making, learning, and earning in music.

The funding is made available through the Youth Music Trailblazer fund, which supports organisations that want to trial work for the first time, test a new way of working, or disrupt the status quo—or all three.

To be eligible for support, applications must meet one of the following themes: 

• Early years
• Disabled, d/Deaf and neurodivergent young people
• Youth justice system
• Young people facing barriers
• Young adults
• Organisations and the workforce.

A Trailblazer project could be:

• A new community organisation testing out different ways of supporting nurseries to embed music-making into their day-to-day activities. 
• A Music Education Hub that wants to disrupt the status quo of their local music scene by setting up a Youth Board that has budget & power to make decisions about how the hub is run.
• An established youth centre trialling a programme of music activities for the first time.
• Music curriculum activity in a special school, Pupil Referral Unit or Alternative Provision setting.

Organisations under one year old can apply for a maximum grant of £15,000.

A minimum of 10% match funding is required. The application deadline is the 11th April 2025 for projects starting between September and November 2025.

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