Youth Music gives grants to other organisations - small charities, arts venues, music businesses, youth clubs, music education hubs, housing associations, nurseries and more - to run music making projects or create career progression opportunities in music.  For more information, click this link.

They have several current funds open, including -

Youth Music Trailblazer Fund

Grants of between £2,000 and £30,000 for organisations that want to support children and young people facing barriers to make, learn and earn in music, through innovative projects that test, trial, or break the status quo. 

Applications for Round 1 are now open. The deadline is 5pm Friday 13 May. Learn more and apply.

Youth Music Catalyser Fund

Grants of between £30,001 and £300,000 for established organisations that want to support children and young people facing barriers to make, learn and earn in music through sustaining or scaling up their work or changing sector practice. Applications for Round 1 open at the end of April. Full guidance will be published within the next few weeks. 

Music Education Hub (MEH) Development Fund

Grants of up to £50,000 are available to partnerships of at least three Music Education Hub lead organisations. Currently closed for applications.

Youth Music Incubator Fund

Grants of £5,000 to £30,000 are available to businesses, collectives, and not-for-profits working in the music industries. The fund is designed to create sustainable, meaningful career opportunities for young people aged 18-25, particularly those who are underrepresented; and to support creative employers to innovate and incubate new and diverse talent.

Applications for round 4 are now open. The deadline to apply is 5pm Friday 22 April 2022. Learn more and apply.

Youth Music NextGen Fund (currently not open - info coming soon)

The Youth Music NextGen Fund offers young creatives grants of up to £2,500 to make their ideas happen. We’ve launched the NextGen Fund to help emerging musicians and behind the scenes creatives take a step forward in participating and changing the music industries. Round 2 will be announced soon. Learn more about the NextGen Fund.

Access Fund - Support with making your application

If you identify as Disabled and need further support to make an application to Youth Music, you can apply to our Access Fund. This provides funding to cover any additional access costs that might be required for you to make an application to one of Youth Music’s main grant funds. 

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