See a list of organisations below    

 

 

  • Youth Music provides project funding for initiatives supporting children and young people aged 0-25 experiencing challenging circumstances
  • Youth Music have also compiled a very useful and extensive list of other organisations which fund and support music projects – you can download the list here
  • Developing your creative practice (Arts Council)The fund supports creative practitioners thinking of taking their practice to the next stage to research, have time to create new work, travel, training, develop ideas, network or find mentoring.
  • Wiltshire Community Foundation offers a range of small and large grants for groups and individuals.The Foundation particularly awards grants to projects taking place in communities with limited financial capacity and benefiting people who cannot afford to cover the costs themselves.
  • Arts Council England runs the National Lottery Project Fund grant, and has open programmes for both music and musicians and children, and young people and learning
  • Blue Spark Foundation is a registered charity which supports education and development of children and people by providing grants, including for music projects
  • D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds promotion of access, education, excellence, and diversity in the arts with emphasis on choral singing for children and young people to encourage recruitment into choirs, but also to engage and inspire, young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion
  • Michael Tippet Musical Foundation supports the development of group music making especially involving young people, with composing central to the project.
  • The Radcliffe Trust supports classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education. Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research
  • The Wingate Foundation considers applications for support in those areas of music performance and education which do not readily attract backing from commercial sponsors or other funding bodies, or which are not eligible for public funding. Priority will be given to opportunities for young professionals and to education projects for young people
  • Youth Music Swindon Application for funding to support musical talent.  Consideration will be given for individual or school/group support.  The trustees are keen to use the fund to support the development of young musicians in Swindon and the surrounding areas. Funding will be available for applicants under the age of 19 years.