The National Foundation for Youth Music has announced more than £3.4m worth of grants for investment in 85 music organisations.
According to the body, this latest round of funding means it has supported a total of 418 projects with a total investment of £18,651,614 over the last year.
18 organisations working on promoting music-making for children aged under six are included in the latest funding round.
The projects vary from work with child asylum seekers based in Croydon, South London to projects with young, ill patients at the Manchester Royal Children’s Hospital
Matt Griffiths, executive director at Youth Music, said: ‘We place a strong emphasis on the quality of music provision so we are delighted to fund these 85 organisations that have shown they will make a real difference to young lives - whether it’s young babies making music with their parents or teenagers discovering a new focus to their lives through music.
‘We’re acutely aware that many organisations are feeling the impact of arts cuts on their funding streams which makes it even harder for us to turn down some applications due to our limitation on funds. However, we’re now supporting our highest number of projects ever at 418 and with our increased emphasis on fundraising, we hope to fund even more in the future.’
The charity reaches out to more than 100,000 children and young people and uses music as a way of helping them overcome the challenges they face in their daily lives.
You can find out more about Youth Music's work from the organisation’s website.
According to the body, this latest round of funding means it has supported a total of 418 projects with a total investment of £18,651,614 over the last year.
18 organisations working on promoting music-making for children aged under six are included in the latest funding round.
The projects vary from work with child asylum seekers based in Croydon, South London to projects with young, ill patients at the Manchester Royal Children’s Hospital
Matt Griffiths, executive director at Youth Music, said: ‘We place a strong emphasis on the quality of music provision so we are delighted to fund these 85 organisations that have shown they will make a real difference to young lives - whether it’s young babies making music with their parents or teenagers discovering a new focus to their lives through music.
‘We’re acutely aware that many organisations are feeling the impact of arts cuts on their funding streams which makes it even harder for us to turn down some applications due to our limitation on funds. However, we’re now supporting our highest number of projects ever at 418 and with our increased emphasis on fundraising, we hope to fund even more in the future.’
The charity reaches out to more than 100,000 children and young people and uses music as a way of helping them overcome the challenges they face in their daily lives.
You can find out more about Youth Music's work from the organisation’s website.
