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Music for All The Power of Music Fund Music for All launches its round of funding as part of The Power of Music Fund. It offers small grants to local organisations that use music making to support people living with dementia and their carers. Please note that applications from underrepresented communities such as those from the Global Majority will be prioritised. https://www.musicforall.org.uk/power-of-music-fund/

Music Venue Trust - Pipeline Investment Fund The funding is intended to provide grassroots music venues with support to carry out business development projects that they would otherwise find financially challenging, but make a real difference to their work. Grants of up to £5,000 are available. Applications will be accepted from community-based organisations operating grassroots music venues in the UK. The fund will prioritise support for organisations who may be excluded from other available funding. Grants may be used to help meet the cost of the following projects and activities:

  • Small-scale capital projects including: lights; sound; access; ventilation; and minor building alterations
  • Organisational development projects including: staff and training; diversifying the workforce; succession planning; skills development; and strengthening local community ties

Applications may be made at any time and will be reviewed periodically. Email: pif@musicvenuetrust.com

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Youth Music Incubator Fund supports businesses, collectives and not-for-profits working in Great Britain's music industries to help create sustainable, meaningful career opportunities for young people aged 18-25, especially those who are currently underrepresented in the sector. The Fund accepts applications from organisations that:

  • Have a business bank account
  • Can provide a recent set of financial accounts
  • Have a legal status (ie registered with Companies House, Charity Commission, FCA or HMRC or have a constitution) - the following are all eligible:
    • Sole traders
    • Unincorporated associations (voluntary group with a constitution)
    • Registered charities
    • Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
    • Company limited by guarantee
    • Company limited by share capital
    • Community Benefit Society
    • Collectives - if applying as a collective with no formal legal status, then another organisation can apply on its behalf as a 'sponsor organisation'. This can be a member of the collective who is a registered sole trader, or another partner organisation.

Funding is to be used for projects that offer paid opportunities for 18-25s and provide young people with the opportunity to develop their own projects. All participants should receive support from the organisation through incubation, training, mentoring, and networking. The Fund awards between £5,000 and £30,000 to organisations. Sole traders may apply for grants of between £5,000 and £15,000. A maximum of £5,000 can be given to each 18–25-year old supported through any grant. Apply anytime, while Round Four funding remains available.

Tel: 0207 902 1060

Help Musicians UK (HMUK) - Music-led Creative Collaboration HMUK’s Music-Led Collaboration scheme awards up to £5,000 to professional musicians to undertake a UK-based collaboration with other non-music artists. The fund accepts from professional musicians of all genres and disciplines aged 18+ to support collaboration with other non-music artists, eg storytellers, lighting designers, choreographers, technologists, scientists, gaming designers, theatre directors or visual artists. As an individual the applicant may be an instrumentalist, composer, producer, conductor, vocalist or singer-songwriter etc. Bands or ensembles comprising six members or fewer are also eligible. Eligible costs and activities include:

  • Venue and rehearsal space
  • Recording costs (live or documentation - but not studio recording)
  • Travel
  • Access
  • Accommodation
  • Fees for musicians, artists or collaborators' time to allow for collaboration to happen
  • Any other reasonable costs associated with creative collaboration.

There should be an end result of the collaboration, such as a body of work created for an upcoming recording or a new performance. Ultimately, the project should push the boundaries of what the applicant does as a music creator, exploring or testing something that they are not currently able to achieve without support. Apply anytime. Tel: 020 7239 9119 Email: creative@helpmusicians.org.uk

Music Venue Trust - Pipeline Investment Fund The funding is intended to provide grassroots music venues with support to carry out business development projects that they would otherwise find financially challenging, but make a real difference to their work. Grants of up to £5,000 are available. Applications will be accepted from community-based organisations operating grassroots music venues in the UK. The fund will prioritise support for organisations who may be excluded from other available funding. Grants may be used to help meet the cost of the following projects and activities:

  • Small-scale capital projects including: lights; sound; access; ventilation; and minor building alterations
  • Organisational development projects including: staff and training; diversifying the workforce; succession planning; skills development; and strengthening local community ties

Applications may be made at any time. Email: pif@musicvenuetrust.com

Continuo Foundation’s aim is to mobilise projects of outstanding artistic merit, creating meaningful work for freelance period musicians, particularly in areas that lack access to high-quality live classical music.  The Foundation focuses on professional ensembles playing period music and instruments.  

They award £2,000 - £8,000 to support ensembles to:

·       Enable a concert with a larger number of musicians at risk of being downsized

·       Fund an ambitious new project where there is uncertainty about audience take-up

·       Support a tour of a new or existing programme to new UK locations

·       Fund the recording of repertoire that have not previously been recorded

·       Create filmed video content to be used to generate further touring opportunities

Tel: 020 7783 3563  Email: info@continuofoundation.co.uk