DONATE-A-DATE
DONATE-A-DATE

Moby Supports D-A-D

DONATE-A-DATE was an opportunity for bands to support the work of Youth Music with the percentage of proceeds from a concert.

Multi-million selling artist Moby supported Youth Music’s DONATE-A-DATE campaign. 

Brian McFadden

Former Westlife member Brian McFadden supported Youth Music’s DONATE-A-DATE campaign by inviting fans backstage at Shepherd's Bush Empire

Estelle

MOBO award winner Estelle supported Youth Music’s DONATE-A-DATE campaign by inviting aspiring young musicians to meet her backstage on her first headline tour.

Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland, one third of best-selling US pop group Destiny's Child, supported Youth Music's DONATE-A-DATE initiative by donating 10 tickets to each of her UK shows.

 

V

Boyband newcomers, V, supported Youth Music’s DONATE-A-DATE campaign by inviting aspiring young musicians to meet them backstage on their arena tour. 

Spooks

Hip Hop legends Arrested Development, The Spooks and Lifesavas supported Youth Music's DONATE-A-DATE campaign by inviting aspiring young musicians to their UK tour dates.
Sum 41

Canadian export Sum 41, were the second band to support our DONATE-A-DATE campaign with their show at the Leeds Festival on Friday August 22, 2003.
 
Placebo

Placebo were the first band to support the campaign.
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Funding applications are now closed

Youth Music Open Programmes are closed to new applications

"The idea of funding for popular music should be seen as a positive thing. It should be seen as an investment in industry as much as an investment in culture, because popular music is something that generates as much financial revenue as it does cultural revenue."

Alex Kapranos, Franz Ferdinand ( 2004 Mercury Prize winners)

Priority Areas

Early Years

Ensuring that every child under 5 has access to music-making opportunities.

Singing

Working with partners to ensure that children and young people in the UK have access to high quality singing opportunities.

Transition

Improving opportunities for children to continue with their music making after they move to secondary school.

At Risk

Establishing music making as a medium for benefiting children and young people deemed to be at risk*

Workforce Development

Improving the quality and quantity of music leadership in order to deliver better music-making opportunities for children and young people.