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Youth Music Week 2007
Find free music activities during half-term October 24-31
"I can think of nothing that develops young people like music: intellectually, practically and socially. But the most important thing is the joy of making music."
Christina Coker, Youth Music Chief Executive
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 from primary to secondary school
Improving opportunities for children to continue with their music making after they move to secondary school.
Children and young people 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.
There are three Open Programmes that you can apply to:
*Subject to Youth Music's funding being confirmed by Arts Council England beyond March 31, 2007
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First Steps - creative music-making for children aged 0-5
*Please note that the First Steps programme has been revised
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Make It Sound – music-making for 5-18 year olds who otherwise lack the chance to take part
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Vocalise! – for programmes where the voice is the main instrument
Youth Music distributes its funds in a variety of ways including:
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Open Programmes - open for general application
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Partnership Programmes - potential partnership organisations invited to submit proposals
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Action Zones - solicited applications from regional consortiums
- Youth Music initiatives - initiatives or events that complement the above programmes
General funding criteria
All the necessary information on each type of programme can be found in the relevant section. In most cases organisations will be applying to one of the Open Programmes. Each has its own application criteria, but the following list of conditions applies to all Youth Music funding:
- Funding is available to not-for-profit organisations over a period of six to 24 months.
- Participants must be 0-18 (or up to 25 year olds with special educational needs (SEN), disabilities or in detention).
- Organisations over one year old
- Activities that involve training and development
- Structured music-making activities which are planned to advance children and young people's music skills
- Music-making activity must take principally outside of school hours.
- Youth Music's main source of funding is National Lottery money. This is distributed via Arts Council England, and so is not able to fund projects in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Each nation has its own Lottery allocation and chooses to use it in a variety of ways. However, strategic alliances are being established with the Arts Councils of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to enable Youth Music programmes to take place throughout the UK in the future.
Information about the other nations
For further information
T: 020 7902 1060 or E: info@youthmusic.org.uk