Application Support

There is a range of support available to help you with your application:

• If you have any questions, check out our FAQs to see if your question has already been answered. 
• You can book a 1:1 call with a member of our team to discuss your proposal and programme ideas. 
• You can attend our online Q&A session to ask your questions and listen to what others are asking.  Sign up to the online Q&A here. This will be recorded for those who can't attend.
• Our learning partner is delivering two application support workshops. The first takes place at 11am on Tuesday 3 November. The second is on Tuesday 10 November at 2pm. Book your place on the application support workshop here. Spaces are limited, but part of the workshop will be made available online.
• If you identify as d/Deaf, Disabled, neurodivergent or have a long-term health condition and need support to make a funding application to Youth Music, you can apply to our Youth Music Application Access Fund. 
• For questions about eligibility, grants portal troubleshooting, or clarifications about our guidance - you can call or email the grants team. Email grants@youthmusic.org.uk or call 020 7902 1060 (option 1).

A note about language

There are many different terms used to describe the communities we want to support with this fund, i.e. people who experience racism and racial injustice. These include BAME, Global Majority, people of colour, Black and Brown communities, ethnic minorities, minoritised communities; and those who have been racialised as ethnic minorities.

In referencing these communities we will sometimes use the term "Black and Global Majority". This was the most favoured option in our consultations. We know that no single term feels right for everyone, because individuals have different identities and experiences of racism. Many are uncomfortable with grouping communities by race or ethnicity because of the harm these labels can cause. We recognise that this term is therefore imperfect and not everyone will identify with it.

In making decisions, our focus is on communities who experience racial injustice – not terminology. We believe it's important to name racial inequality directly, because these communities have been underfunded for a long time and still are.

Read more about the insights that have shaped this fund.

Thanks to the National Lottery via Arts Council England for making this fund possible. 

Resources to support your application