Breadcrumb Home Rescue The Roots Press Coverage Copy URL https://www.youthmusic.org.uk/rescue-roots-press-coverage Rescue The Roots Press Coverage See how our ground-breaking Rescue The Roots campaign is making the headlines. Copy URL https://www.youthmusic.org.uk/rescue-roots-press-coverage Rescue The Roots Press Coverage See how our ground-breaking Rescue The Roots campaign is making the headlines. PRESS HIGHLIGHTS Rolling Stone Leading charity warns that young people could lose access to UK grassroots music projects within a decade. Read more NME Young people could lose access to UK grassroots music projects within 10 years, new research finds. Read more Independent Youth Music launches Rescue the Roots campaign to save grassroots projects. Read more Huck Magazine Jordan Stephens gets tattoo inked in support of UK grassroots youth music. Read more DJ Mag Youth Music launches £1 million fundraising campaign to save grassroots projects. Read more Music Teacher Youth Music launches campaign to save grassroots music. Read more Far Out Magazine Rescue the Roots: Saving the UK’s grassroots music means saving the next wave of stars. Read more Music Ally Campaign launches to stave off crisis for UK’s youth music projects. Read more Dork Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens supports campaign to save UK youth music projects Read more Prev Next TV HIGHLIGHTS Band English Teacher and Youth Music CEO Matt Griffins talk to Channel 4 about the crisis affecting the youth music grassroots sector. Watch the Interview PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS The Price of Music Steve Lamacq and Music Ally's Stuart Dredge interview Youth Music's CEO Matt Griffiths. Read more DROWNED IN SOUND Sean Adams speaks with Matt Griffiths, CEO of Youth Music, about hidden inequalities in the music industry. Read more Prev Next RADIO HIGHLIGHTS BBC Radio 6 with Huw Stephens Huw Stephens is joined by Matt Griffiths, CEO of Youth Music, to discuss young people's changing relationships to music. Read more LBC Rizzle Kicks star says children 'rely' on online communities for connection as he says 'boredom' to blame for rising crime. Read more LBC Another great interview with LBC Radio, this time with Youth Music's CEO, Matt Griffiths. Read more Prev Next Press release Read Youth Music’s Urgent Call to Save Grassroots Music.41% of grassroots youth music projects are at risk. To address the funding crisis threatening grassroots youth music projects across the country, we're launching an urgent, £1 million ‘Rescue the Roots’ fundraising campaign. Read our Rescue The Roots press release Latest News news The Youth Music Awards go to Liverpool for the first time The Youth Music Awards are heading to Liverpool for the first time, with Wingstop joining as headline sponsor to celebrate the UK's next generation of grassroots music talent. Read more news Our Response to the Skills Crisis Reports: What's Still Missing Two major reports highlight skills shortages and barriers facing young people, but both miss a crucial part of the picture. Read Youth Music’s response and our call for investment across the whole music ecosystem. Read more news Music Law 101: Legal Essentials for Young Creatives June's NextGen Community event with Amazon and Morrison Foerster gave young creatives a masterclass in music law. Catch the key tips on contracts, royalties, sync and protecting your rights from top entertainment lawyers. Read more news Youth Music Seeks PR Agency for Youth Music Awards 2026 We are seeking a partner to deliver a high-impact PR campaign for the Youth Music Awards 2026. Read more news Pride Month: Finding Rainbows Through the Noise This Pride Month, read Youth Music NextGen writer N. Shehzad's story of queerness, identity, and belonging in punk and metal scenes, exploring how music offers both escape and resistance. Read more news Young People Are Telling Us What They Need from Music Youth Music’s evidence to the Young Creatives Commission shows over 100,000 young people want greater access to music and creativity, but the system is letting them down. Read more news Meet The Recipients of Beatport Funding We’ve teamed up with Beatport to support the next generation of young DJs, producers and electronic music makers across the UK. Read more news Youth Music at The Great Escape 2026 Across three days at The Great Escape 2026, we caught incredible live performances from Youth Music NextGen Fund artists, and hosted a panel of music industry experts on nurturing regional music scenes. Read more news NextGen Fund Round 13 Recipients Announcing the recipients of the thirteenth round of the Youth Music NextGen Fund: 43 young creatives bringing their ideas to life with a grant of up to £3,000. Read more news We’ve raised £1 million for grassroots music. But it's not enough. We’ve raised £1 million for grassroots youth music through Rescue the Roots, unlocking £2 million in total. But with projects under threat and demand soaring, thousands of young people still risk missing out. Read more View all latest news Prev Next
Rolling Stone Leading charity warns that young people could lose access to UK grassroots music projects within a decade. Read more
NME Young people could lose access to UK grassroots music projects within 10 years, new research finds. Read more
Far Out Magazine Rescue the Roots: Saving the UK’s grassroots music means saving the next wave of stars. Read more
The Price of Music Steve Lamacq and Music Ally's Stuart Dredge interview Youth Music's CEO Matt Griffiths. Read more
DROWNED IN SOUND Sean Adams speaks with Matt Griffiths, CEO of Youth Music, about hidden inequalities in the music industry. Read more
BBC Radio 6 with Huw Stephens Huw Stephens is joined by Matt Griffiths, CEO of Youth Music, to discuss young people's changing relationships to music. Read more
LBC Rizzle Kicks star says children 'rely' on online communities for connection as he says 'boredom' to blame for rising crime. Read more
LBC Another great interview with LBC Radio, this time with Youth Music's CEO, Matt Griffiths. Read more
news The Youth Music Awards go to Liverpool for the first time The Youth Music Awards are heading to Liverpool for the first time, with Wingstop joining as headline sponsor to celebrate the UK's next generation of grassroots music talent. Read more
news Our Response to the Skills Crisis Reports: What's Still Missing Two major reports highlight skills shortages and barriers facing young people, but both miss a crucial part of the picture. Read Youth Music’s response and our call for investment across the whole music ecosystem. Read more
news Music Law 101: Legal Essentials for Young Creatives June's NextGen Community event with Amazon and Morrison Foerster gave young creatives a masterclass in music law. Catch the key tips on contracts, royalties, sync and protecting your rights from top entertainment lawyers. Read more
news Youth Music Seeks PR Agency for Youth Music Awards 2026 We are seeking a partner to deliver a high-impact PR campaign for the Youth Music Awards 2026. Read more
news Pride Month: Finding Rainbows Through the Noise This Pride Month, read Youth Music NextGen writer N. Shehzad's story of queerness, identity, and belonging in punk and metal scenes, exploring how music offers both escape and resistance. Read more
news Young People Are Telling Us What They Need from Music Youth Music’s evidence to the Young Creatives Commission shows over 100,000 young people want greater access to music and creativity, but the system is letting them down. Read more
news Meet The Recipients of Beatport Funding We’ve teamed up with Beatport to support the next generation of young DJs, producers and electronic music makers across the UK. Read more
news Youth Music at The Great Escape 2026 Across three days at The Great Escape 2026, we caught incredible live performances from Youth Music NextGen Fund artists, and hosted a panel of music industry experts on nurturing regional music scenes. Read more
news NextGen Fund Round 13 Recipients Announcing the recipients of the thirteenth round of the Youth Music NextGen Fund: 43 young creatives bringing their ideas to life with a grant of up to £3,000. Read more
news We’ve raised £1 million for grassroots music. But it's not enough. We’ve raised £1 million for grassroots youth music through Rescue the Roots, unlocking £2 million in total. But with projects under threat and demand soaring, thousands of young people still risk missing out. Read more
