Breadcrumb Home Rescue The Roots Press Coverage Copy URL https://www.youthmusic.org.uk/rescue-roots/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/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. Youth Music’s £1m ‘Rescue the Roots’ campaign will match every pound raised to protect young people’s access to music. Read our Rescue The Roots press release Latest News news Trailblazer Round 9 - Grant Awards Discover the 33 organisations funded through Trailblazer Fund Round 9. Read more news 'We Are The Roots' NextGen Community Event With Pirate We joined forces with Pirate for ‘We Are The Roots' a NextGen Community event - a powerful open mic and networking evening celebrating grassroots music, young creatives, and the future of the music industries. Read more news Youth Music Report: Global Majority Young People Underrepresented in Music Industry A new Youth Music report reveals Global Majority young people are underrepresented in music industry leadership despite strong cultural ties and ambition for careers in music. Read more news Born Into Music, Locked Out of Power Our latest thought leadership piece, 'Born Into Music, Locked out of Power', exposes the structural inequalities blocking Global Majority young people from progressing in the music industry, despite their deep-rooted cultural connection to music. Read more news Spotify x Youth Music: Open Doors Day Behind the scenes of Open Doors Day — a landmark moment in our Spotify partnership, celebrating youth creativity, industry access, and the spaces where artists begin. Read more news NextGen Community Event: Making Money While Making Music In association with Circle of Light, our Nottingham NextGen Community event discussed the realities of making money while making music. Read more news Cathays Community Centre Wins 'Rescue the Roots' Grant to Empower Cardiff’s Young Musicians Cathays Community Centre in Cardiff receives a £2,500 'Rescue the Roots' grant from DMS Vinyl after being chosen by competition winners, pop-punk band, Junior. Read more news Catalyser Fund Round 5 Expressions of Interest - How we made decisions Information about the decision-making process for Catalyser Round 5. Read more news Pride Month 2025: Music Venues as Queer Utopias This Pride Month, NextGen writer, Ben Oxley, shares a powerful reflection on growing up queer in rural England, and how music venues become sanctuaries of joy, identity, and liberation for LGBTQIA+ communities. Read more news From Little Voices to Big Changes: Early Years Co-Creation with the Energiser Fund What happens when you let toddlers take the lead? Discover why early years creative work is radical, joyful and essential, in our latest Energiser Fund story. 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 Trailblazer Round 9 - Grant Awards Discover the 33 organisations funded through Trailblazer Fund Round 9. Read more
news 'We Are The Roots' NextGen Community Event With Pirate We joined forces with Pirate for ‘We Are The Roots' a NextGen Community event - a powerful open mic and networking evening celebrating grassroots music, young creatives, and the future of the music industries. Read more
news Youth Music Report: Global Majority Young People Underrepresented in Music Industry A new Youth Music report reveals Global Majority young people are underrepresented in music industry leadership despite strong cultural ties and ambition for careers in music. Read more
news Born Into Music, Locked Out of Power Our latest thought leadership piece, 'Born Into Music, Locked out of Power', exposes the structural inequalities blocking Global Majority young people from progressing in the music industry, despite their deep-rooted cultural connection to music. Read more
news Spotify x Youth Music: Open Doors Day Behind the scenes of Open Doors Day — a landmark moment in our Spotify partnership, celebrating youth creativity, industry access, and the spaces where artists begin. Read more
news NextGen Community Event: Making Money While Making Music In association with Circle of Light, our Nottingham NextGen Community event discussed the realities of making money while making music. Read more
news Cathays Community Centre Wins 'Rescue the Roots' Grant to Empower Cardiff’s Young Musicians Cathays Community Centre in Cardiff receives a £2,500 'Rescue the Roots' grant from DMS Vinyl after being chosen by competition winners, pop-punk band, Junior. Read more
news Catalyser Fund Round 5 Expressions of Interest - How we made decisions Information about the decision-making process for Catalyser Round 5. Read more
news Pride Month 2025: Music Venues as Queer Utopias This Pride Month, NextGen writer, Ben Oxley, shares a powerful reflection on growing up queer in rural England, and how music venues become sanctuaries of joy, identity, and liberation for LGBTQIA+ communities. Read more
news From Little Voices to Big Changes: Early Years Co-Creation with the Energiser Fund What happens when you let toddlers take the lead? Discover why early years creative work is radical, joyful and essential, in our latest Energiser Fund story. Read more
