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Completing your initial grant requirements

Guide to everything you need to complete to receive your grant payment. 

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I have a Recharge Fund Grant

Find everything you need to manage your Recharge Fund grant, from reporting templates to support resources. Stay informed and make the most of your funding.

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Recharge Fund Communications Toolkit

Explore the Recharge Fund Communications Toolkit – your essential guide to making the most of your Recharge Fund project. Here you'll find resources for press releases, social media and logos.

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Wellbeing, capacity and capability resources

Take a look at more resources that can support you with wellbeing, capability and capacity.

IDEA Hub

On this page we will regularly share reports, resources about Inclusion, diversity, equity and access (IDEA) practices. Join us on this journey.

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How music businesses can drive internal change

We’ve designed this resource to help businesses to think through the steps they might take to drive change within their own organisations.

I have a NextGen Grant

Find everything you need to manage your NextGen Fund grant, from reporting templates to support resources. Stay informed and make the most of your funding.

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I have a Stability Grant

Find everything you need to manage your Stability Fund grant, from reporting templates to support resources. Stay informed and make the most of your funding.

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I have an Incubator Grant

Find everything you need to manage your Trailblazer Fund grant, from reporting templates to support resources. Stay informed and make the most of your funding.

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Logos for NextGen Fund Recipients

Get the Youth Music logo in three colours, plus usage guidelines for your project’s marketing and publicity materials. Download now.

NextGen Fund Round 10 Recipients

Announcing the recipients of the tenth round of the Youth Music NextGen Fund: 33 young creatives bringing their ideas to life with a grant of up to £3,000.

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ADJUA

Wales
 

ADJUA is an artist based in Cardiff, who explores genres including indie R&B, Afro, jazz and neo-soul. She has previously been named Huw Stephens' 'Artist of the Week', has headlined Clwb Ifor Bach and performed for the Welsh Music Prize at the Welsh Millenium Centre, and has played shows in Rotterdam and Sweden. She has also supported Mauvey on his UK tour. ADJUA's NextGen Fund grant will support the production and release of the second track from her upcoming EP, 'Everything is Beautiful'.
 

Pronouns: she/her
 

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AFRODITETOOLIVELY

East of England
 

AFRODITETOOLIVELY's NextGen Fund grant will support the creation of a five-track UK Garage EP, 'Lively's World', along with a listening event for the launch.
 

Pronouns: she/her

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Astrid Lucia

South East
 

Astrid Lucia is an alternative R&B artist from Kent. Her music has received support from BBC Introducing, Reprezent Radio and PIRATE.COM, and she has performed in cities across the UK, including London and Bristol. Her NextGen Fund grant is supporting her to finish her second EP, learn music production, and develop a new live set which uses Ableton Live.

 

Pronouns: she/her

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Bennettiscoming

North West

 

Bennettiscoming is an R&B singer/songwriter from Manchester. He has performed at Manchester International Festival, Manchester Pride, Pride in Trafford, Pride Bolton and Sounds From The Other City. The NextGen Fund is supporting the development and release of his upcoming EP, 'Late Bloomer'.

 

Pronouns: he/him

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Carnelian Seville

South East

 

Carnelian Seville is an artist and herbalist based in Brighton. They have performed at festivals including Queer Spirit and Buddhafield Festival, had artist residencies at Performing Arts Forum, Can Serrat and La Bassa Mar, and collaborated with medicinal musicians and collectives including the Radical Faeries and Penelope Vivaro. Their NextGen Funded project will involve using their Plant Wave synthesizer, which converts the electromagnetic frequencies of plants into music. Carnelian will write and produce a track collaborating with an “orchestra” of mushrooms, documenting their process in a short film which they will screen locally.

 

Pronouns: they/them

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Celia Grace

North East

 

Celia Grace is a bedroom-pop singer from Hartlepool. She has played at various venues across the North East, festivals such as Twisterella and Stockton Calling, and a live session at BBC Maida Vale Studios. She has also been selected to take part in artist development programmes, including Tees Alliance Mentoring, Help Musicians Business Accelerator and Generator First Notes.

 

Pronouns: she/her

Projects Map

Since 1999, Youth Music have supported over 5,000 projects. Explore our interactive map to find projects making a difference where you live. 
 

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Duncan Colquhoun

Scotland

 

Duncan Colquhoun is a producer, singer, songwriter and visual artist based in Glasgow. With the NextGen Fund, he is creating a genre-fluid five-track debut EP for release under a new pseudonym.

 

Pronouns: he/him

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ÉABHA

Northern Ireland

 

ÉABHA is an artist from Belfast. They have received praise from BBC Radio Ulster, Sound Obscura Chicago, Dublin Digital Radio, and Resonance Magnétique in Montreal. They also perform regularly within the Belfast music scene. The NextGen Fund will support the release of their upcoming debut EP, 'An Dóitéan'.

 

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