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Compass Collective - Horizons

London

Compass Collective’s Horizons is an award-winning programme using music to support young refugees and asylum seekers to build confidence, community and creative futures. Designed with and for young people, Horizons provides free access to professional studios, mentoring and music industry opportunities, helping participants develop skills, create and release original music, and progress into leadership roles. By placing lived experience, youth voice and inclusion at its heart, Horizons is creating pathways into music for young people often excluded from the creative industries while strengthening connection, belonging and representation across the sector.

Songbirds Music UK CIC - Hospital of Music

North West

Hospital of Music by Songbirds Music UK CIC uses the power of music to improve the lives of children and young people experiencing hospitalisation, ill health and health inequality. Working alongside young patients, families and hospital staff at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, the project creates meaningful opportunities for music-making, creativity and connection. Through person-centred sessions, youth-led programming and training for early-career musicians, Hospital of Music transforms clinical spaces into places of expression, joy and hope. By putting young people’s voices at the heart of its work, Songbirds is helping create a more inclusive future where every child can access the benefits of music, regardless of their health circumstances.

THRIVE Project

North East

THRIVE Project is a partnership between Wearside Women in Need (WWiN) and We Make Culture that uses child-led music-making to support children and young people affected by domestic abuse. Working across refuge and community settings, THRIVE creates safe, creative spaces where children can rebuild confidence, express themselves and regain a sense of control. By placing young people’s voices at the centre and combining music with trauma-informed support, the project is helping families recover, reconnect and thrive, while influencing how services use creativity to support healing and social change.

TiPP - Rhythm and Renewal

North West

TiPP’s Rhythm and Renewal project uses music and the arts to support young people involved in the youth justice system, creating opportunities for self-expression, skill development and positive change. Working across the North West, the project provides high-quality creative programmes that help young people build confidence, strengthen relationships and explore new futures. Through music-making, mentoring and accredited qualifications, Rhythm and Renewal challenges barriers to participation and creates meaningful pathways into education, employment and the arts, showing how creativity can be a powerful force for social justice and lasting change.