Funding Opportunity - Youth Music Initiative Funds

29th September 2013

Creative Scotland – Youth Music Initiative Funds

Strengthening Youth Music Fund

The aim of this fund is to support strategic action or training that will strengthen the youth music sector in Scotland for the benefit of young people.
You must achieve one or more of the 3 intended outcomes:
Local / national provision of youth music services is more coordinated and designed in response to the needs of young people
There’s an improvement in the quality of youth music provision
There are new and innovative approaches to delivery that improve engagement in high quality music making activities for young people.

Access to Music Making Fund

The aim of this fund is to create access to high quality music making opportunities for young people aged 0 - 25yrs out with school time.
This fund will prioritise applications that propose to take specific action to engage one or more of the following groups. Young people who:
Are looked after
Are in the early years (0-5yrs) of their life
Are young carers or young parents
Are from black or minority ethnic communities
Are at risk of offending or who have previously offended
Have a disability and/or additional support needs
Reside in areas where youth music opportunities are limited
Reside in areas of social and economic deprivation ranking high in the SIMD index
Are making music independently.
Applications to both funds can be made now until 15 January 2014 (or until the fund is spent).

http://www.creativescotland.com/funding/ymi/