Aims/priorities: Youth Music is the UK's largest children's music charity, set up in 1999 to promote and support music-making opportunities for children with the least access. It is supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council for England. Youth Music's vision is that 'life-changing' music making is available to all children and young people.
The funding is intended to support organisations by providing larger grants to support the scaling-up of music projects for young people over a longer-term period of two to four years.
Who can apply? Constituted UK based organisations can apply.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be committed to improving equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in their organisation, including youth voice and participation.
- Be keen to develop their organisation.
- Be legally constituted before submitting an application.
- Have a bank account in the name of the organisation.
- Have the correct insurance in place and comply with all relevant statutory legislation.
- Have a safeguarding policy that is reflected on and updated regularly.
There is particular interest in:
- Organisations looking to sustain their delivery over multiple years.
- Organisations who are working to influence and change sector practice.
- Those who want to scale-up delivery to reach more children and young people, more of the workforce or increase the geographical reach of their work.
All Catalyser organisations will have a track record supporting children and young people facing barriers to make, learn or earn in music.
Grant amount: Between £30,001 and £300,000 are available.Projects should last between 24 and 48 months.
Application process: The Catalyser Fund has a two-stage application process, with two funding rounds per year. Stage 1 is to submit a short Expression of Interest (EOI) form. If the EOI is successful, the applicant will be invited to Stage 2 where they are required to submit a more detailed application form.
Applicants will be informed if they have been invited to Stage 2 within two months of submitting their EOI form, and they will be informed if they have been awarded a grant within two months of submitting their application form.
Guidance notes and application forms can be found on the Youth Music website.
Contact Youth Music for further information.
Deadline: The deadline for the next round of Expressions of Interest is Friday 4 November 2022.
Contact information: Tel: 020 7902 1060 Email: grants@youthmusic.org.uk
Website: Catalyser Fund | Youth Music