THE UNIVERSAL UK SOUND FOUNDATION: THE SCHOOL FUND
Grants of up to £1,500 are available to schools in the UK and Ireland that are teaching the national curriculum to support music education for young people in all its forms, specifically for school music projects and the purchase of instruments and equipment.
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o Application deadline: WEDNESDAY 14th AUGUST 2024 at 1pm.
o Funder: The Universal Sound Foundation (founded 2004. Charity number: 1104027. Total charitable expenditure for the year ended 31 July 2023: £753,182 (2022: £696,504)).
o Who can apply: schools in the UK and Ireland.
o Key words: Children and Young People, Music Education, Equipment, Purchase of Instruments, Schools, Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Please note that this is a different funding programme to Innovate UK’s Sound Connections grant scheme, which provides grants of up to £2,000 to individuals and grassroots organisations across England to test and deliver new ideas and approaches to working with children and young people through music. The Sound Connections scheme has a deadline for applications of 9am on Monday 15th July 2024.
Universal Music UK Sound Foundation‘s aim is to support music education for young people in all its forms. The Foundation supports.
o School music education, such as the purchase of instruments/equipment or projects.
o Funding musical instruments for students in full time education, and
o Funding training for music teachers.
The Foundation’s School Fund, which is currently open to applications with a deadline of Wednesday 14th August 2024, is specifically to support the purchase of musical instruments and equipment, as well as funding school music projects.
Applications are invited for funding of up to £1,500 from schools teaching the national curriculum based in the UK and Ireland towards the cost of musical resources. The scheme appears to be open to primary and secondary schools.
Funding is not available for:
o Community projects.
o Music Studios/Businesses.
o Private music centre’s/Music Services, or
o Staffing costs to cover teaching of the national curriculum or peripatetic music lessons.
Further information, guidance and an application form is available on the Foundation’s website. Completed forms, together with quotes from suppliers, must be submitted by email to umuksoundfoundation@umusic.
The deadline for applications is 1pm on Wednesday 14th August 2024. The next deadline is likely to be in mid-February 2025.