This fund support individuals, organisations and networks to undertake strategic action or training that will strengthen the youth music sector in Scotland for the benefit of young people.<\/p>\n
The Youth Music Initiative’s Strengthening Youth Music fund aims to support individuals, organisations and networks to undertake strategic action or training that will strengthen the youth music sector in Scotland for the benefit of young people.<\/p>\n
Who can apply<\/p>\n
Organisations\/individuals can apply for funding between \u00a31k \u2013 \u00a320k. Targeted funding applications are invited by Creative Scotland for up to \u00a350k for activity which strategically address the aims of the programme.<\/p>\n
Deadline<\/p>\n
The remaining deadlines for 2018-19 are:<\/p>\n
14 November 2018<\/em><\/p>\n We welcome applications proposing any activity that will deliver the funds outcomes. Examples of activities that we might support include (but are not limited to) the following:<\/p>\n \u2022 Creation or further development of youth music forums that bring stakeholders together to foster strategic action<\/p>\n \u2022 Delivery of action research projects that develop new approaches\/methods of working<\/p>\n \u2022 Development of technology that will widen access to music for young people<\/p>\n \u2022 Conferences, seminars or events sharing good practice or exploring issues pertinent to the youth music sector<\/p>\n Please note that this fund will not generally support applications for CPD and training benefiting a small group from a single organisation. For CPD and training for individuals and single organisations, please consider applying to the Training and CPD Fund administered by the Scottish Music Centre on behalf on YMI (opening in summer 2018).<\/p>\n Priorities<\/p>\n We will prioritise applications that tackle inequality by supporting the sector to engage YMI\u2019s priority groups in high quality music activities. These groups are:<\/p>\n \u2022 looked after children and young people (as defined by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) and care leavers (as defined by the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014).<\/p>\n \u2022 resident in areas of social and economic deprivation ranking high in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).<\/p>\n \u2022 from minority ethnic backgrounds<\/p>\n \u2022 disabled and\/or have additional support needs<\/p>\n \u2022 at risk of offending or who have previously offended<\/p>\n \u2022 young carers or young parents<\/p>\n \u2022 in the early years (0-5 years) of their life<\/p>\n We endeavour to support a range of projects across the whole of Scotland.<\/p>\n Location: All Scotland<\/p>\n For further information, please contact enquiries@creativescotland.com<\/a> (enquiries@creativescotland.com), or call 0845 603 6000<\/a>, or visit http:\/\/www.creativescotland.com\/funding\/funding-programmes\/targeted-funding\/youth-music-initiative\/_recache<\/a><\/p>\n The deadline is Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 23:59.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This fund support individuals, organisations and networks to undertake strategic action or training that will strengthen the youth music sector in Scotland for the benefit of young people. The Youth Music Initiative’s Strengthening Youth Music fund aims to support individuals, organisations and networks to undertake strategic action or training that will strengthen the youth music […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-musicians","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2786,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}