I was looking at the brilliant Help Musicians UK website the other day and it was good see all the different kinds of financial help they can give to musicians who are in need. Read about them below.
We help musicians from a wide range of backgrounds and all musical genres. It’s vital that we use our resources to help those with the greatest need and we have set out some of the main criteria below. Please get in touch any time to discuss your needs in detail.
We can help you if:
- You are a working professional musician.
- You are retired and your principal career was in music.
- You work in a related music profession.
- In some circumstances we can help if you are a dependant or partner of a musician
As well as being in one of the four categories above, you will need to:
- Show us you are in need of financial help
- Be either resident in the UK having spent the majority of your working life as a musician in the UK, or
- If not currently living in the UK you must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of three consecutive years having made an active contribution to British music.
https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/working-retired-musicians/who-we-can-help