Community Projects - Funding round 1
Music for All’s first funding round of 2025 will open on the 20th of January.
Please check back then for full details on our community funding opportunities.
Please read the eligibility criteria carefully before applying. For further information and FAQs see here. For award related enquiries, email awards@musicforall.org.uk.
Funding round 4 closed on the 13th of January.
Available awards
This award is for community-based groups providing opportunities to make music to those with learning and cognitive challenges. These include but are not limited to autism, aphasia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, attention deficit and memory loss. A grant of up to £2000 is available for this award. We welcome applications from groups operating in caring and educational settings.
Applicants should be mindful that our assessors will be looking for applications which demonstrate ways in which the individuals you are working with will be engaging with music-making, as opposed to experiencing others’ performances.
This award is open to community group applicants, providing music-making opportunities to those facing financial hardship of any age group and background. A grant of up to £2000 is available for this award. Applicants should be able to demonstrate ways in which they nurture musical talent through their work.
Would welcome applications from traditionally underrepresented groups here. Financial hardship is defined as significant difficulty or inability to meet cost of living payment from disposable income.
This award is open to community group applicants, providing music-making opportunities to young-people aged between 0-4. We welcome applications from groups operating in caring as well as more formal educational settings. A grant of up to £2000 is available for this award.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate ways in which they nurture underprivileged young talent through their work.
This award is open to community groups providing music making opportunities to those with physical mobility, coordination and/or accessibility needs.
Applicants for this award will need to demonstrate how music is used within their project work and where possible, be able to illustrate previous examples of their work as well as illustrate how funds will be used to remove barriers to support music-making for the group. A grant of up to £2000 is available for this award.
This award is for community-based groups providing choral singing opportunities. We welcome applications from groups operating in caring, community and formal educational settings. A grant of up to £2000 is available for this award.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate ways in which they nurture underprivileged individuals through their choral singing work.
Our 2025 awards round timetable will be available to view here shortly.
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Please note:
We only support applications within the UK
You are not eligible to apply if you are only in the UK for study purposes
You will require the support of an independent referee
We do not fund retrospectively
We prioritise applications to those most in need
You will receive notification approximately three months after receipt of application