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Round five funding application window is now open!

We’re delighted to be offering financial support to individuals in the following category:
  • Learn to Play Award  
This award is only open to individuals who actively participated in our most recent 2025 Learn to Play weekend
Please read the eligibility criteria and instructions below carefully before applying. Applications should be received by 12 noon on Wednesday 14 January 2026 (with witness statement forms received by 12 noon on Friday 16 January 2026).
Please read the eligibility criteria for individual applications carefully before applying. For further information and FAQs, see here. For information on witness statements, see here
For award related enquiries, email help@musicforall.org.uk
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Available awards

This award is open to individuals in deprived or marginalised areas (this includes but is not limited to social infrastructure; please see the domains of deprivation for EnglandWalesScotland and Northern Ireland), who have actively participated in Learn to Play 2025, and are wishing to continue their music making journey. Applicants for this award will need to illustrate barriers faced and how funds will be used to support them in their music making aspirations. A grant of up to £800 is available for this award.
 
Please note that in order to be eligible for the award, you must have physically attended an event as part of Music for All’s Learn to Play activities in October 2025.
Please see our 2025 awards round timetable HERE.

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Alternative funding

Should you find the grants on offer in this round unsuitable for your needs or you do not meet the eligibility criteria for Music for All funding a  ‘Funding Wizard’ resource is available on the Help Musicians website. Help Musicians UK is a leading UK charity for professional musicians of all genres and age-groups. 

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