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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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 England, Wales, Scotland 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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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
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Before you apply for Individual Project Funding you need to check our full eligibility criteria. You can download a copy here.
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