Access to Music Making

Applications are open for the Access to Music Making fund, delivered by Creative Scotland.

The purpose of the fund is to create access to high-quality music-making opportunities for children and young people aged 0-25 years outwith school time. Successful applicants must demonstrate how they will help children and young people develop their music and music-making skills, as well as meeting other outcomes, including:

• developing skills for life, learning and work
• tackling inequalities 
• contributing to cultural and strong communities 
• building skills and practice

Applications proposing any activity that will achieve the above outcomes are welcomed. Examples of activities that might be supported include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Group based activity that covers any aspect of music and/or music making

• Youth led projects where children and young people design and lead music making activity

• Projects that promote partnership working

• Delivery of project activity working across early learning, schools, and other family support and community settings, focused on tackling inequality through targeting priority groups of children and young people

​Open applications – supporting projects applying for between £1k – £30k for up to 1 year of activity - are welcomed, as are targeted funding applications for between £30k-£70k for activity which strategically addresses the aims of the programme.

For full details and to apply, visit the Creative Scotland website. The deadline for applications is 6 September.