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Double your donation this week with the Big Give!
One donation, twice the impact! This week, give the gift of a musical future to a young person through the Big Give Christmas Challenge.
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Giving musical talent a chance
Giving musical talent a chance
Musical talent is everywhere but opportunity isn’t: family finances and other obstacles too often get in the way. We're here to change this.
For 25 years, we've supported talented young people from low income families, helping them to overcome financial and social barriers. Whatever the genre or style, our programmes help young musicians from across the UK to fulfil their musical potential.
Whether funding instruments, lessons or transport, expanding their musical networks or giving them opportunities to perform, we do everything we can to give individual support to young people in need.
Our programmes not only sustain musical journeys, we also help others to identify and nurture talent wherever they find it.
Young Sounds UK are a proud member of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio of funded organisations for 2023-2026 and one of eight new National Youth Music Organisations.
Supporting 1,400 young people across our programmes
Granting over £160,000 in Awards and Bursaries to our young people
Providing more than 200 musical opportunities and events.
Training over 1,000 teachers how to identify musical talent and potential.
Double your donation this Christmas!
We’ve been selected to participate in the Big Give Christmas Challenge match funding campaign! Every donation made to our appeal between 12 noon on December 2 and December 9 will be doubled until we reach our fundraising target of £90,000.
Who we are
We support talented young musicians from low-income families throughout the UK, helping them to overcome financial and social barriers in their musical journeys.
How we help
Offering individual support to young people, our programmes sustain young people's musical progress and help teachers identify and nurture talent wherever they find it.
How you can help
Young Sounds UK is a charity. Donations of time, effort and financial contributions from funders, donors and supporters are what keep us going.
"In the 20+ years since Young Sounds founding, when I became its very first Patron, much has changed in music education. Young Sounds has changed too, and is now a significant player in the sector, where it focuses on those most in need. This work is made possible thanks to the ever-growing support of donors and funders across the UK. Sadly Young Sounds' help is now needed more than ever as the arts are increasingly sidelined in schools and music funding constantly threatened.
I'm extremely proud of the transformative difference our charity has made to so many young people's musical future."
Sir Simon Rattle OM CBE
Founding Patron
Photographer: Oliver Helbig
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Young Musicians Perform Side-by-Side with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Delivered as part of our long-term partnership with the BBC, our Thrive young musicians were given the opportunity to play side-by-side with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studios and take part in an audio production workshop.
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