Bring groups together to make music

We support music projects (groups which want to come together to make music) for underprivileged young people in the developing world, helping teachers over the first and biggest hurdle: buying instruments and establishing a new project or organisation.

We work in partnership with established organisations, setting up new music projects or developing existing music projects, and we work with new organisations and individuals who are keen to set up new projects, or run pilot projects to assess what would work in the longer term. We also facilitate partnerships between our projects and music ensembles, schools and teachers including through exchange programmes and training.

We believe we are the first, and only, UK charity to support music projects in the developing world.

What we do not do

We cannot support projects in the UK. We also do not support projects where the prime focus is on individuals, rather than on a group.

What we provide

We provide the means to enable groups which want to come together to make music. Those means might include:

• musical instruments;
• sheet music;
• music stands;
• training materials;
• transport for children or teachers to travel to the project;
• refurbishing or building a space or premises for rehearsals or performances;
• basic equipment;
• training courses for teachers;
• performance expenses.
  

In time we hope to provide teacher exchanges so that teachers in our projects can visit music schools or colleges to enhance their skills - and teachers from other countries can visit our projects, bringing new skills and information to widen horizons for the children in our projects.

Fuller details, specifically for organisations or people considering seeking our support, are in the section on applying for funding.