1. TRANSFORMING YOUNG LIVES THROUGH MUSIC

2. Music is a powerful thing
We believe in the power of music; a power that encourages and nurtures talent; a power that builds confidence and self-esteem; a power that opens new horizons and helps individuals express who they are.

3. Who are we?
Youth Music is one of the National Lottery's great success stories – a charity established in 1999 with a remit to support music-making activities for some of the UK`s most disadvantaged young people.

4. Our approach Listening to young people Learning from experience
Making the case
Focusing our activity
Developing resources
Raising funds and targeting funding

5. Our 4 goals (2010 – 2015)
• Early Years
• Challenging Circumstances
• Encouraging talent or potential
• Workforce development

6. Early Years
We want to advance the learning and development of children in their early years (0-5s), by aiming to ensure universal access (in England) to high quality music making activities across a range of settings

7. Challenging circumstances
We want to improve the life chances of children and young people in the most challenging circumstances by supporting them to achieve their full potential through engagement and progression in music-making.

8. Encouraging talent
and potential
We want to realise the musical talent and potential of children and young people by ensuring opportunity for all to develop their talent regardless of background or chosen genre.

9. Workforce development
We want to enable the highest quality music making, by developing a diverse, highly skilled and inspirational workforce.

10. Delivery methods
• Open Programme
• Managed Programmes
• Solicited Programmes
• Youth Music Initiatives
• National Youth Music Organisations

11. Open Programme
We target nearly £2m of our funding through our Open Programme.
For 2009 – 2010 offers funding:
To non profit making organisations
Grants from £5,000 to £30,000
For music-making projects between 6 and 24 months

12. Open Programme We support projects that meet our goals of: Early years
Challenging circumstances
Encouraging talent and potential
Workforce development

13. Full details can be found at
Open Programme
Full details can be found at
Closing dates
10 February 2010
10 May 2010

14. Youth Music Action Zones
21 organisations across England deliver the YMAZ programme (CYMAZ is one)
Most significant Youth Music investment
All YMAZ programmes are embedded into local provision for young people and work with a range of partners to reach disadvantaged young people

15. MusicLeader
UK-wide training and development initiative
7 Regional Networks on the ground supported by an online resource
MusicLeaderSW

16. Code of Practice
The Code of Practice for music leaders has been created by and for the profession, through two main representative bodies: MusicLeader and Sound Sense
It sets out the six key professional practice principles that all music practitioners should abide by in order to deliver safe, responsible and quality work to those who hire their services.

17. TRANSFORMING YOUNG LIVES THROUGH MUSIC
Your Regional Executive Officer is:
Jo Beal