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Available Funding

Youth Music NextGen Fund

Deadline for applications: 25/09/2026
Amount available
£3,000.00
Criteria

The Youth Music NextGen Fund offers young creatives grants of up to £3,000 to make their ideas happen.

The Youth Music NextGen Fund is for early-stage musicians and wider music adjacent creatives, whose lack of finance holds them back from pursuing their goals.

The fund is open to 18–25-year-olds (and up to 30 if you identify as d/Deaf, Disabled or Neurodivergent). Successful applicants will use the money to launch a creative project, idea or business.

Youth Music want to support the future of the music industries. Singers, Rappers, Songwriters, Producers, DJs, A&Rs, Managers and Agents, right through to roles that have yet to be defined.

There are two rounds of funding each year.

Round 13: Friday 9 January – Friday 6 February

Round 14: Friday 28 August – Friday 25 September

Interested in contributing to our vision? Reach out now to explore how you can participate.

Our funders
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
Funded by UK Government
Invest in Shropshire: Shropshire Council
developed in partnership by Shropshire council