We’re delighted to say that Youth Music have awarded us a new grant to support our work with young people in Youth Justice. Read more
We're recruiting new trustees to support the ongoing development of the charity. Read more
This summer, Yorkshire Youth and Music has been proud to support two trainee creative musicians, Lucy Davey and Morgan Thomas, as part of our Trainee Programme. The scheme is designed to give emerging practitioners hands-on experience across different projects, while learning from our team of experienced music leaders. Read more
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Over the Easter weekend, three determined fundraisers – Tim, Laura and their head of support crew, Abi – took on one of the toughest endurance events in the world to raise money for charities close to their hearts, including Yorkshire Youth and Music. Read more
We’re delighted to share that the Radcliffe Trust has awarded Yorkshire Youth and Music £5,000 to support our work at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Becton School and Chapel House. Read more
At Yorkshire Youth and Music, we support young people in challenging circumstances through creativity, care, and respect. In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling, we want to be clear: nothing in our practice or outlook has changed. Read more
We’re delighted to announce that Yorkshire Youth and Music has been awarded a £37,000 grant from Arts Council England to support our ongoing commitment to nurturing the next generation of community musicians. Read more
We’re excited to announce that we’ve received a £20,000 grant from The National Lottery Awards for All Fund to support our work with young people through dedicated studio sessions. Read more
We were honoured to welcome Alison Lowe OBE, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in West Yorkshire, to our Safe Space Studio last month, alongside her colleagues Paige and Joshua. Read more
The Ableton Push 3 has quickly become a key part of our weekly youth music sessions at Dewsbury Moor Sports Club... Read more
Garfield Weston has awarded Yorkshire Youth and Music funds over the next year to support us across our whole range of work with challenged young people in Yorkshire Read more
We were very excited to be approached by a representative of an anonymous donor, asking us for a ‘wish list’ to the value of £5,000... Read more
The Keith Howard Foundation has kindly and generously offered us another year of support in order to continue our work with some of the most challenged young people across the Yorkshire region, in partnership with Sheffield Children's Hospital, The Becton Centre and Chapel House Read more
We're very pleased to announce further funding this year, enabling us to continue a number of music and arts-based projects with young people across the region during 2024. Read more
Dave was one of the pioneers of community music, and worked for YYM as an evaluator of our 'Sounding Out' project. This is a sad loss for the music education sector and a loss for the education sector as a whole. Read more
Yorkshire Youth and Music has successfully applied for further funding from the Mayor's Safer Communities Fund, awarded by West Yorkshire's Mayor, Tracy Brabin. Read more
The generous donations made in memory of talented and beloved musician, Elizabeth Anne (often known as Liz), have provided equipment in our new Safe Space Studio, a safe space for young people to create music together. Read more
YYM has a brand new studio space! Safe Space Studio is a studio pod, purpose built especially for us by iKoustic Ltd, creating a quiet space for music recording and production Read more
In honour of our Chair, the late Liz Bavidge OBE, The Liz Bavidge Memorial Award will provide £250 to one of our music leaders to spend on their own training and development. We will make one award a year, and the award will last for 10 years. Read more
The Keith Howard foundation has very generously supported our work with the Becton Centre and Sheffield Children's Hospital to continue, ensuring lots more young people get access to and benefit from our work. Read more
We are very grateful to Thornton and Ross for their donation of a further £5000 from their Anti-Knife Crime Fund, enabling us to continue our work with referrals from Kirklees Youth Justice. Read more
Yorkshire Youth and Music is looking to expand our Board. We're particularly looking for Board Members with legal and HR expertise and those who have experience in music education settings. Read more
We've teamed up with Kirklees Year of Music 2023 to support young people from across the region to get their music and musical projects off the ground... Read more