The independent music charity Help Musicians UK (HMUK) has launched a new funding programme as part of a new strategy to revolutionise and modernise the way it supports UK musicians from across all genres.
HMUK aims to provide a range of opportunities for musicians over the course of their careers by investing in invention, talent and professional development, and removing barriers to launching and sustaining professional music careers.
The new National Grants Programme will offer open access funding of between £5,000 and £40,000 over three years to organisations working with musicians. Through the Programme, the charity will work collaboratively with organisations to help them develop more artists’ careers.
Whereas previously HMUK has supported organisations within the music sector, under the new strategy it will simply be “looking for applications which challenge the status quo and clearly articulate the case for diversity across all genres”.
Claire Gevaux, HMUK’s Creative Director, said: “Being more robust in our approach to supporting organisations is the beginning of a new way of working for Help Musicians UK.”
She added: “[I] look forward to finding and supporting a diverse range of organisations that need to be recognised for the brilliant work they do in the sector.”
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