Youth Music Initiative Funding
Creative Scotland
Award
Amount not published
Deadline
Closes in 17 days (9 September 2026)
Where
Scotland
Summary
Supporting high quality music making opportunities for young people aged 0 – 25 yrs.
Full details
Youth Music Initiative Funding Supporting high quality music making opportunities for young people aged 0 – 25 yrs. Creative Scotland administers the Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) programme which aims to: • Create access to high-quality music-making opportunities for children and young people, particularly for those that would not normally have the chance to participate • Enable children and young people to achieve their potential in or through music making • Support the development of the youth music sector for the benefit of children and young people You can learn more about the Youth Music Initiative, read our impact reports and evaluations and find out about our latest work over on the main YMI programme page. For guidance on completing YMI Interim and End of Project Forms please visit the relevant fund pages. Apply for Funding For more information, please visit the relevant fund pages. • School Based Music Making (Formula Fund) This fund aims to fulfil the YMI Scottish Government commitment that every school pupil in Scotland should be offered a year of free music tuition by the time they leave primary school. This is a targeted fund open for applications from Scotland’s 32 Local Authorities and Jordanhill School. • Access to Music Making Supporting freelance individuals and organisations working in the youth music sector to create and deliver high-quality music making projects directly to children and young people across Scotland that address inequity. Deadline 2pm, 9 September 2026. • Strengthening Youth Music Supporting freelance individuals and organisations working in the youth music sector to deliver activities that will improve, develop and strengthen the sector, and the services offered to benefit children and young people across the country. Deadline 2pm, 9 September 2026. Further advice and information If you would like more information about Youth Music Initiative, get in touch with a member of the YMI team. If you require support, further information or have any general enquiries about the application process please contact our Enquiries Service. Our Enquiries Service will be able to advise you or will put you in contact with one of our officers. If you are a D/deaf BSL user, you can access our services with the Contact Scotland-BSL programme. Visit the Contact Scotland BSL website for more information. Stay up to date Stay up to date with the programme by signing up to the YMI newsletter. You can also keep up to date with all things YMI by following the hashtag #YMIScotland and follow us at @CreativeScots.