Resources | Making Music

We know that searching for grants and funding for your projects or initiatives can be hard. That's why we've created this simple search to help you identify sources of funding for leisure-time music groups, from local councils to international grant-giving organisations.

Since Local Authorities often offer advice and tools as well as funding, we've also created a separate LA website index as a quick and easy way of finding the relevant page on your Local Authority's website for all they have to offer in the way of help.

Can’t find anything that meets your needs? We're always adding new grants as we come across them, and our funding volunteers may also be able to help with research into your particular requirements. Contact us to put in a request, or to let us know if you think we've missed something in the listings.

Resources

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The Charity Service
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Arts Council England
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Community Relations Council
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Home Instead charities
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Livewell Foundation
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Radcliffe Trust
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PRS Foundation
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Guidance
For groups looking to diversify their repertoire, this resource provides some links to online directories and publications to...
Guidance, Video/audio
In this recording of our webinar (original event 16 June 2025), we talked about how members can use the Making Music website to ...
Guidance
Our corporate member Rayburn Tours talk to us about how they tailor their concert tour packages to fit your music group.Bespoke is a...
Guidance
Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their guidance on how to tour historic destinations with musical military ensembles.Military...
Guidance
Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their best practice tips on transporting instruments when your member group is on tour....
Guidance
Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their tips on how to continue promoting your music group after a tour.You’ve arrived...
Guidance
Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their valuable insight on the things a member group needs to do before enquiring for a...
Guidance
Whether it be performing in cathedrals or embracing local culture, concert tours present choirs, bands and orchestras with fantastic...
Guidance, Open resource, Overview
If your music group performs in public, you may need to pay royalties to the composers whose works you use. This is where PRS for...
Guidance, Video/audio
For our seventh meeting in our Climate Network series (original event 9 May 2025), we heard from some inspiring speakers on some...
Guidance, Corporate Member, Video/audio
In this recording of our webinar (original event 1 May 2025), and the first in a new series of lunchtime webinars presented by our...
Publications
In the summer edition of Highnotes, discover key learnings from the INCLUDE programme, with real-world examples from our member groups...