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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.

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Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS)
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Small grants - anytime. Large grants - 5pm, 20 March 2024.
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Arts Council Wales
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Ongoing
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Golsoncott Foundation
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Ongoing
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The Hedley Denton Charitable Trust
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Ongoing
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Arts Council Wales
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Ongoing
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Allan Lane Foundation
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McCarthy Stone
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Guidance, Overview
Recruiting new members is the biggest challenge leisure-time music groups face. From ensuring your recruitment process is inclusive,...
Guidance
Many music groups assume that classical music is automatically royalty-free, but that’s not the case. While some classical works...
Guidance
When your music group performs you may need a PRS for Music licence. Some groups may also need a PPL licence if they use recorded...
Guidance
PRS for Music collects royalties for composers, songwriters, and publishers whenever their music is performed in public. But how do...
Guidance
If your music group performs copyrighted music in public, you may need to pay PRS for Music fees. These fees help ensure that...
Guidance
If your group performs music in public, you may need a PRS for Music licence to comply with copyright law. PRS for Music ensures that...
Guidance
PRS for Music is the UK organisation that ensures composers and music publishers receive royalties when their music is played or...
Guidance, Open resource, Overview
Whether you are performing, writing, rehearsing or recording music, you’ll probably need to be covered by a licence. But knowing...
Case studies
Richard Rosoman, treasurer of Malvern Festival Chorus, talks to us about how they received hundreds of free pounds in free funding...
Case studies
Lin Larmer, a trustee of North Downs Community Orchestra, tells us how by following a Making Music webinar, the orchestra sold more...
Guidance, Video/audio
In this recording of our webinar (original event 11 February 2025), we partnered with our corporate member Rayburn Tours to talk...
Corporate Member
Corporate member Trinity Laban talks to us about what they have to offer to music makers.Trinity Laban is a community where global...