National Foundation for Youth Music

Charity Overview

Every year The National Foundation for Youth Music provides more than 90,000 young people with the opportunity to make life-changing music, helping them to overcome the challenges they face in their lives. The charity’s music projects support young people to develop their creative and social skills, make positive contributions to their community and improve their wellbeing.

Youth Music’s research identifies the best ways to engage young people and drive fresh thinking into music education. Youth Music also provide a growing online community for thousands of music education professionals.

The charity support young people from a diverse range of backgrounds and circumstances. These include teenagers who live in areas of deprivation and low income, suffering from domestic violence and who are experiencing drug and alcohol abuse either themselves or within their family. To date, as a result of Youth Music’s projects 14,400 young people have achieved an Arts Award qualification.