Tag: Help Musicians

Help Musicians launches £5M Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians has launched the Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund, a new offering specifically created to alleviate some of the immediate financial pressures that many professional musicians may currently be facing. The impact of the Coronavirus on musicians’ lives and careers is unprecedented, and it’s been recognised that the charity’s normal person-centred approach of Health & Welfare support needs to be boosted in this exceptional period to give as many musicians as possible immediate financial relief. A fund of £5m has therefore been created to help reduce the worry many musicians…

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Help Musicians re-opens 360 degree Do It Differently Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians is encouraging independently-driven musicians seeking funding across creative output, business development and health & wellbeing to apply to its Do It Differently Fund, the third round of which opened today.  Created in response to the charity’s research into the need for holistic support among DIY artists, the fund provides each awardee up to £3,000 towards creative output, and a further £2,000 towards one-to-one business guidance, led by ThinkMusic, and wellbeing tools from Help Musicians and BAPAM (British Association for Performing Arts Medicine). Help Musicians is also very pleased to…

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Help Musicians re-opens £10,000 fund for promising emerging jazz performers

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians has opened the 2019 application process for a £10,000 jazz fund, the renowned Peter Whittingham Jazz Award. Open to jazz musicians from all walks of life, the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award seeks out the most exciting and innovative emerging jazz artists who have the creativity, ambition and commitment to develop a sustainable career in jazz. As part of Help Musicians’ commitment to accessibility, the charity encourages applications from those who are currently underrepresented in jazz such as women, people with disabilities and individuals from black, Asian, and minority…

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Help Musicians supports over 100 students with music education costs this year

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians is proud to announce that 103 students from across the UK will receive support towards their music studies this year through its Postgraduate, Ian Fleming Musical Theatre and Sybil Tutton Opera Awards. As part of the charity’s commitment to providing accessible, equitable and inclusive application routes to funding opportunities, Help Musicians altered the application process to come directly from the students in need, rather than the previous conservatoire nominations process. The aim was to empower students, alleviate some of the administrative burden within higher education institutions and ensure that…

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Help Musicians’ funding advice tour returns to even more places across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

After the success of the Help Musicians advice session tour earlier this year, the Creative Programme team is gearing-up to make round two of the tour bigger and better, with 13 different venues across the UK being visited this time around. Between 13 August to 5 September, the Creative Programme team will be on the road to give musicians one-to-one, 30-minute advice sessions. Artists will be given a chance to ask for guidance and advice on how to submit an outstanding funding application and will be able to get tips…

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