Radcliffe Trust: Music Grants

Open (with deadline for applications) Arts, culture and heritage Cultural, events and festivals Performing arts social enterprise Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

The Radcliffe Trust supports classical music performance and training especially chamber music, composition and music education.

Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research. The Trustees respond to applications and also initiate their own projects.

General Eligibility

applications must be on behalf of a UK Charity, Not-For-Profit, or Exempt organisation
applications must be for a specific project and not for a general appeal, or endowment fund
applicants must be based in the UK
bursaries and other support fees will normally be paid to the training organisation
if you have applied before, it must be at least a year since your last successful application
if your organisation has received three years of consecutive (not continuous) funding from The Radcliffe Trust, you can apply again, but only after a one-year break

Music Scheme specific eligibility

Applications are considered under eight headings:

composition and contemporary music – in the case of commission applications the lead composer must be named
bursaries for courses and summer schools; limited to U.K. based students
music therapy / special needs
academic research / projects
youth orchestras
performance projects
educational projects – excluding applications from individual mainstream primary and secondary schools
miscellaneous

The Radcliffe Trust accepts applications from CICs, CIOs and other not-for-profit organisations.

The application form will ask you to provide some budget information. If you have any questions or queries, please do contact our administrator on radcliffe@thetrustpartnership.com.

Grants are generally in the region of £2,500-£5,000.

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