Carol Reid looks over the findings from Youth Music’s annual stakeholder survey, which reveal how public sector spending cuts are having widespread and primarily damaging effects.
Reductions in Local Government budgets over the last few years have been keenly felt by arts and cultural organisations across the country – based on what our funded partners are telling us, Alan Davey is right to be worried. I work as the Programme Manager at the National Foundation for Youth Music. Youth Music is a national charity dedicated to using music to transform the lives of children and young people with least opportunity. We are a delegated Lottery distributor (supported by the Arts Council England) and each year we award grants to over 200 music-making projects. Our portfolio of funded organisations includes registered charities (the most common type of organisation that we fund) and other third sector organisations, Companies Limited by Guarantee, various departments of Local Authorities (including music services) and schools. In the last couple of years, we have seen an increasing number of projects halted as organisations cease to exist, or delayed due to problems with key partners (often Youth and Children’s Services Departments within Local Authorities). In addition, we are seeing a diminishing quantity of reserves when we review organisational accounts. In common with other funders, we had also started to see a decline in the number of applications made, although this trend has started to reverse in 2014/15... Keep reading on Youth Music Network
Reductions in Local Government budgets over the last few years have been keenly felt by arts and cultural organisations across the country – based on what our funded partners are telling us, Alan Davey is right to be worried. I work as the Programme Manager at the National Foundation for Youth Music. Youth Music is a national charity dedicated to using music to transform the lives of children and young people with least opportunity. We are a delegated Lottery distributor (supported by the Arts Council England) and each year we award grants to over 200 music-making projects. Our portfolio of funded organisations includes registered charities (the most common type of organisation that we fund) and other third sector organisations, Companies Limited by Guarantee, various departments of Local Authorities (including music services) and schools. In the last couple of years, we have seen an increasing number of projects halted as organisations cease to exist, or delayed due to problems with key partners (often Youth and Children’s Services Departments within Local Authorities). In addition, we are seeing a diminishing quantity of reserves when we review organisational accounts. In common with other funders, we had also started to see a decline in the number of applications made, although this trend has started to reverse in 2014/15... Keep reading on Youth Music Network