Not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants to fund developmental music-making projects for children and young people in challenging circumstances as well as for projects that support the development of the workforce, organisations and the wider music making sector.

Funding is being made available through Youth Music. The programme includes three separate funds:

Grants are available from the Inspire Fund for projects that engage the public in dementia awareness, research and challenging misconceptions about dementia. Three tiers of funding are on offer: bronze (up to £5,000), silver (up to £15,000) and gold (up to £30,000). Silver and gold tiered grants require more evidence from organisations. 

Projects can be imaginative and varied, such as:

Allen Lane Foundation is particularly concerned about divisions in communities that occurred around the 2016 Referendum and subsequently. The Social Cohesion programme will look to support grassroots organisations at a very local level where there are issues which identify marginalised groups of people (especially those from within the Foundation’s priorities, but not exclusively) who are excluded. Project applications should seek to propose ways to make communities more inclusive for the betterment of all.