Platforms like Rep aren’t just important - we’re vital for the community, aspiring talent, and the industry. Everybody wins, but our currently fragile youth infrastructure urgently needs investment. Here’s Your Energy Provider ⚡️ explaining why 🎯 #SAVEREPREZENT 🔗 LINK IN BIO

My only response to this is: In order for me to write poetry that isn't political, I must listen to the birds and in order to hear the birds the warplanes must be silent By Marwan Makhoul

Really sad news. Sam supported so many emerging artists and was a hugely respected and inspiring youth worker.

Really exciting to have not one but TWO amazing people joining us as the new Chairs of Youth Music!

When the murdered in Gaza … are white.

GRAMMY Award winning artist EVE, chart-topping singer-songwriter MNEK and BBC Radio 1 presenter Jess Iszatt have been announced as our new Ambassadors 🎉 Read more: youthmusic.org.uk/meet-our-new-a…

📢We're delighted to announce today our new opportunity, the Early Career Promoter Fund supported by Arts Council England & Department for Culture, Media and Sport for grassroots music promoters! Grants of up to £3,500 are available and you can submit applications from 2nd May 2024. Read more ➡️prsfoundation.com/2024/04/12/prs…

Supporting Black Lives in Music with their new survey to collect experiences of misogyny, racism and harassment in the music industry, please contribute and please share: blim.org.uk/onevoice/

Big thanks to PPL for their support of NextGen Fund across 2024!

some irish elementary school kids appear to have released the song of the summer

The creative industries in the UK have a problem with working-class representation. How can we build a music industry that better reflects our society? We explored the topic in a new feature: youthmusic.org.uk/lets-talk-abou…

This. So many abusers in the industry are widely known about.

Our @youthmusic early years research hitting the headlines.... #EarlyYears #TechnoToddlers #HumptyDumped 😎

We are hiring 👋 🖥️ Database Assistant (part-time) 📝 Admin Assistant (full-time) 📩 Marketing & Communications Officer (full or part-time) Deadline for applications: Friday 28th June youthmusic.org.uk/work-for-us

The treatment of Faiza Shaheen - an excellent economist and policy thinker, who would be a fine MP and an asset to any government - shames the Labour Party.

This is a really exciting role, with loads to get stuck into; we have a national community of thousands of young creatives, 250+ NextGen Funded artists, an amazing events team, and brilliant industry partners. Please share with anyone you think could be interested:

Great summary of Youth Music's 2024 SONG report in Arts Professional. Young people want more music in their lives, but are getting less of it. This needs to change. artsprofessional.co.uk/news/young-peo…

Youth spaces, like the one featured in this great new Spotify UK & Ireland doc, have a profound impact on young people's lives. They provide vital space for creativity and community. Brilliant to see this important work platformed and celebrated in this way👏 newsroom.spotify.com/2024-08-01/you…

The new generation get it 🚀 Ezra Collective Respect to the band for showing love to grassroots and youth clubs in their NME interview. nme.com/news/music/ezr…

So chuffed for English Teacher, amazing achievement for an incredible band! That's two years in a row for grassroots supported artists winning the Mercury - hopefully the industry will now see the formula works :) Great to see Music:Leeds getting well deserved shout out!