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YMI - Training and Continuing Professional Development Fund
Created: 26/06/2024
News/Events Category: Funding and FinanceThe fund supports individuals, organisations and networks who work outwith school settings to undertake training and continuing professional development that will strengthen youth music in Scotland for the benefit of young people.
The intended outcomes of the fund are:
- People delivering youth music develop their skills and confidence
- The youth music sector develops, strengthens and becomes more sustainable
- Supporting services to be high quality, continually improving, efficient, and to provide innovative responses to people’s needs
In the current circumstances applications relating to online courses or tuition packages are welcome, both from (a) individuals proposing to take advantage of them and (b) organisations proposing to design or deliver them.
Fund award sizes
Maximum: £5,000
Annually awarded: £50,000
Notes on award amounts: Awards to individuals will generally be within the range of £100 to £1,000, while the range for organisations will normally fall between £500 and £5,000. Partnership funding of at least 10% is required.
Who can apply
Individuals who are already involved in the delivery of youth music projects, or seeking to take part in training to widen their career opportunities to include delivery of music projects, or aiming to further extend the range and scope of their skills-base within the delivery of youth music projects.
Organisations who wish to provide training and professional development that will increase their capacity to develop and deliver improved music-making opportunities to young people.
Exclusions
- Applications for prolonged full- and part-time study at centres of further or higher education
- Applicants are excluded from applying more than once per round of funding
- Repeated training programmes that you have previously accessed through this fund - unless there is clear evidence of further significant development in the individual or the programme
- Any project which has already started, or which will have started before we give you a decision on your application
You are not eligible to apply for this fund if you are:
- A local authority employee who delivers instrumental and vocal music services within formal education (eg. schoolteachers, instrumental service instructors)
- An academic attending or developing papers for conferences
- A private music tutor (unless involved in music tuition with larger groups of children and young people in addition to private practice)
- A student in full-time education (16 hours or more per week) at the time of applying
How to apply
The application form is available on the Scottish Music Centre website.
The closing date for applications is 31 March 2025. The fund will remain open until funds are expended which may be before this date.
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