Youth Music has announced grant awards totalling £869,000 under its recently established Fund A programme, bringing the total awarded this year under the national music charity’s refreshed grants programme to £7.69 million. 

The charity's funding was restructured in July last year, with A, B and C funding aimed to simplify the application process and diversify its portfolio. Fund A allows smaller organisations or projects to apply for grants of up to £30,000 to support music-making activity for disadvantaged children and young ...