Deadline: 30-Jun-23
Nominations are now open for the Amber Music Awards to help all blind and partially sighted children including those with additional disabilities to access and enjoy music.
Amber Music Awards exist to provide financial grants to individual children and young people in support of this vision.
The Music Awards are limited by the Trust’s capacity to raise funds. As the Trustees often receive more applications than they are able to support, Amber can only consider requests that will be of clear and direct benefit to the child or young person. Applications will be assessed using the following criteria:
- Importance of music to the child
- Expected benefit of the Award to the child
- Capacity to obtain funding elsewhere
- The Amber Trust’s capacity to fund
What do Music Awards fund?
- Amber Music Awards are open to all blind or partially sighted children and young people up to the age of 18, who may also have other disabilities or special educational needs. Music Awards can fund:
- Instrumental and singing lessons
- The purchase of musical instruments or items of specialist musical technology
- Tickets and assistance with attending concerts
- Travel and accommodation to access opportunities for making music
Criteria
- Applications will be accepted for children and young people aged from 0–18 years (funding cannot be provided after their 19th birthday)
- All applications should be made by a parent/carer or young person (from age 16), but can be supported by a Support Worker or Teacher
- Applications for instruments or software must include prices and supplier’s details
- Applications for music lessons or music therapy sessions will only be considered when Amber has received details of the teacher’s or therapist’s qualifications, experience and DBS number
- In some cases, the Amber Trust will not meet a financial request in full, and applicants will therefore be required to raise the balance from other sources. They can, of course, use the Amber pledge to encourage other funding.
- Music Award offers will be held open for six-month period, after which they will lapse and a new application would need to be made to the Trust.
- The Amber Trust will not fund retrospectively
- The Trustees decision is final
- Anonymised data pertaining to children and families may be used to inform Amber planning and provision of awards and services, and to help them understand the range of musical interests and abilities within the population of children and young people across the UK.
For more information, visit The Amber Trust.