Music Hub Investment Programme
We’re investing over £101 million in new Music Hub Lead Organisations on behalf of the Department for Education to ensure every child in England has access to high quality music opportunities in and outside of school.
What is the Music Hub Investment Programme?
What are Music Hubs?
Music Hubs are partnerships of schools, local authorities, community groups, music organisations, industry and more. They are coordinated by a Hub Lead Organisation.
Music Hubs deliver and support high quality music education for children and young people within a local area, covering every part of England between them.
Music Hubs help to achieve the ambitions of the government’s National Plan for Music Education and our 2020-30 strategic vision, Let’s Create, of ensuring the creativity of all children and young people is valued and given the chance to flourish, no matter who they are, where they go to school, or where they spend their free time.
£101m investment
£101m investment
43 new Hub Lead Organisations will share more than £76m to coordinate music education in every local area through strategic partnerships. They will also receive an additional £25m to invest in new musical instruments, equipment and technology, including instruments for children and young people with special education needs or disabilities.
This investment of more than £101m will help Hubs to deliver music lessons in schools and outside of schools. It will support them to run music ensembles, provide music training for teachers and more.
On behalf of the Department for Education, we’ve appointed the new Hub Lead Organisations that will coordinate a new generation of Music Hubs from September 2024. You can download a list of new Hub Lead Organisations below.
What's next?
What’s next?
We’re working with new Hub Lead Organisations to prepare for the start of the new Music Hub programme in September 2024.
Click the link below to find everything new Hub Lead Organisations need to know and do.
How did we get here?
How did we get here?
The National Plan for Music Education, ‘The power of music to change lives’, set out how the government plans to build on the success of Music Hub programme through expanded, more strategic Music Hubs.
We ran an investment process to appoint new Hub Lead Organisations on behalf of the Department for Education.
Read the Guidance for Applicants >
Throughout this process, we worked with the music, education, youth, creative and cultural sectors to learn how we might build on the success of the Music Hubs programme. Their expertise and knowledge helped to shape the Music Hubs Investment Programme and the new Music Hub areas.
London — South West and South Yorkshire
London South West and South Yorkshire
To ensure the delivery of high quality music education right across England, we are continuing the search for new Hub Lead Organisations in two Music Hub areas: London South West and South Yorkshire.
Any organisation is welcome to apply to become the new Hub Lead Organisation for each area. Organisations must apply by midday on Thursday 6 June. We will let organisations know the outcome of their application in July so they are ready to begin their role in September 2024.
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Music Hubs: Let's Create opportunity
Let's Create opportunity
Our Chief Operating Officer, Richard Russell, reflects on how the Music Hub Investment Programme will deliver more and better music education for all children and young people in England, helping us achieve our strategy for 2020-30, Let’s Create.