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Music Hub Investment Programme 2024: making your application

What you need to know

To ensure the delivery of high quality music education right across England, we continued the search for new Hub Lead Organisations for the London - South West and South Yorkshire Music Hub areas between Thursday 25 April and Thursday 6 June 2024. 

The information on these webpages contains all the information and resources related to the application process to become the new Hub Lead Organisation for those Music Hubs. The deadline to apply was 12pm (midday) on Thursday 6 June 2024. We will let organisations know the outcome of their application in July so they are ready to begin their role in September 2024. 

Who can apply?

To be eligible to apply to lead either of these Music Hubs, you will need to be a properly constituted organisation and be able to demonstrate your ability to deliver the responsibilities for Hub Lead Organisations, as outlined in our Guidance for Applicants for the Music Hub Investment Programme. 

As part of this process, we have published an addendum to the Guidance for Applicants. The addendum highlights where there are changes to the original guidance, including updates to essential documents and other supporting materials.

You should read the addendum alongside the original Guidance for Applicants, as well as the essential documents and other helpful information, as needed.

When will the application portal open? 

The application portal opens on Thursday 25 April 2024. The deadline to submit your application is 12pm (midday) on Thursday 6 June 2024. 

You must submit your application through our application portal, Grantium. 

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Using our application portal

If you haven’t used Grantium before, you need to create a user account and applicant profile. You cannot start your application until we’ve approved your new applicant profile, which may take up to ten working days.   

Our Grantium support webpages guide you through how to create your user account and applicant profile.   

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What you need to do

Read the addendum and Guidance for Applicants

You should read the addendum alongside the original Guidance for Applicants, as well as the essential documents and other helpful information, as needed. 

Read the Guidance for Applicants >

Essential documents >

Helpful documents >

Register for Grantium   

You’ll make your application through our online portal, Grantium. Before you start your application, you’ll need to create an account, if you haven’t got one already. Remember, it can take up to ten working days to approve your account.

Our Grantium support webpages guide you through how to create your user account and applicant profile. 

Take a look >

Templates and How to Guides

All applicants need to submit a completed Financial Information template as part of their application to become a new Hub Lead Organisation. You can download the template below.

You can use the How to Apply - Grantium Guidance and the Grantium video walkthrough for step-by-step guidance on how to complete the application form.

You can also use our How to Guide for the Music Hub Investment Programme to help you complete and submit your Music Hub Development Plan, Partners Table, Financial Information template and Governance and Management arrangements.

Submit your application 

The application portal opens on Thursday 25 April 2024. The deadline to submit your application is 12pm (midday) on Thursday 6 June 2024. 

Apply now > 

Need some help?

Have a question?  

Our regularly-updated Frequently Asked Questions contain information about the Music Hub Investment Programme, current Music Education Hubs, the National Plan for Music Education and more.  

Read the FAQs >  

Still need help?  

Our teams are here to support you as you prepare your application.   

Get in touch > 

Access support

We are committed to being open and accessible to everyone.

If you experience or expect any barrier when making an application to the Music Hub Investment Programme, our Access Support helpful document explains the way we can help. Please note, the deadline contained within this document for requesting an alternative accessible format is no longer applicable.

We have published the addendum in audio and large print formats. If you require this guidance in a different format, you must contact us as soon as possible.