EMERGENCY FUND

1. Title: EMERGENCY FUND2. Awarding Authority: Youth Music , GB Tel: 020 7902 1060 . Email: grants@youthmusic.org.uk.3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority has announced a new Emergency Fund to offer additional support to music-making organisations affected by coronavirus. Through this fund Youth Music will aim to prioritise the people and organisations in the most immediate need, and to make quick decisions and payments. The Emergency Fund is designed to support organisations facing the following challengesCashflow – organisations are seeing threats to their income, in particular from charged-for services and from contracts. This has significant implications for honouring employment and freelance contracts and core ongoing costs. At the time of writing there is still a lack of clarity about eligibility of government support measures and when any funding might be releasedMaintaining services – there are/will be challenges in continuing to deliver core services through staff or volunteer absence, social distancing measures, increased childcare responsibilities, venues being closed etc. Adapting services – delivering services in new ways, which can be more expensive, have high set-up costs (e.g. IT infrastructure, buying tech or instruments for tutors and young people) or require new policies or expertise.Children and young people – the impact of the situation on children and young people’s mental and physical health; the negative implications for some vulnerable children of being out of school; keeping in contact now that the normal music sessions have ceased; engaging young people in new forms of learning; reaching children beyond digital access (e.g. disabled young people; those who don’t have devices or an internet connection).5. CPV Code(s): 85320000, 98000000, 85000000, 85140000, 98330000, 98133100, 920000006. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI4, UKI457. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Grant amount: Grants of up to £10,000 are available.10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: Who can apply? Music-making organisationsApplication process: There is an online application form available from the website above.For more information, Please visit the Website address: # funding opportunity# COVID-19