Funding for Youth Music Making Activities

Youth Music, the UK's largest children's music charity has announced its grant making programme is once again open for applications. Through its "Open Programme", grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 are available to support projects that provide music-making activities for children and young people in support of Youth Music's goals. Youth Music will fund any non profit-making organisation more than one year old that is committed to music-making activities for children and young people up to 18 (or up to 25 if they have special educational needs, disabilities or are in detention). Youth Music aims to support music making activities principally in out of school hours such as during weekends, holidays as well as in breakfast and after schools clubs.

Youth Music understands that programmes may need to begin in school hours especially if the proposal involves encouraging first time participation in music. To help with this, Youth Music will consider applications for programmes where up to 25% of the time is spent in school hours. The proposed programme should aim to encourage children and young people to eventually make music outside of school hours.

There is a two stage application process and the next closing date for stage 1 applications is 5pm on the 11th April 2012. For more information visit: http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/funding

Words by the Water Festival- free tickets for 17 to 25 year olds

Don't miss your chance to see some of the greatest names in comedy, politics, literature and broadcasting such as Josie Long, Shappi Khorsandi and Alistair Darling for free at Words by the Water Festival, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2-11 March 2012.

See the full programme of events at http://www.wayswithwords.co.uk/festivals/the-lake-district-23 and contact alice.ling@wayswithwords.co.uk for full details on how to apply for free tickets.

Sport Makers

This year anyone can be a sporting hero

Whether it's planning the route, finding the pitch or encouraging people to take part - sport doesn't just happen, it needs people to make it happen. Become one of 40,000 Sport Makers and you'll not only get the skills, knowledge and opportunities you need to get more people playing sport, you'll become part of the official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sports legacy.

• Could you get a 5-a-side team together?
• Would you take your colleagues along to Yoga Classes?
• Can you help out at your local sports club?

Yes? You could be a Sport Maker!

Visit http://www.activecumbria.org/sportmakers to register and find out when the next workshop near you is held

PiNC Pride in Cumbria

is a LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans Gender, and Questioning) Youth group for young people aged 13-25 that meets twice a week in Carlisle and now also meets one Saturday a month.

Visit the website for full details, www.prideinnorthcumbria.org