Yorkshire Youth and Music has successfully applied for further funding from the Mayor's Safer Communities Fund, awarded by West Yorkshire's Mayor, Tracy Brabin. Read more
The generous donations made in memory of talented and beloved musician, Elizabeth Anne (often known as Liz), have provided equipment in our new Safe Space Studio, a safe space for young people to create music together. Read more
Today's playlist is all about POWER! The power of music, the power of voice, and the power to stand up for what you believe in... Read more
Ella Greenwood, a.k.a. LXXV is a Leeds based music producer, pianist and songwriter/composer, specialising in rap and electronic fusion with a background in jazz piano Read more
Welcome to Safe Space Studio, a brand new music production space in the centre of Huddersfield offering a safe space for young people to collaborate and make music together Read more
A small tribute to the punk legend that gave us one of the most memorable Christmas tracks of all time... Shane McGowan. Read more
YYM has a brand new studio space! Safe Space Studio is a studio pod, purpose built especially for us by iKoustic Ltd, creating a quiet space for music recording and production Read more
Having enjoyed music from a very early age, whether that was playing the many instruments Liz was gifted to play or her amazing vocals, Elizabeth Anne's family have chosen to support Yorkshire Youth & Music as a Charity of choice in Liz's memory for the work they do with young people who have mental health difficulties. Read more
In honour of our Chair, the late Liz Bavidge OBE, The Liz Bavidge Memorial Award will provide £250 to one of our music leaders to spend on their own training and development. We will make one award a year, and the award will last for 10 years. Read more
Halloween is fast approaching, so we explore a playlist dedicated to monsters and their monstrous influence on music... Read more
We look at the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to music and AI, particularly in its growing relationship with the music industry... Read more
We explore the world of video game music to complement our latest tech filled bulletin this month... Read more
The Keith Howard foundation has very generously supported our work with the Becton Centre and Sheffield Children's Hospital to continue, ensuring lots more young people get access to and benefit from our work. Read more
We're rocketing to outer space for this month's playlist - specifically, we're retracing the steps of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (and many others) and taking a musical trip to the moon... Read more
Music has always taken inspiration from life. Whether it reflects the minutiae of the day to day or a grand or lofty ideal, it is often a means of figuring out what it means to be human and how we can survive on the spinning lump of rock we call ‘Earth’... Read more
We are very grateful to Thornton and Ross for their donation of a further £5000 from their Anti-Knife Crime Fund, enabling us to continue our work with referrals from Kirklees Youth Justice. Read more
Chris Morris works with some of the nation’s most vulnerable young people as part of our Youth Justice project, so that they can discover, explore and develop their musical and creative potential Read more
Yorkshire Youth and Music is looking to expand our Board. We're particularly looking for Board Members with legal and HR expertise and those who have experience in music education settings. Read more
We know that the small wins in the work we do can make a huge difference to the lives of very challenged young people in our region. Here's how... Read more
A snapshot of the largest and smallest music making instruments... and phenomena! Read more
Our Music and Mental Health project is a programme of music education work with the aim of improving and / or supporting the mental health, fitness and well-being of vulnerable children and young people in our region. We're pleased to share with you both the development of the project and a selection of case studies of the children taking part. Read more
We've teamed up with Kirklees Year of Music 2023 to support young people from across the region to get their music and musical projects off the ground... Read more
Beth Holloway is an emerging (and very talented) Huddersfield-based music producer, composer, singer, songwriter, DJ and events curator. Read more
Youth Music has awarded us these much needed funds to continue and develop our work with some of the most challenged children and young people in our region Read more