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
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
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
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
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
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'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
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
Yorkshire Youth and Music have received over £900 in donations (over the last three months) that will be DOUBLED by One Community's Match It fund! Read more
October half term saw a cross artform opportunity for young people to perform at Small Seeds in Huddersfield, as part of our Kirklees Music and Youth Justice project Read more
We're delighted to announce our latest successful application for support from the Mayor's Fund, awarded by West Yorkshire's Mayor, Tracy Brabin! Read more
The support we've received will allow us to offer mentoring, coaching, placements and specialist training for Yorkshire-based musicians who work, or want to work, with the most vulnerable young people in our region Read more
Resident musician, facilitator and all round brilliant music leader, Chris Morris, gives us a round up of BecFest 2022! Read more
We are delighted to announce that our upcoming sessions with Kirklees young people will be supported by the Thornton and Ross Anti Knife Crime Fund (provided One Community Foundation)! Read more
Yorkshire Youth and Music gains THREE new talented Board Members to help steer us into the future... Read more
Sam Dunkley, a former alumnus of the YYM board, has recently delivered a special songwriting project for school children in Selby... Read more
Yorkshire Youth and Music has moved on to pastures new! Read more
We’re running a pilot, music-based project with brilliant facilitator, Jess Armstrong (supported by Jason) and the equally brilliant Kirklees Youth Justice team. Here is an update from a Kirklees staff member... Read more
We are looking for new Board Members to join us in 2022 to help us make lives better through music... Read more
Our Feeling Good project aims to give a voice to young people in Sheffield who are struggling with their mental health Read more
Yorkshire Youth and Music is delighted to announce our new project with boys from the Roma community in Sheffield... Read more
As restrictions lift, more of our projects are returning to 'face to face, in the room, making music together' sessions... Nothing quite beats being there Read more
Working with primary aged children in North Yorkshire, using music to build co-operation, confidence and improve their mental health during COVID. Read more