About us

Yorkshire Youth & Music is a community and arts education company working across the whole of Yorkshire

We have more than 25 years of experience in delivering fantastic, music-based projects to young people across the region. Follow the links below to find out more...

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YYM receives further support from the Keith Howard Foundation

The Keith Howard Foundation has kindly and generously offered us another year of support in order to continue our work with some of the most challenged young people across the Yorkshire region, in partnership with Sheffield Children's Hospital, The Becton Centre and Chapel House
Sounds Like... the colour RED

The red mist has descended, left our playlist with a crimson glow and ALL of these cherry-picked tracks are real rubies...
YYM receives £20000 in further funding from two fantastic foundations

We're very pleased to announce further funding this year, enabling us to continue a number of music and arts-based projects with young people across the region during 2024.
Sounds Like... A Guitar

Join us for a whistlestop tour of all things 'guitar', via the history of the instrument and a few iconic tracks that showcase some of the best guitarists of all time...

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Sounds Like... word painting!

We explore examples of 'word painting', when the melody of a song actually reflects the meaning of the words...
Social Prescribing

Yorkshire Youth and Music has always had a focus on improving the life chances of children in challenging circumstances, and many of our projects could be considered as a form of social prescribing for children in the Yorkshire region
Jobs

Job opportunities at Yorkshire Youth and Music
Sounds Like... a soundscape!

What’s a soundscape? It’s a creation, or re-creation of an environment or a series of environments, in sound...
Leona Nørskov Jørgensen

Leona Nørskov Jørgensen, a 26-year-old Sheffield native known for her singing on social media, appeared on both the 10th edition of The Voice UK, reaching the semi-finals, and at our very own Aldinebury Festival!
Music and Mental Health

Young people’s mental health is an increasing concern. Using music through our specifically designed project has proven to be a good way to connect with young people in a way that feels comfortable to them
About us

Yorkshire Youth & Music is a community and arts education company working across the whole of Yorkshire.
Music Makes Lives Better Because… it's all things Brass and beautiful

If there is one musical tradition that Yorkshire is famous for, it is brass bands
Our team

Staff and board members at Yorkshire Youth and Music, including staff contact details
Training

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