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Opportunities to Grow: Funding, Training and Mentoring from Sound Connections

We’re pleased to announce a range of opportunities including our Activate and Innovate community funds, Trainee Programme and mentoring to support professionals and organisations enhance your practice, explore new ideas and support your development. Applications are now open for 2026-27!

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Opportunities to Grow: Funding, Training and Mentoring from Sound Connections

We’re pleased to announce a range of opportunities including our Activate and Innovate community funds, Trainee Programme and mentoring to...

Announcing the Music Education Futures: A 3‑Part Professional Development Series

Our new three-part series supports early‑career and freelance music practitioners to better understand the UK music education landscape, build sustainable...

Sound Connections Trainee Programme Applications open!

Sound Connections is delighted to be opening the third round of our Trainee Programme, which provides Wired4Music members and/or alumni...

Announcing the 2026 Activate Fund

Activate is our investment programme for Music Hub partnerships to develop or deliver action-focussed work with their young people.

Innovate Funding: Applications Now Open

Are you a creative innovator or trail‑blazing organisation working with children and young people? Do you have a spark of...

YouthLed Initiatives: get inspired and connect this Spring

Come along to our Spring Youth Voice training and networking event! You’ll hear practical insights from organisations across the UK...

IPIA 2026 ‘Creating Change Together’ in Retrospect

On Thursday the 26th of February 2026, we held our annual Inclusive Practice in Action gathering. The theme of the...

Details for Youth Led Initiatives Session Announced

Join us for our Spring Youth Voice training and networking event! This informal online session offers a welcoming space to...

Programme and Speakers announced for Inclusive Action In Practice 2026

We’re thrilled to announce the programme and speakers for Inclusive Practice in Action 2026! For this year’s event we have...

Tickets now available for Inclusive Practice in Action 2026

We’re back for another year of Inclusive Practice in Action, and this time we’re teaming up with Drake Music’s Future...

Come and try out The Philharmonia Orchestra’s new virtual reality music experience for KS3

We’re really excited to be working with Philharmonia on some research around their new interactive virtual reality (VR) music experience...

Join us as a Young Trustee

We are recruiting two young trustees to join our board from April 2026. This is a supported and developmental opportunity...

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