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New grants for early years music activities
23 Jun 2005
Early years settings in England can now apply for grants of up to £15,000 to set up music-making activities. The funding scheme, First Steps, has been launched by the charity Youth Music to give the under-fives access to high-quality music provision. Nurseries, EYDCPs, Sure Start programmes and other organisations can apply from 1 July for grants between £5,000 and £15,000 to pay for the services of a skilled early years music specialist. To be eligible they must provide weekly creative music-making activities lasting from six to 12 months. Applications can be downloaded at the Youth Music website.
(Nursery World, 23 June 2005)
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