Youth Music is the UK's largest children's music charity providing funding for music projects and activities.

Youth Music was set up in 1999 with a remit to support music-making activities for some of the UK’s most disadvantaged young people, encouraging their talents, building their confidence and transforming the landscape of musical opportunity throughout the UK. Every year more than 150,000 children take part in Youth Music programmes of the broadest variety imaginable; from hip-hop and dj-ing to classical and jazz. Youth Music’s work is targeted at young people who ordinarily would never have the chance to create music, encouraging involvement from an early age.

Youth Music has an unprecedented track record in effecting positive change in young people through music but there is still much more work to be done. Youth Music aspires to reach out to ever increasing numbers of young people across the country. The vision is to create a sustainable environment to channel young peoples’ creativity, enabling them to express themselves and develop their skills through music. The aim is to reach 3 million young people by 2010. More info at www.musicispower.youthmusic.org.uk

 
WOW is YoungScot's brand new youth opportunity search engine, designed and built for young people in Scotland aged 11-26. If you want to know about anything happening in your local area, then this is where you need to be. More info at www.youngscotwow.org/

 
Live and Unsigned is the biggest original music competition for unsigned bands and artists in the UK, attracting over 30,000 entrants in the last three years. Auditions travel across the country in a bid to find the UK's ultimate unsigned act. More info at www.liveandunsigned.uk.com/

 
More info at www.trekstock.com

 
YRock is a music promotions and development company which works with a wide range of musicians and artists at all levels. YRock runs gigs, workshops, and promotions across the UK whilst providing online reviews, support, and feedback via this website.

The company has a strong belief in the power of music for education, and also runs schools and community projects for young people which encourage enterprise education through music. More info at www.yrock.co.uk

 
CM is a youth and community music organisation which aims to provide opportunities for creative music making to people of all backgrounds. More info at www.cmsounds.com

 
Based in Camden, the Roundhouse is a legendary cultural venue with an enviable heritage. In addition, thousands of 13-25 year-olds have developed their creative talents in the Roundhouse Studios. More info at www.roundhouse.org.uk

 
Love Music Hate Racism uses music to unite and give strength to others, and uses the positive energy of the music scene to fight back against the racism being pushed by Nazi organisations like the BNP. More info at www.lovemusichateracism.com

 
NUMU is a FREE website and community for schools and organisations to deliver engaging music activities online. Students can safely publish music, join projects and compete in a unique national chart. With over 37,000 members and 30,000 tracks - NUMU is the place to hear the freshest sounds first. More info at www.numu.org.uk

 
No Parents is a new magazine based in Brighton dealing with all things arty!More info at http://www.myspace.com/noparentszine

 
Klocwork is a professional music company offering a fantastic service to bands and musicians in Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond. We offer the highest quality recording/mixing/mastering services and also run great promotions across the country. More info at www.klocwork.org.uk/

 
Trinity is a late licensed music venue/pub/club in Harrow, North London, putting on fantastic underage gigs on Sunday nights.More info at www.trinity-bar.com