Music and Dance Tuition Programme Opens

The funding will support music and dance tuition from 1 September 2024 to 31 May 2025.  Please note that there are TWO separate applications for funding this year – one for Dance Tuition and one for Music Tuition. 

Dance Tuition: This grant supports up to 30 weeks of Highland or Scottish Country Dance with an option which supports accreditation.  Register HERE.

Music Tuition: The grant supports up to 20 weeks of tuition across a range of Ulster-Scots musical traditions, including drum major tuition, and offers support for accreditation.  Register HERE. 

Following a successful registration, an application form, guidelines, and template for the Scheme of Work will be emailed to the group.  Groups are encouraged to read the guidelines carefully as several changes have been made to the 2024/25 programme and are asked to contact the Agency to clarify any issues before submitting their application form.   

All eligible and capped costs are listed in the guidelines.  The maximum funding available for groups is 75% of eligible costs.  

Applications close at 12 noon on Tuesday 23 July 2024. 

Groups must ensure they have submitted all the listed supporting documentation.  For groups based in Northern Ireland are also required to upload the required documents to the Government Funders Database.   

We anticipate this programme will be significantly oversubscribed, therefore we would encourage groups to submit their applications as soon as possible in advance of the deadline. 

Any incomplete applications, or applications which fail to submit all the required supporting documents, will be rejected.  

For further information, contact Derek Reaney on reaneyd@ulsterscotsagency.org.uk or  07843 279 912.