Scottish Music Centre - Training and Continuing Professional Development Fund

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Download the application form here.

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Guidelines

This fund is provided by Youth Music Initiative and administered on their behalf by Scottish Music Centre.

What is the Training and CPD fund?

• This fund is specifically aimed at supporting the Training and Continuing Professional Development of individuals and organisations working with children and young people in the informal sector (supervised music making outside a mainstream education setting).
• It is recognised that many music freelancers and organisations may be working across both informal and formal sector and so in this instance will also be eligible to apply.
• There is £52,300 available in the budget for 2011-12.
• Awards to Individuals will generally be within the range of £100 to £750, while the range for organisations will normally fall between £500 and £5,000.

How we will make a decision

On receipt of your application, Scottish Music Centre officers will check for eligibility before passing to an independent adviser for assessment. Advisers will be drawn from a pool of suitably qualified professionals working in Scotland's youth music sector.

You can expect to be notified of your application's outcome in writing no later than eight weeks from the date we receive the application.

Who can apply?

Who will have priority?

• Applicants who have already established a link with music-making organisations and can demonstrate how they will benefit from the training.
• Applicants who are seeking training opportunities that will allow the development of musical skills or training to allow improved interaction with children and young people in an informal sector setting.
• National or local networks that wish to convene national and strategic training events. (e.g. NAEN, HITS, Youth Music Forums.)
• Applicants who can demonstrate the sustainability of the training programme (if the application is for the design of training programmes).
• Eligible applicants who have not already benefited from the fund (although there is no limit on applying more than once per annum).

You are not eligible to apply for this fund if you are;

• A Local Authority employee who delivers instrumental and vocal music services within formal education (e.g. school teachers, instrumental music service instructors).
• An academic attending or developing papers for conferences.
• A Private music tutor (unless involved in music tuition with larger groups of children and young people in addition to private practice)
• A Student in full-time education (i.e. 16 hours or more per week) at the time of applying.
• Individuals who are not based in Scotland.

Support CAN be given for :

• Attending short-term or one-off training courses, conferences, master-classes, mentoring and any other relevant experiences which lead to improved professional delivery of music to children and young people.
• Receiving private tuition that will lead to improved skills in a particular genre or instrument which will result in improved professional delivery of music to children and young people.
• Undertaking study visits within the UK or Internationally to research delivery methodology currently not widespread in Scotland.
• Development, design and delivery of specialist training courses.

Support CANNOT be given for :

• Applications for prolonged full and part-time study at centres of further or higher education.
• Repeated training programmes that you have previously accessed through this fund- unless there is clear evidence of further significant development in the individual or the programme.
• Any project which has already started, or which will have started before we give you a decision on your application.

How To Apply

You can submit your application at any time during the year until the fund closes on:
30th March 2012.

**Please note however the fund may be fully expended earlier than this date and therefore early submission of applications is recommended.

Apply by e-mail to the following address; ymitraining@scottishmusiccentre.com

1. put your name in the subject heading
2. attach your completed application form in Word document format
3. attach the additional required materials

No allowance can be made for electronic delays so it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their application is received on time. Notification of receipt of the application will be made by email within two weeks.

Your Budget

All costs must relate to the activity and be fully explained with the application and budget. The following are examples of Eligible Costs;

• Travel
• Accommodation
• Course fees / conference fees
• Subsistence (out-of-pocket expenses for meals)
• Childcare costs - (individuals only, and only when necessary due to undertaking the proposed activity)
• Loss of earnings (freelance music tutors)

You will need at least 10% partnership funding, which can be a cash AND/OR an in-kind contribution.

***Please note partnership funding cannot be drawn from from Local Authorities' Youth Music Initiative formula-funding budget as this is considered double funding.

Additional required materials

As relevant to your application

• A PDF or web link to the proposed training/conference/event.
• CVs of those undertaking the training.
• CVs of those delivering the training, if the application is to design/deliver training programmes (Organisations Only)
• A copy of your Child Protection Policy (Organisations only.)

Should you require help and advice in completing your application, please email us at ymitraining@scottishmusiccentre.com or phone the Scottish Music Centre on 0141 552 5222. The Centre is open 10-6 Monday to Friday