Youth Music Initiative 20th Anniversary Celebration
This year, we’re celebrating 20 incredible years of the Youth Music Initiative (YMI).
The impact of YMI can be felt far and wide across Scotland, and in 2022 we’ll be shouting far and wide about the joy, resilience, community and opportunities that YMI has been helping to nurture since 2003.
Discover all the ways you can get involved in the celebrations!
Find out more about the #YMusicMatters event
Watch the introduction from YMI Manager Morag Macdonald, keynotes from Tinderbox musicians, and the Personal Stories and National Picture panels.
As part of our 20th anniversary, we're hosting a special industry event on Thursday 2 March to bring the Youth Music sector together and celebrate #YMusicMatters
Watch and share our 20th anniversary video
Download the promo pack
We’ve created a toolkit for you to use that’s packed full of key messages, images, designed graphics, and suggestions for social media posts, as well as our launch video. Support the 20th anniversary – download our toolkit and share the assets with your community.
Download the YMI 20th anniversary promo pack.
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Send us your story
Have you been involved in YMI? We’d love to hear from you so we can share your story! Whether you’ve been a participant or involved in leading a project, we want to shout far and wide about everything you’ve been doing.
Read the latest stories
Since 2012, Findhorn Bay Arts has been ‘making creative things happen’ in Moray and beyond. In this Spotlight piece for the Youth Music Initiative, find out more about their project In the Mix.
Published: 05 Jul 2021
For this month’s spotlight Nevis Ensemble Chief Executive, Jamie Munn writes about their recent Young Carer’s project which will tie in with Carer’s Week (7-13 June).
Published: 03 Jun 2021
Aberdeenshire YMI have been working with local hip hop artist Jackill for 3 years to deliver a hip hop project to primary schools and two groups of young people at risk of exclusion from mainstream secondary education in the north of Aberdeenshire. Jackill writes here about why he believes hip hop is such an (...)
Published: 17 May 2021
For this month’s spotlight Tinderbox Collective Project Manager, Musical Director and freelance Games Composer Luci Holland writes about Scotland’s games music industry.
Published: 11 Mar 2021
£2.1m of Scottish Government emergency Youth Arts Funds are being awarded to 92 projects across the country to help ensure children and young people continue to have access to creative opportunities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: 18 Feb 2021
