Women Make Music report 2011 – 2022
Over £1.46 million has been invested in more than 380 women and gender expansive music creators since 2011 through our ground-breaking Women Make Music fund. And with 4,706 applications so far, the fund has seen a 340% increase in demand for Women Make Music support since its launch, to the point that only 8% of exciting applicants (and only 6% of applicants in the last 5 years) could be supported and highlighting the wealth of talented women and gender expansive music creators based in the UK.
Today in 2023, 98% of grantees agree that the fund is still needed. The fund’s timely support has played a vital role in supporting some of the most exciting music creators in the UK today including Anna Meredith, ESKA, Emma-Jean Thackray, Carleen Anderson, Cassie Kinoshi, Let’s Eat Grandma, Jessica Curry, Judith Weir, Kelly Lee Owens, Little Boots, Errollyn Wallen, Amahla, Marika Hackman, Poppy Ajudha, Rakhi Singh, ROE, YolanDa Brown, Sanity, Phoebe Green, BISHI, Isobel Anderson, Peggy Seeger and Yazmin Lacey.
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