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For an individual, collective or project that has made an outstanding commitment to local community and/or social justice issues.
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Blue Cabin
This is the Place, North East
Blue Cabin is a charity that uses the creative arts, including music, to help care-experienced babies, children and young people to develop positive relationships, understand their past and express their hopes for the future. They are the only creative charity in England that focuses all its work on care-experienced people.
CHARIS
Sounds at the Junction, South West
Sounds at the Junction brings music to asylum-seeking families in a Somerset hotel, helping children and young people who have faced severe trauma. Run by CHARIS and Live Music Now, the program offers lessons, band rehearsals, and songwriting, fostering confidence and community. Planned activities include public performances and recording studio visits.
Supermann on da beat
Youth Music NextGen Fund, Scotland
Supermann on da beat is a Scottish Disabled South Asian music producer who has overcome significant barriers, advocating for Disabled musicians’ visibility and access. Supermann is proud to show that anything is possible in a world with a complete under-representation of disabled artists and led a vital campaign to make venues fully accessible & appeared on BBC Scotland, STV, Daily Record & BBC Radio 4.