EQTY in Music

15/05/2026

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves and what we do✨ We're a vibrant, artist-led community bringing together young people and musicians from minoritised backgrounds to unleash talent, spark lifelong engagement with music, and carve out equitable space in the UK music industry.

We exist to break down barriers and build lasting pathways so more people can access, shape, belong and thrive in music.

If you'd like to learn more or join our community, head to the link in our bio!

08/05/2026

Yesterday our Artistic Board chatted to our wonderful Patron Nitin Sawhney, and here's some tips we discussed to help balance artistic vision with a career strategy.

30/04/2026

Today is a big day for us. We have a new name! ✨

EQTY in Music reflects who we are and the mission that drives everything we do - supporting minoritised young people and musicians to carve out their own equitable space in the UK music industry.

Our CEO Mercy has shared more about the rebrand and what this new chapter means for us over on Music Week! Head here to read it in full:
https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/brit-trust-diaries-eqty-in-music-ceo-mercy-welbeck-on-the-charity-s-rebrand/094015

And check out our new website here too:
https://eqtyinmusic.org.uk/

📸Felipe Pagani

02/04/2026

This spring term has been a truly special one ✨🎶

Across every Future Sound workshop at Co-op Academies Trust Belle Vue, young people have been on their own unique musical journeys - building confidence, developing their skills, and finding their voices along the way.

📹 Jamal Akbar

02/03/2026

We are pleased to announce that we have become part of Sound and Music's Fair Access Network🙌 We’re excited to be part of this growing movement to drive collective, systemic change, which underlines our commitment to continual learning as we help shape a more inclusive future for music!

🌟 We’re pleased to welcome Abram Wilson as the latest organisation to sign up to our Fair Access Principles.

🟰 Music shapes lives, communities and culture, but to do so meaningfully it must be representative of all of the UK. Our Fair Access Principles are a sector-leading code of best practice for inclusive and equitable artist development, addressing structural barriers and creating fairer pathways in music.

🎵 Working across the North West of England and London, the Abram Wilson Foundation for Creative Arts works to inspire, connect and open doors to the music industry so that minoritised young talent have an equal chance to realise their creative potential. Inspired by the critically acclaimed musician Abram Wilson, the charity champions young people and emerging professional musicians through its Future Sound music education programme and career development initiatives, working to unleash talent and carve equitable space in the UK music industry.

🌍 With over 35 organisations now signed up, the Fair Access Network is a growing national movement for collective action and shared accountability in equity and inclusion across the sector.

📩 We welcome more partners to join our growing Fair Access Network and commit to the Principles. To find out more about becoming a signatory, contact our Head of Programmes, Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis at [email protected].

🔗 Learn more and read the Abram Wilson Foundation’s full statement here: https://bit.ly/AbramWilsonFairAccess

04/02/2026

We’re delighted to share that The Shears Foundation has awarded us with a generous grant towards Future Sound in the North of England 🙌

A longstanding supporter of our work, The Shears Foundation continues to be an incredible champion of our programmes, for which we’re very grateful!

27/01/2026

We're so proud to announce that the wonderful Victoria Wood Foundation has awarded us with a generous grant towards Future Sound! The Foundation has been a long-term supporter; we have already achieved so much with their kind support, and can't wait to put this grant to work across all our locations in the North of England throughout this year 🙌

📸 Future Sound - North West England 2025 Jamal Akbar

19/12/2025

Before we turn the page on '25, a huuuge thank you to the artists, partners, educators and community who make it all possible.

From House of Jazz to unforgettable moments at Summer Sounds and We Out Here, it’s been a standout year of live music. We've welcomed our inaugural Artistic Board formed of 13 musicians, artists, industry execs and cultural leaders working across the dynamic UK music industry, and Future Sound has gone from strength to strength, working in 14 schools across the North West and London, receiving fantastic feedback, including record numbers opting for GCSE Music in one school as a direct result of the programme 🙌

We are incredibly grateful for your support and are so excited for everything that lies ahead in 2026!

🎶 Wahala Dele Sosimi

16/12/2025

We are so excited to share this news! We have received funding from The BRIT Trust for 2026, supporting our work opening doors for musicians from minoritised backgrounds to unleash talent and carve equitable space in the UK music industry ✨🎶

We are incredibly grateful for The BRIT Trust's support and belief in our mission 🙏

05/12/2025

We're just halfway through our campaign, and are thrilled to announce we've already smashed our target! 🎉 THANK YOU so much to everyone who has shared and supported us this far.

But just like the talent of the young people we work with, there’s no limit to what this campaign can achieve.

There are still 3 days left to donate if you’d like to keep the momentum going - every gift helps us reach even more young people with confidence-boosting, joy-filled music opportunities. Donations will no longer be doubled, but every penny will still go directly to Future Sound.

We are hugely grateful to Big Give, The Reed Foundation and two very generous pledgers for making the match-funding magic possible ✨