PPL Momentum Accelerator / Sbardun Fund
PPL Momentum Accelerator is a targeted scheme to support the development of outstanding artists and bands who are writing their own music, and future Industry Professionals, outside London and who face additional barriers in reaching a crucial career tipping point based on their location.
If you can answer YES to the questions below you may qualify for PPL Momentum Accelerator support and should consider applying.
- Are you an artist/band based in Wales?
- Do you write and/or perform your own music?
- Have you been profiled/featured in regional or national press, media and received coverage in blogs as an artist/band?
- Have you played shows or been asked to play multiple shows across your region?
- Do you have evidence of a strong fan base regionally?
- Are you making your first steps in getting national interest or already gaining some national attention?
- Do you have early signs of interest and/or working informally with other music professionals or organisations? (e.g. management, record label, booking agent, press)
Music Creators (artists/bands)
Artists/Bands applying for PPL Momentum Accelerator must show strong musical potential but face barriers to reach or get beyond crucial early career tipping points, with signs of interest and/or working informally with other music professionals or organisations. Applicants should show regional progression and growth as an artist with the potential to fast-track to reach a national tipping point in the next 6 months – and a plan to back that up. The activity that funding would support must take place in the UK.
PPL Momentum Accelerator offers grants for artists and bands of up to £5,000 to support music projects which might include:
- Recording and release
- Live Performance / Touring^
- High quality and innovative broadcast or pre-recorded online content^^
- Promotion and marketing
- Creation of new music / time to create
- Fees to creative collaborators
- Education / Training
- Commissioning
- Equipment (max 20% budget)^^^
- A combination of the above
We cannot fund marketing/promotion of new music without also funding an element of creation or performance.
In Wales, the PPL Momentum Accelerator Fund is managed by PRS Foundation in partnership with Arts Council Wales, and PPL. Through this partnership, we will support;
- 7 x PPL Momentum Accelerator artist grantees with support of up to £5,000 each. Artists or their representatives will apply through an open call run and grantees will be selected by a panel of independent expert advisors
- 2 x PPL Momentum Accelerator ‘Future Industry Professional’ grantees will receive up to £1,000 worth of support which might include a micro-grant, mentoring or other holistic support
- There will be 2 deadlines per year for Wales based Music Creators and Industry Professionals
Click here to read full PPL Momentum Accelerator / Sbardun Fund Guidance & FAQ in Welsh Language