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Manchester Camerata will explore and test how song writing can be used to support engagement across the curriculum and key stages in four inner-city primary schools. The organisation will also explore how best to support schools to commission arts interventions and continuing professional development.

Artsplay Highland will test the impact of music and arts-based approaches to improving attainment in literacy (in English and Gaelic) for children in Primary One classes, in areas experiencing economic disadvantage in the Highlands.

The Nucleo Project provides free, inclusive music making opportunities to children and young people aged 2–18 in North Kensington. This grant will support the organisation to run an additional orchestra involving children and young people living in the area affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

Colville Primary School and Fresh Arts have run an arts project for children affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, since September 2017. This grant will cover costs to continue delivery of the project for a further year.

Together Stronger aims to give young people in the Rhonnda Cynon Taf area more opportunities to participate in and develop through high quality arts experiences, by consolidating and developing a partnership between the Wales Millennium Centre and charity Valleys Kids. Both organisations will share and learn from each other and facilitate a robust evaluation process, enabling them to extend the reach and impact.

National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance will lead a partnership of arts organisations and the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology to deliver a three-year programme of arts in criminal justice settings. Through a collective approach and long-term follow up, it aims analyse why and how arts interventions impact the lives of participants.

Following 25 years of successful arts engagement with those affected by homelessness, Cardboard Citizens seeks to develop its ​‘wraparound model’ to meet the increasing demand and complex needs of members. It will further enhance recruitment, induction and progression routes as well as improving evaluation of its long-term impact.

Three Minute Heroes links the writing of young people aged 11–25 about their mental health to singers/​musicians and performance poets, who then set these words to music and perform them. The Warren plans to evaluate the impact of this project to understand its effect on participants and explore the potential for social franchise.

Heads Together works with young people in East Leeds using creative opportunities and methods to improve their skills. Through this grant, it will pilot a Community Arts Academy where young artists can receive training, mentoring and take part in real-life participatory projects.

The Creative Foundation is an established arts charity that aims to transform Folkestone through creative activity. The organisation coordinates a number of learning initiatives with the aim of bringing about personal and social change for local people. This grant will support the foundation to establish an evaluation framework and to test new ways of reaching local communities.

This grant will help Ballet Cymru to evaluate the impact of the DUETS programme in addressing inequality in access to and participation in dance in South East Wales and to analyse its potential to become a national model.

Youth 4 Jobs sets up placement linked skilling centres for disabled young people and works with companies to create an inclusive workforce. This grant will help build the team’s capacity to deliver training and job placement services for disabled people.