New York New York The Musical Youth Foundation is delighted to announce we have teamed up with the good people at United Airlines, VisitUSA.ie and Radio Nova to give you and a friend the trip of a lifetime to New York! All will be revealed on the radio Nova Breakfast …
Music Changes Lives, President of Ireland President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins in conversation with the Musical Youth Foundation children’s charity about the power of music and music education. Among the topics discussed were his earliest musical memories, stand-out concerts and his desire to see musical instruments made available to …
Guitars for Kids Expanding Ten new music education programmes for vulnerable children in Ireland Access to life-changing music education programmes has been made available to an additional 120+ vulnerable children across ten new locations in Ireland with thanks to vital financial support from the Smurfit Kappa Foundation and the Irish …
Joe Strummer Grant for MYF The Joe Strummer Foundation awards grant to Musical Youth Foundation to provide over 100 hours of music education to children across Dublin. The generous donation will facilitate professional guitar lessons and workshops in singing, song-writing and live performance for over 100 children. The Musical Youth …
No Tent Required Music Festival Venue: The Grand Social, 35 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1. Date: Friday September 4th 2015 Doors: 8.30pm / Show: 9pm sharp Tickets: €5. (available on the night) The Musical Youth Foundation team is delighted to announce the return of our NO TENT REQUIRED Music Festival, …
August Update Greetings from Musical Youth Foundation HQ in Dublin, Ireland and Welcome to our quarterly Guitars for Kids project update. This is our chance to inform you on how we’ve invested your donations, the impact your support is having and of course any other exciting news we’ve got to …
Music at Christ Church 5 High School Youth Choirs from the USA and Canada were in Dublin on Friday to perform a special FREE concert at Christ Church Cathedral under the direction of Prof. of Music Rollo Dilworth. Each choir performed a short set in the beautiful cathedral to a …
Free Concert at Christ Church Cathedral 5 High School Youth Choirs are travelling to Dublin from the USA and Canada to perform a special FREE concert at Christ Church Cathedral under the direction of director and composer Rollo Dilworth. Each choir will perform a short set before joining together on-stage …
April Newsletter – have you read our April Newsletter yet? Greetings from Musical Youth Foundation HQ… Welcome to the April edition of our Newsletter. This month more than ever we really need your help so please don’t dismiss this email before taking action. If you can’t afford to make a …
2015 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon The Musical Youth Foundation is looking for women (or men dressed as women) to join our team and run, walk or even crawl the 2015 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon on Bank holiday Monday June 1st 2015. If you would like to help raise vital funds …
Table Quiz Success On Wednesday March 5th 2015 members of our volunteer team put on a Table Quiz in McGrattans Cafe Bar on Fitzwilliam Lane to help raise much needed funds for our on-going Guitars for Kids music education programme. Over the last 3 years the Bring Your Brain Power …
Quiz Night for the MYF Quiz night for the Musical Youth Foundation is back for 2015. Our popular Bring Your Brain Power Quiz night is run by our volunteer team and is coming back to McGrattans Pub (upstairs) on Baggot Street on Wednesday March 4th 2015. We’re looking for teams …
Musical Youth Foundation – Interim Management Accounts Jan – Dec 2014 Overview: Income €38,952.44 Overheads €31,185.15 Net Profit / Loss €7,767.29 Incoming Analysis Donations €4,681.44 Events / Fundraising €10,481.00 Corporate Donations €14,790.00 Grants (Note: includes €3k Failte Ireland Festival Grant) €9,000.00 Total Income €38,952.44 Overheads Analysis Staff Costs €11,464.37 …
Happy New Year from the Musical Youth Foundation! I hope 2015 will be a year full of joy, excitement and prosperity for us all. Although 2014 ended on somewhat of a high note for the MYF, with a €6,000. funding award from the Department of Children / National Lottery Funding, …
Something in the air… Lately a trip to the post box hasn’t been anything to look forward to, just the usual junk mail and bills but this morning was different! This morning there was something in the air, perhaps it’s the smell of Christmas or maybe it was just the …
Music Changes Lives With Christmas just a couple of weeks away I’ve been busy visiting our Music Education Partners to check up on progress, chat to the young people taking part, the youth workers, leaders and teachers and to make sure your donations are being put to best use across …