Supporting our industry
We are proud of our ongoing dedication to corporate social responsibility, believing that we must use our significant standing and reputation in the music industry to drive positive change. Each year we donate funds to an array of charities and support numerous projects through sponsorship. PPL’s employees also participate in fundraising activities.
Developing new talent with the PRS Foundation
Since 2016, PPL has been a close partner of the PRS Foundation, the UK’s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development. In 2022, the PPL Momentum Music Fund, of which PPL is the headline funder, supported 36 music creators, including Hamish Hawk (Scotland), SIPHO. (Midlands), Panic Shack (Wales), Pit Pony (Newcastle), King Hannah (Liverpool) and Kelli-Leigh (London), with grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 to reach the next level of their career.
We continued to support the PPL Momentum Accelerator and International Showcase Funds as well as the Foundation’s UK-wide network of 49 Talent Development Partners, all with the aim of fuelling the UK’s talent pipeline.
Benedetti Foundation
The Benedetti Foundation, founded by Nicola Benedetti, is a charity which aims to unite those who believe music is integral to a great education. It organises orchestral and musicianship-based workshops for young people, students, teachers and adults.
Blues Project
Comprised of a collective of lovers of new-age soul music, The Blues Project is a platform which promotes the best emerging R&B talent and provides a way for that talent to be fairly compensated for their art, doing so through a range of initiatives.
British Association for Performing Arts Medicine
BAPAM is a healthcare charity providing medical advice to people working and studying in the performing arts. PPL CEO Peter Leathem is its Chair. It helps individuals overcome or avoid work-related health problems and is dedicated to sharing knowledge about healthy practices.
The BRIT School
The BRIT School is the leading performing and creative arts school in the UK and is completely free to attend. An independent school for 14- to 19-year-olds, it is funded by the UK music industry and through other sources of sponsorship. The school is dedicated to educating and training students for the performing arts, media, art and design, and the technologies that make performance possible.
Curve Theatre
Curve is a leading producing theatre located in the heart of Leicester’s Cultural Quarter, dedicated to making and programming world class performances for everyone who lives, works and learns in Leicester and beyond.
Donmar Warehouse
The Donmar Warehouse makes unmissable, high-quality productions of classic plays, new works by leading writers, and intimate musicals to thrill and inspire our audiences. In the converted Covent Garden warehouse space, audiences experience the power of live performance up close, as they sit no more than four rows away from the action.
Hospital Broadcasting Association
The Hospital Broadcasting Association is the national charity that supports and promotes hospital broadcasting in the UK. It comprises more than 170 individual broadcasting stations, representing thousands of volunteers. These stations broadcast programmes to hospital patients designed to make their lives better and aid their recovery.
Ivors Academy Trust
The Ivors Academy Trust supports, educates and nurtures the songwriters, composers and creators who need it most. Focusing on music creators who are over 18 across the UK, the charity supports their creative, professional and leadership development so they can fulfil their potential and build lifelong careers in the industry.
Jazz re:freshed
Jazz re:freshed is a music movement which started in 2003 and aims to reinvigorate the jazz music scene, by challenging the elitism and prejudice within it and misconceptions from outside it, and by promoting underexposed musicians. In 2022, PPL sponsored Jazz re:freshed Weekly, a series of live events shining a light on emerging talent in the UK.
Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra
The Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra is one of the UK’s top big bands, providing education and opportunities to some of the finest up-and-coming jazz musicians in the country.
Music for Youth
Music for Youth is a national charity which provides young people aged 21 and under with free, life-changing performance and progression opportunities, irrespective of their background or musical style.
Music Minds Matter
Established by Help Musicians, Music Minds Matter is a dedicated mental health support line and service for the whole UK music community, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Set up by Help Musicians as a separate entity due to the degree of demand and necessity, it offers emotional support, advice, and access to free counselling for anyone in the UK music industry.
Nordoff & Robbins
PPL is a long-standing supporter of the UK’s largest music therapy charity, which uses the power of music through its therapy services and music and health projects to enrich the lives of children and adults with life-limiting illnesses, disabilities, or feelings of isolation.
PRS Foundation
PRS Foundation is the UK’s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development, enabling songwriters and composers of all backgrounds to realise their potential and reach audiences around the world.
Ukraine Relief Support Fund
Ongoing support was provided to support those affected by the continuing conflict in Ukraine via international federations IFPI and SCAPR.
World Heart Beat Music Academy
The World Heart Beat Music Academy offers free music tuition and instruments to young people aged between 5 and 25 who may not otherwise have access to a musical education.
Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra
The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra is the only full-size symphony orchestra based in London that provides orchestral training, performance experience and professional development opportunities to young classical musicians in the UK aged 18 to 25 who have not yet turned professional.