PPL Giving
PPL Giving: a purpose-driven business strategy
PPL has a long history of supporting charitable causes, cumulatively donating £7.2 million to dozens of organisations across the UK since the turn of this century. Building on work done to help the performer community throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2023 we worked with the Performer Board to put in place a strategy which consolidates these commitments to organisations that are creating positive change in the music industry into one programme, called PPL Giving. PPL Giving supports three categories of activity: talent development, enabling new performance or employment opportunities, and artist welfare. In 2023 we committed to supporting 27 organisations:
Baby People
Baby People is the UK’s first dedicated hip hop school which uses art and culture to engage and support the needs of the most deprived in our communities.
BAPAM
BAPAM is a healthcare charity that provides medical advice and support to people working and studying in the performing arts. PPL CEO Peter Leathem OBE is its chair.
Benedetti Foundation
The Benedetti Foundation delivers transformative music education experiences to provide equal access to music participation and appreciation.
B:Music
Based in Birmingham, B:Music inspires a love of live music through performance, participation and learning and provides development pathways for people from all backgrounds to progress their musical education.
BRIT School
The BRIT School is a free-to-attend independent school dedicated to educating 14- to 19-year-olds in performing arts, media, and art and design, and is funded by the UK music industry and other sponsorship.
Curve
Curve is a leading producing theatre based in Leicester that is dedicated to making and producing world-class performances.
Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse produces classic plays, and new works from leading writers and musicals in its intimate converted warehouse space in Covent Garden, London.
Drake Music Scotland
Drake Music Scotland uses pioneering innovative technologies and specialist teaching methods to empower disabled musicians to fulfil their ambitions, whilst challenging preconceptions and wider societal attitudes towards music, access and inclusion.
ELAM
ELAM is an academy for 16- to 19-year-olds that provides musical, technical and personal development needed for ‘industry readiness’. It partners with leading organisations to provide industry-standard courses.
Generator
Generator is a Newcastle-based talent development agency that creates successful and sustainable creative, cultural, music and performance industries and pathways in the North East.
Heart n Soul
Heart n Soul is a creative community that nurtures the talent and creativity of learning disabled and autistic people to encourage a more open, creative and equal world for everyone.
Inside Track
Inside Track is an artist development programme that provides creative and career opportunities to five participants from under-represented groups each year, founded by Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter and producer Cassell the Beatmaker.
Jazz re:freshed
Jazz re:freshed is a music movement that aims to reinvigorate the jazz music scene and promote underexposed musicians. It runs weekly live events, shining a light on emerging talent.
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Foundation
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Foundation creates fundraising initiatives to support grassroots projects, making a difference to the lives of children and young people through the power of music and art.
Moving On Music
Based in Northern Ireland, Moving On Music specialises in the promotion and development of under-represented genres including jazz, chamber, contemporary, roots and experimental music.
Music Local
Music Local develops music support systems and infrastructures, tailored to the needs of individual music communities (both performers and industry professionals) across Yorkshire.
Music Managers Forum (MMF)
The MMF is the world’s largest professional network for music managers to share experiences, opportunities and information. PPL supports the MMF Accelerator Programme and the Advanced Managers retreat.
Music Minds Matter
Music Minds Matter is a mental health service established by Help Musicians that provides the UK music community with emotional support, advice, and access to free counselling, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
NQ Legacy
NQ Legacy helps young people to gain opportunities in music, film and TV, supporting their development through subsidised studio sessions, practical skills training and mentoring.
PRS Foundation
PRS Foundation is the UK’s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development. PPL supports the PPL Momentum Music Fund, International Showcase Fund, and Talent Development Network.
South Asian Arts UK
South Asian Arts UK educates, celebrates, promotes and preserves the traditions of South Asian music and dance in the UK, creating an inclusive safe space for both emerging and established artists to grow.
Tomorrow’s Warriors
Tomorrow’s Warriors supports young, emerging, and established jazz artists to fulfil their musical potential by providing talent development programmes and creative performance opportunities.
UD
UD is a Black-led national youth music organisation that provides music education and talent development and showcases events for 14- to 25-year-olds experiencing racial inequality and socio-economic disadvantages.
World Heart Beat Music Academy
World Heart Beat Music Academy offers free music tuition and instruments to people aged between 5 and 25 who may not otherwise have access to a musical education.
Young Urban Arts Foundation (YUAF)
YUAF delivers empowering outreach workshops and work experience to help young people to build a long-term rapport and support systems.
Youth Music
Youth Music supports arts venues, music businesses, youth clubs, music education hubs and more to run music-making projects and create career progression opportunities.
