School Ground Sounds

GROUNDED SOUNDS

Rooted In Community, Inspired By Music

Grounded Sounds (formerly School Ground Sounds) is a music organisation and charity working at the intersection of music education and music industry. Our purpose is to create opportunities for young people from in and around London to develop creatively, and gain insights and access into the music industry through free workshops, development programmes, live events, mentoring, networking and performance opportunities. We provide a safe space and a nurturing community, which supports participants and facilitates potential for growth, creativity, artistry, personal and professional development transferable to any setting. Former participants of our programmes have gone on to run successful music events, secure music contracts, release music, as well as play for the likes of Burna Boy.

Our work is unique in its close networks with the music industry and this alignment offers young people, who would not otherwise have access, the opportunity to be heard, celebrated and supported in their musical and creative endeavours by professionals at the top of their game. We also offer a distinct pathway through our interconnected programmes as young people can potentially:  

-attend School Ground Sounds as part of our after school programme aged 11-15, providing workshops on song writing, production, vocal and recording skills.

-develop musical knowledge and skills at The Bridge summer holiday music programme for 15-17 year olds.-join our in-depth artist development programme and showcase, Spotlight for 18-26 year olds.

-work with us and industry partners to produce and record a solo EP with mentoring, workshops and a budget, for 18+. 

Every donation we receive helps us reach more young people through our programmes, and to expand and develop what we offer. THANK YOU!

We are also seeking music industry/corporate partners to help us during the next 12 months to enable us to continue to provide our services for free:

-Sponsor a school for a term in 2025/6 providing 12-15 young people with our song writing programme: £7,000 per school per term.

-Sponsor a school for a year (Sept 25 to July 26) enabling us to reach 30-45 young people with our song writing programme: £21,000 per year. -Sponsor a young person through our 8 week spotlight programme in winter/spring 2026: £4,000 per young person.

-Sponsor a young person through our 4 week programme 'The Bridge' in summer 2026: £3,000 per young person.

-Sponsor a young person through our 9 month EP Accelerator programme: £9,000 per young person.

-Become a corporate friend of Grounded Sounds enabling us to spend the funds where they are needed most: £500-£1000 per month (£6,000 - £12,000 per year) and enjoy coming along to our events and seeing what your company help young people to achieve.

Please contact [email protected] for more information.