shmu has been awarded £30,000 in funding from Creative Scotland’s Youth Arts Access Fund to reinstate music programmes for young people throughout the organisation.

The new ‘Making Waves’ project at shmu will support a range of opportunities, including one-to-one and group music-making for young people aged 11-25.

A consortium bid led by shmu on behalf of Culture Aberdeen has secured £300,000 of funding from Creative Scotland’s Culture Collective programme, which aims to provide an opportunity for organisations to explore and test new models of cultural engagement and participation and to learn from each other.

Shmu’s HQ in Woodside, Aberdeen, hosted Aberdeenshire Council’s media announcement that over 300 pupils from the area’s secondary schools have gained Foundation Apprenticeships. The event was held on Tuesday 4th August.

As an SQA-accredited centre, shmu played an integral role by helping deliver Foundation Apprenticeships to 40 young people from four schools. 

shmu has been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK - the equivalent to an MBE.

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service recognises outstanding work done by volunteer groups in their local communities and was established in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.