We understand that some of the most valuable services and memberships within music and the performing arts can also be expensive and inaccessible. To help with this access, Employability and Enterprise are pleased to announce the PRS for Music, Ivors and Spotlight Fund, enabling access to life time membership with PRS for Music (as a writer/composer), Early Career or Standard Membership with the Ivors Academy, or your first graduate year of Spotlight.
Who is this for?
This fund is available to undergraduate third year students studying at Leeds Conservatoire. The eligibility criteria are as follows:
PRS for Music & The Ivors Academy
- Global Majority students
- Students from a low-income background (e.g. in receipt of the Leeds Conservatoire bursary)
- Students who have reported a disability
- Students who have a minoritized gender in the Music Industry (Women, Non-Binary, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming)
Spotlight
- Global Majority students
- Students from a low-income background (e.g. in receipt of the Leeds Conservatoire bursary)
- Students who have reported a disability
These groups have been selected as part of our Access and Participation priorities and their definition supplied by the Office for Students or industry publications. As this activity is fully funded as part of this work, there cannot be any exceptions to them.
Due to the way this scheme is funded, unfortunately it cannot be offered to overseas/international students.
What is this fund for?
This fund will only allow for support with gaining membership to:
- PRS for Music Membership (one time fee to join as a writer/composer).
- The Ivors Academy Membership (one year membership fee to join with an Early Career Membership or Standard Membership)
- Spotlight Graduate Membership - your first year's of membership post study.
You cannot apply for more than one.
What happens if you have already paid for membership?
You are still eligible for this fund so long as you joined and paid for membership to either organisation within this academic year (24/25).
You will be required to provide your user number and evidence of the date on which you joined.
PRS For Music
PRS For Music is a UK based royalty collection agency who represent writers and composers across all genres.
- Under 25 Membership Fee: £30
- Membership Fee: £100
- Membership Period: Lifetime
The Ivors Academy
Connect with music creators, support our campaigns, access exclusive opportunities and take your career to the next level.
- Early Career (18-24) Membership Fee: £52
- Standard Membership Fee: £95
- Membership Fee: 1 Year
Spotlight
Spotlight connects performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions around the world.
- Graduate Membership Fee: £129.60 / €150 INC VAT PER ANNUM)
- Membership Period: 1 year - Graduate Membership
- Membership discounts are available to performers who identify as deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent. You can apply for this by emailing questions@spotlight.com. Deaf and disabled performers are also invited to join www.profileperformers.com – a free video database service (both for actors and industry users) hosted by Spotlight and the National Theatre, designed to champion and showcase Deaf and disabled talent.
There are two application windows throughout the academic year, in the first and second semester:
- Semester 1: 28/10/24 - 17/11/24
- Semester 2: 03/03/25 - 23/03/25
If you are unable to submit your application via the form, we will accept a video submission instead. Please contact EaE@lcm.ac.uk for further information, or to submit a video application.
You are required to complete a short application form (or provide a video submission) in order to be considered for this fund.
We will be required to check that all applicants belong to at least one of the characteristics identified in the support parameters.
If successful, we will notify you shortly after the application window closes, and request bank details. Funds will be transferred shortly after. We will then require the following:
- Confirmation of your membership - i.e. sharing of your User ID/Number for the associated organisation, and confirmation of you membership (screen shot, email etc.)
- Commitment to complete a short survey in one year's time demonstrating how this fund has helped you.
Please make sure you have read and understood all of the supporting materials/support parameters before applying for this fund.
Applications that don't meet the criteria outlined will not be considered for support.
Click here to complete the application form
If you are unable to complete the application form, please submit a video application to E&E@lcm.ac.uk.
If you have any questions regarding this support please feel free to with our Employability and Enterprise Team: EaE@lcm.ac.uk.
