ORGANISERS of a music project that has helped vulnerable children in care fear financial woes will force it to fold.

Behind the Noise (BTN) works in 24 schools across Glasgow and Renfrewshire and despite supporting 250 young people every year, bosses Ewan Macleod and Rico Capuano claim a rejection from Creative Scotland has put a question mark over the future.

Mr Macleod said: “We are in our fifth year this year but we are worried we won’t be able to continue for our sixth.

“We’re looking for funding for the next year as we had applied to Creative Scotland for funding but were refused.

“Glasgow has a world-renowned music scene but to keep talent here, and to keep it staffed, we need music apprenticeships and the kind of training that we are providing.
“It would be terrible if we weren’t able to keep going.”

BTN helps young people sample performance, management and production and gives them opportunities for work experience – such as at T in the Park.

Of the 77 school leavers involved in the scheme this year, 61 applied to study performance, sound engineering or business and 55 were accepted.

The scheme, which is run by a team of five, also expanded into Hollybrook Academy, an additional needs school in Govanhill.

And It helped three teenagers from Kibble Education and Care Centre, a secure accommodation unit for Scotland’s most vulnerable children, score places at college.

Over the five years BTN has had 120 students go on to University of the West of Scotland and Napier to study for related degrees and the four trainees from its apprenticeship programme are now in employment.