Charity

A group who organised a “Downing Street rave” livestream have raised over £105,000 for the homeless charity, Shelter. 

DJ Jon Mancini organised a DJ livestream via Facebook, Twitch and Youtube on the 29th December and asked listeners to donate to the charity while tuned in. 

A Liverpool club is repurposing its space for a children’s charity this Christmas.

From 16th-19th December, Blackstone Street Warehouse will open its doors to KIND, a Liverpool-based charity committed to helping the lives of children and families across the city. 

A festival, focused on raising money for charities that deal with homelessness, is set to take place this December.

Beats For Beds will spread across multiple global locations, and encompass a three-day live stream with ticketed events taking place in London, Manchester, Leeds, Melbourne, British Columbia and elsewhere.

Portishead have made their cover of ABBA's 'SOS' available to stream for charity.

After debuting their version of the track back in 2016, the Bristol trip-hop group have uploaded 'SOS' to SoundCloud to raise money for mental health charity, Mind.

The Music Venue Trust has outlined necessary government support for grassroots clubs.

Following their recent warning that grassroots venues will face closure as a result of the delay on the proposed 21st June opening date in the UK, the charity shared the six-point plan to manage the impact on extended COVID-19 restrictions on UK venues.

A series of streams for late DJ Alex T are taking place this week to raise money for Meningitis Now.

Throughout this week, DJs will be performing live streams in tribute to late DJ Alex T, real name Alex Theodossiadis, an integral member of the UK dance community who passed away in January last year after a short battle with Meningitis.

UK music and young people's charity Youth Music has opened applications for its Incubator Fund grants.

After announcing the first recepients for its Incubator Fund, which included London station No Signal Radio, Bristol digital broadcaster Noods Radio, London jazz group Ezra Collective, labels Black Acre and Saffron Records, and the UK-based, rap-focused video channel Link Up TV, Youth Music has opened the applications for a second round of funding.

GAIKA's new project addresses London members' club and homelessness charity The House Of St Barnabas' links to slavery.

Goldie has created an exclusive T-shirt to raise funds to feed elephants at Tree Tops Elephant Reserve in Phuket.

The drum & bass legend has made a graffiti-inspired design emblazoned with his signature to help feed the seven elephants that reside in the Thailand sanctuary.

Skrillex is offering up a private, in-person session at his LA studio to the highest bidder, with money going towards The Pablove Foundation, an organisation fighting childhood cancer.