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The Young Women's Music Project (YWMP) is an educational charity based in Oxford that run twice-monthly free workshops for women aged 14-21, which provide an inclusive and supportive space for young women to make music together, learn new skills, express themselves, and grow in confidence.  

In our music workshops, we make and record music, plan and hold gigs and events, and discuss issues affecting young people. YWMP is trans inclusive, and fully intersectional.

YWMP have been artists in residence at Fusion Arts since 2015, and bring cutting-edge projects, gigs, exhibitions and talks to Oxford in high profile institutions such as Modern Art Oxford,  the Ashmolean Museum, and the Pitt Rivers Museum, in partnerships with hospitals, schools, and organizations for vulnerable young people such as VIP+  and Readipop.  The projects help young people to challenge issues affecting them in a creative and productive way, such as class, race, sexuality,  gender, mental health, and consent.

Since 2016, YWMP have also run Team Drum, a weekly drum troupe for young women and one-to-one music tuition sessions.

In 2017, YWMP will be facilitating opportunities to be awarded bronze, silver, and gold Arts Awards.

YWMP are currently Oxfordshires BBC Introducing Act of the Year.

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