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Ed Sheeran launches foundation to support music education in the UK: "Music education has shaped who I am" Ed Sheeran has launched a new foundation to support music education in the UK, stressing how important it was to his early career.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the official website! This incredible project supports mission to provide meaningful music education to every child and we’re honoured to have played a role in bringing it to life.

At Root Studio, we worked to design and build a platform that truly reflects the heart of the foundation, supporting education in music, inspiring creativity and making a real, lasting impact.

Together, we can help amplify the power of music education for every child. 💙

Thrilled to announce the launch of the Ed Sheeran Foundation! We’ve been working behind the scenes with this amazing organisation over the last few weeks to launch their new website amongst other marketing tools and we’re excited to see how the Foundation progresses in the coming months…

I set up my music foundation because recently there’s been less and less importance being put on music education. Even when I was in school it was seen as a ‘doss subject’ and not taken seriously. There’s a misconception that it’s ’not a real job’ - when the music industry accounts for 216,000 jobs in so many different fields, and bringing as much as £7.6 billion in a year to the UK economy. Not to mention the power our art has worldwide to bring joy to people. It’s something we should be proud of and championing in the UK, not sweeping under the rug and pretending we are just bankers (no offence to bankers obvz). It was incredible for my mental health as a kid, feeling a sense of purpose and achievement, even just learning piano or cello at a young age way before songwriting. I want kids to be able to learn instruments, learn production and songwriting, performing, and have apprenticeship schemes help them learn different skills to enter the industry. I employ 150 people on tour who all have different skill sets, there’s also labels, management, publishing, promoters. Music is such a key part of our society. The more I do travelling around and visiting schools and grass roots projects, the more I see there’s passion and inspiring people, who are being undervalued and underserved. I’m hoping this foundation is a start to giving them the support they need to keep going, and show them they are hugely important to us. More to follow, loads of love x