Campaigning and support to protect the rights and earnings of songwriters and composers.
The most prestigious celebrations of songwriters, composers and their champions.
Music starts with its creators. The Ivors Academy exists to champion this community, ensuring they are protected, empowered and celebrated.
As a non-for profit organisation, we rely on your support to deliver our mission – fighting for songwriters and composers’ rights, providing benefits, knowledge, advice, mentoring, writing camps and networking events.
As a friend or supporter, your help makes this a reality.
If you love music and stand with its creators, support our mission and be part of The Ivors Academy’s community as a friend or supporter.
Friends
£50 / year
Corporate supporters
Bespoke packages available
Academic supporters
Bespoke packages available
Amazon Music is the title sponsor for The Ivors in a collaboration that amplifies and scales our celebration of songwriters and screen composers globally.
Each Rising Star Award with Amazon Music nominee receives year-long, tailored support to develop their creativity and career, delivered in partnership by Amazon Music and The Ivors Academy.
PRS for Music have supported the Academy for many decades, working with us closely across campaigns, policy, education and award sponsorship.
In addition to sponsoring The Ivors Classical Awards, they sponsor two Ivor Novello categories: Most Performed Work and Icon Awards.
We work with ABRSM to promote opportunities to write for music education and since 2021 have run an annual Composer Mentoring Programme. ABRSM also sponsors Best Community and Participation Composition at the Ivors Classical Awards
We’re proud to work with Dolby to equip our members with the knowledge and opportunities to produce immersive, high-quality audio experiences, enabling them to fully express their creativity in composition
ICE is a purpose-driven organisation, founded by rightsholders, for rightsholders. We share a passion to ensure that songwriters and music creators are fairly paid for their work.
We collaborate with Neumann to stay at the forefront of audio technology. This allows us to help our members achieve their creative, audio, and production goals.
Our work with TikTok centres on increasing educational opportunities and awareness of best practice when promoting and curating your brand.
We collaborate with YouTube Music to help songwriters and composers find, connect with and grow their audience via creative opportunities, including songwriting camps.
Attitude is Everything connects disabled people with music and live event industries to improve accessibility.
The British Copyright Council is the voice for copyright in the UK.
The Council Of Music Makers brings together the organisations that represent those who compose, record, perform and produce the music we all love.
Representing 23 creator-led groups, trade associations and unions, the Creators’ Rights Alliance promotes and protects creators’ interests through policy, advocacy and campaigning.
ECSA defends and promotes the rights of composers and songwriters with the aim of improving their social and economic conditions, as well as their artistic freedom.
UK Music is the collective voice of the UK’s world-leading music industry. They represent all sectors of our industry – bringing them together to collaborate, campaign, and champion music.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information and cooperation.
Youth Music is a national charity funded thanks to the National Lottery via Arts Council England, players of People’s Postcode Lottery and support from partners, fundraisers and donors.
ACM is a music school with campuses in Guildford, Birmingham, and London. It offers BA (Hons) degree programs and other courses in music performance, sound engineering, and related fields
