British singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran to reportedly spend the rest of the year helping school music schemes.
According to new reports, Award-winning singer Ed Sheeran will spend the rest of the year helping school music schemes. Sheeran is said to be taking a break from recording to spend several months helping to improve funding for lessons in schools.
The singer had previously donated generously to improve the music offering at his former school, Thomas Mills High in Framlingham, Suffolk. Speaking about it, the “Perfect” singer said:
“I started doing that in the county I’m from, and we’ve just now changed to doing it nationwide. I’m now visiting more high schools that really need music funding and you can see what a difference it makes.”
His passion to achieve is inspired by his own experiences at school.
“I’m not an academic person – in the real world I would be viewed as stupid. But I excelled at music and therefore people think I’m good at something. I found it massively helpful to be at a state-funded school that really encouraged that,” he said.
“They’ve basically cut funding for that in England so I’m doing what I can to get funding for it. The new government will be better at it, I think.”
Earlier this year, Sheeran’s charity, The Framlingham Foundation announced earlier this year that he had donated £1 million to the art department at his old school.
IOL writes that the grant aims to provide students with new learning resources, as well as a “new Expressive Arts course in Year 8 introduced this year.” He had done a similar thing in 2022.
In a comment to Daily Star newspaper, Nikki Scholl, head of art at the school said,
“At a time when music and the arts are recognised as being so vital in pupils’ wellbeing… this school is very well placed to support pupils’ artistic development and wellbeing. Thank you.”
