Founded by Churchill Fellow, David Stanley BEM, the Music Man Project is an international music education service for children and adults with learning disabilities, providing accessible music tuition leading to inspirational performances. Run by volunteers, the charity gives grants for accessible arts education, promotes equal access to performance, carries out research and raises awareness of the achievements of disadvantaged people in the arts. The Music Man Project meets a demand from parents for regular and accessible musical opportunities for their children. The project nurtures innate musicality, delivering education, enjoyment and performances through the teaching of original music at special schools, colleges, care homes, weekly music schools and daily adult classes in the community. It offers the same opportunities enjoyed by aspiring mainstream musicians by providing the best tuition, instruments, musical repertoire and performance platforms available. The Music Man Project operates across the UK, and has reached South Africa, India, Nepal, the Philippines and America. It supports schools, the Salvation Army, local Mencap societies, Music Education Hubs and individuals in fulfilment of its objective to establish a Music Man Project in every county in England, in every country in the UK and in every continent in the world. The charity has helped hundreds of musicians with learning disabilities to perform ground-breaking concerts at the London Palladium and Royal Albert Hall, to perform to members of the Royal Family, break a Guinness World Record and appear on a major TV advert. The Music Man Project is also the subject of PhD research at the Royal College of Music.