Ed Sheeran invests almost £1million into helping young children learn music

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Superstar singer Ed Sheeran has been generously investing in the next generation of musicians, giving nearly £1million to his charity foundation.

Ed has already put nearly £500,000 into his Framlington Foundation Trust over the past five years. The foundation helps budding young musicians get a start in the industry.

The Mirror reports that another near-£500k is earmarked to be donated moving forward. Ed, who is worth an estimated £180m, has been giving away his money to help kids get a hold of instruments, rehearsal spaces and gigs.

A source said: “Ed has never forgotten his struggle to reach the top and the impact music made on his life. It is fantastic he’s helping in this way.”Speaking about The Framlington Foundation Trust - named after the Suffolk town where he grew up - Ed said: “The reason I’m doing it in Suffolk is [because] it’s the area I grew up, I still live here and I learnt how to play music here and I feel like I’ve had a lot of support from the area and I feel like I wanna give some support back.” Last year, Ed gave £30,000 to the music department at the Thomas Mills School in Framlingham through the foundation to pay for equipment.