Metallica Expands Metallica Scholars Initiative with $3.3 Million in Grants

Metallica Expands Metallica Scholars Initiative with $3.3 Million in Grants

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Metallica has announced the eighth year of its Metallica Scholars Initiative through the band’s All Within My Hands charity foundation.

The workforce education program will distribute more than $3.3 million in grants to over 90 community and technical colleges during the 2026 campaign. This year’s expansion also includes the program’s first international partner, the Capital City College Group in the United Kingdom.

“This thing started as a dream,” frontman James Hetfield said in a statement. “Now our program is changing lives. To expand our impact on a global scale and support even more students is so rewarding.”

“We’re so proud of all the Metallica Scholars who have come through it and all the ones who will participate in it,” Hetfield continued. “It’s humbling to know we’ve been part of the journey of thousands of trade professionals doing good, hard work in the world.”

More information about the Metallica Scholars Initiative is available through the All Within My Hands foundation.

Content for this summary was derived from original reporting by ABC Audio, as featured on 105.7 The Point

 

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