Mick Jagger has donated £100,000 to his former school - Dartford Grammar School, in Kent - in the hope of encouraging more children to start making music at an early age. The donations comes two and half years after the star opened the school’s Mick Jagger Centre with a £500,000 grant. In a statement Jagger said: "I was really impressed with the facilities and the staff when I first visited the centre and I hope that my contribution will help this great work continue and allow even more children to experience the thrill of making their own music. It is so important that they have somewhere like this where they can share their musical ideas and vision and be able to practise for as long as they like."
The school's head teacher Tony Smith told reporters: "We are deeply involved in the arts within the community and with Mick Jagger's act of kindness we will be able to change the lives of local children and adults. This project will fill a vacuum, making serious music opportunities available at a very early stage of education and providing instruments free."