MAE Foundation provides musical instruments and music teachers for refugee children in the camps on the border between Burma and Thailand it helps them learn to sing and play together, develop their English and other skills and discover the healing power of music. http://youtu.be/4HfWxdx2smE
Music of Life works with disabled youngsters improving their lives through developing their musical talents. We provide individual lessons, workshops, placements in professional and amateur performing groups and accessibility support (transport and carers). We support our beneficiaries regularly over several years to make a profound impact on the quality of their lives, overall wellbeing, social adaptation and professional development.
LCO is UK's oldest established chamber orchestra. We are passionate about access to music through our concerts, our long term education project, Music Junction, which supports disadvantaged children and exciting one off projects such as music commissioned for the London 2012 Cultural Olympics.
The Jim Clark Trust is dedicated to promoting the life and achievements of double F1 and Indianapolis 500 Champion Jim Clark, who died tragically in 1968. We focus on Heritage, Education and Inspiration helping to raise funds to support plans for a new museum in Duns, Scottish Borders.
Ludus Dance has been developing opportunities for more people to take part in, create and see dance since 1975. We work with a range of partners to inspire and generate high quality projects across Lancashire and the North West, that bring dance to more people - regardless of background or ability.
Razed Roof is an inclusive theatre company developing theatre and work skills for people with and without learning disabilities, based at Harlow Playhouse
The Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital; London's first home for abandoned children and of three major figures in British history: its campaigning founder the philanthropist Thomas Coram, the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel.
WOMA is a charitable trust with a clear focus, made up of a small team with experience of working in Africa. Our aim is to help women across Africa who have been widowed or disadvantaged through war, famine or hiv/aids. We give small educational/training grants to individual women in order to help them gain skills that will help them support themselves and their families. Even the most modest donation can help lift them out of poverty and give them a real chance to fend for themselves.
The Royal College of Music works hard to raise significant funds to support the highest level of professional training for over 625 undergraduate and postgraduate students from all over the world every year. The College attracts the worlds finest professional musicians to work with its orchestras and ensembles, to lead masterclasses and workshops, and to work with students on the critically acclaimed operas produced by the RCM International Opera School. Much is enabled through the generosity of the individuals, companies and charitable trusts who support the RCM each year. To ensure that the RCM can continue to provide its students with the highest levels of training and performance opportunities and remain one of the leading conservatoires in Europe, we provide a number of ways to get involved in supporting.
Our mission is to serve the local community helping them to grow in body, mind and spirit. Our vision is of an inclusive Christian organisation; transforming communities so that all people truly belong contribute and thrive. We aim to do this by providing a safe and secure multi-purpose resource offering a warm welcoming environment in which members can take part in activities of their choice. Throughout our programmes of work there are 5 underlying themes embedded in all of our delivery:- Additional Needs & Integrated work, International Development, Christian & Spiritual Development, Partnership & Locality working, and Quality Standards Our 4 key programmes; - Health & Wellbeing:- Gym, Personalised Fitness, Women on Weights, , Additional Needs, Access for All, ,Older Active Adults, Families, Exercise & GP referrals, Health Awareness and Screening, Martial Arts, Table tennis, Cycling, Running / Walking. Children &Young People (C&YP):- Holiday Activities, Early Years, School Extended Services, Detached and Outreach, Faith Based Partnership, Extreme Activities, accreditations The Arts:- Visual Arts (Textiles, Sculpture, Fine Art, Fashion, Ceramics), Performing Art (Music, Dance, Drama, Radio, Creative Writing). Community based outreach and recycling projects. Personal & Social Development (P&SD):- IAG, Numeracy, Literacy, IT, Preparation for the world of work, Volunteering.
The John Sykes Foundation has been established with the aim of transforming the lives of people in and around Reading. The foundation aims to support people from all walks of life in areas including education, health, disability, sport, arts and culture, science and any other charitable purpose. To enable the foundation to help the local community they must raise £75,000 over the next year and with your help 100% of the funds will be distributed back into the community. The foundation will help people during illness, who may be lonely or vulnerable or supporting an individual to inspire them to reach their goals and dreams. Simply helping people from deprived backgrounds and making a difference.
ADRA believes in a world without poverty. And we're working in over 120 countries around the world to achieve just that. By giving poor people the resources, skills and opportunities they need to meet their basic needs, they can transform their lives.
The Equal Rights Trust is an independent international organisation whose purpose is to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a basic principle of social justice.
OperaUpClose is an award-winning opera company based at the King’s Head Theatre, focusing on new English versions of well-known works and premieres of new operas, with a commitment to providing stage experience to early-career singers.
LD:NorthEast are a North Tyneside based charity, supporting people of all ages who have a learning disability, many of whom have other physical disabilities, mental health needs or other challenging conditions. Our primary aim is to help the people we support to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, making sure they have access to opportunities many of us take for granted. We support people to make friends, take part in activities that support their health, wellbeing and safety and to live as individuals, being in control of everything they do. Every penny of funds raised is spent directly on supporting people with learning disabilities who choose to receive support from us. For example, 100% of your contributions will support us to provide resources such as art materials, musical instruments, transport for much needed days out (supporting users and carers), social events in the community and much more. Many of the people we work with have very little money to spare, so any additional support we can offer through fundraising is gratefully received. In the coming months, we will be posting details on our website as well as telling you directly about how funds you help us to raise are being used and how your support is directly supporting some of the most marginalised people in our society. Thank you for your support.
Enabling the people of the Madadeni Township, South Africa to develop educational & community opportunities which increase lifelong learning prospects for young people. Using their traditional Zulu songs & dances we enable the township schools to raise their own funds for sustainable projects.
Coda is a unique local resource, providing inspirational and innovative services to local people. We use music in powerful ways in response to need and demand: As a tool for learning and for change in our community, and as therapy to help make life better for people of all ages and abilities.
The Marina Theatre in Lowestoft, Suffolk has been at the heart of the community since 1870. We receive only 10% of our income in public sector grants. Just to sustain our programmeand keep the doors open we need to bring in at least £1.5 million each year from box office trading and fundraising. Please help us to keep the Arts alive in Lowestoft by donating to our beautiful venue.
Everyman is an appeal run by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR). Every year some 10,000 men lose their lives to prostate cancer and over 2,000 others have their world turned upside down by a diagnosis of testicular cancer. These men are the reason we are fundraising for male specific cancers.
We support children and families to fulfil their wishes towards the end of the child's life to provide lasting memories and memorials Every year a number of children die in Ayrshire and Arran leaving their families devastated.We aim to help these families make special memories with their children towards the end of their life and following their death.Having a child with a long term illness places considerable stress and financial strain on families which can make it very difficult for them to provide the opportunities for memory making.Your support will help us fund, for example, memory making activities, headstones for the child, benches, special memory boxes or memorial jewellery. The help we give will be individual to each family and will be tailored to fulfil their wishes.Thank you for supporting us. Charity No: SCO46693 Find out more Facebook https://www.facebook.com/memoriesarebetterthandreams/
Global Care is an innovative Christian charity aiming to provide effective care, education and empowerment for the most vulnerable children in the world regardless of their faith.
Read for Good runs Readathon, the UK's sponsored reading event for schools, encouraging children to read for pleasure whilst raising money for seriously ill children in the UK; ReadWell provides new books and stories for children in hospital making life a little better for them % their visitors.
Pan Intercultural Arts (Pan) empowers vulnerable, hard to reach young people to change their lives using the arts for social change.Over 20 years, Pan has established expert methods for using the arts to build resilience and develop social cohesion with young people from marginalised and deprived backgrounds.Pan participants include: unaccompanied asylum-seekers; victims of torture; trafficked young women; young people leaving care, gang-affected youth at risk of serious youth violence and those not in education, employment or training (NEET).We work across London and internationally. Over the next 5-years we plan to expand our projects to 9 other UK cities, reaching 10,000 people per year. Pan’s artistic programmes provide long-term creative skills development and group support to help young people who have little opportunitiy, achieve their potential.
Link Radio - The Residents Radio Service 1984 - 2009 and ongoing. Link Radio is a radio service for the residents in sheltered housing in the Castle Point, Rochford and Billericay areas of Essex, providing a service for in excess of 24 homes. Run by volunteers, who give their time in abundance and allways with great enthusiasm. The service runs 24hrs a day 7 days a week 52 weeks of the year. When a live show is not being transmitted there is a wealth of pre- recorded programmes to choose from. The content of the programmes is aimed at the age group of the residents (55yrs and over ) Music that they remember from their childhood and youth, and talk show topics that they have an interest in. Gardening and Story time always seem to be popular. Local opeople are also invited in to talk on local topics.