Hay Castle stands at the heart of Hay-on-Wye, the Town of Books and home of Hay Festivals. Our project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and others, will see this nationally important site become a culturally and economically vibrant centre for heritage, learning and the arts.
Opera North: England’s national opera company based in the north of England stages 300 operas, concerts, gigs, talks and film to over 200,000 people each year. Education and engagement programmes aim to give those who haven’t been exposed to the arts a chance to get involved. www.operanorth.co.uk
Since 1969 Garvald Edinburgh has been supporting adults with learning disabilities. Our work is built on Steiner principles. We offer creative day opportunities to around 150 people, both in our own buildings and in community settings. Our high-quality workshops provide diverse craft, artistic and educational activities including: pottery, glassworking, joinery, puppetry, land work, tool refurbishment, furniture restoration, textiles, painting and more. Our bakery, confectionery and canteen workshops offer the opportunity to gain experience in food production. Our shop, the Mulberry Bush, provides retail work experience. Garvald runs a wide and changing programme of opportunities across the week, including bio-dance, yoga, swimming, walking groups, aerobics, eurythmy and horse riding. Our College and Community Liaison Worker works with outside agencies to make available college and community opportunities. Our community events throughout the year regularly bring together people from across Garvald and the wider community. Our supported living and outreach service includes accommodation-based support, from just a few hours a week up to 24-hour support. We work with around 40 people in our community house, their own homes, and flats made available through links with housing associations. We highly value the opinions and contributions of the people we support. From participating in recruitment interview panels to helping to organise fundraising events, the people we support have a real and valued role in shaping Garvald Edinburgh.
The Rhythm Studio Foundation (registered charity number 1145472) works alongside The Rhythm Studio to fund music activities for children and young people in London. We offer financial support for music projects based in and out of schools, providing young people with musical opportunities that would not otherwise be possible. Watch the video below to find out more about music provision funded by the Foundation.
The Swimathon Foundation (TSF) is the charity which owns the annual national Swimathon event. The official charity of Swimathon 2017 is Marie Curie. The charity provides care and support for people living with any terminal illness, and their families.
Dinnington Comprehensive School is always looking at innovative ways of raising money efficiently. Any support to our cause is appreciated wholeheartedly. This is the parent page for the America Sports Tour Manpower challenge: all donations will go towards the Tour 2014. Thank you.
Since 1985 All Change has been bringing artists and communities together to develop original and innovative arts projects, which transform lives and make a real difference to communities in North London.
Calibre Audio Library brings the pleasure of reading to people who have sight problems or physical disabilities through a free, nationwide postal service of recorded books. We offer a choice of over 8,000 titles, fiction and non-fiction, recorded unabridged by professional actors and broadcasters. The Calibre website, www.calibre.org.uk, provides details of all our services including on-line access to our complete catalogue of audio books, and how you can help.
The Friends play an important role in the life and work of Leighton House and 18 Stafford Terrace. The funds raised go towards developing and preserving all aspects of both houses, thus furthering the appreciation of Victorian art and social history and bringing them to a new generation.
Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre supports literary and artistic growth in the UK and beyond through creative writing courses held at our Centre in the Scottish Highlands and on an outreach basis. Writers of every age, ability and background benefit from working with published authors, including schools groups and mental health service users, in workshops and one-on-one discussions. Your donation would support our mission to nurture personal growth through the written word by providing essential repairs to the Centre buildings, necessary capital developments and opportunities to help under-represented writers find their voice.
Edinburgh Grand Opera is an amateur opera company committed to presenting fully staged operas on a regular basis. Each year the Company is fortunate in attracting marvellous singers to perform the principal roles, a mixture of professional, semi-professional and amateur singers.
It helps talented and gifted young people in Sports and the Performing Arts to reach their potential by part funding their education, training or coaching.
We are an Educational Youth Marching Band organisation aiming to improve the awareness and standards of music and dance throughout the UK.
Our charities aim is to organise fun and challenging events to raise money and awareness for the little guys, whose charities volunteers work hard for their local communities, making a big difference to the lives of the people they help.
History stops HERE! Many Jewish children grow up without any connection to their rich heritage. Imagine: A chain stretching back thousands of years, about to be broken. Tzivos Hashem ensures the chain continues, children discover the beauty, meaning and fun in our ancient tradition and culture.
CGWM is dedicated to providing music training and performance experiences of the very highest quality for the benefit of all members of the community. Mae CGWM yn ymroi i gynnig hyfforddiant cerddorol a phrofiad perfformio o’r radd flaenaf er budd holl aelodau’r gymuned. www.cgwm.org.uk
Derbyshire Community Foundation is a Derbyshire-based charity, providing vital grant funding to voluntary and community groups across Derbyshire, supporting the most vulnerable in our society and helping enrich the lives of people living in our communities. We fund a wide range of groups, including those involved in supporting carers, survivors of domestic abuse, children and young people and isolated elderly residents. Our grants also provide the people of Derbyshire with access to music, the arts, sport, advice, childcare, transport, counselling and a host of other services.
Finn-Guild is the largest Finnish-British organisation with 10,000 members divided between the two countries. Finn-Guild promotes Finnish language and culture in Britain, supports all levels of cultural exchanges between the two countries, and works for the benefit of the Finnish-British community.
The 'Abbey Experience' is a community project aimed at encouraging greater use and understanding of this wonderful 900 year old building and its history. We have been awarded a grant of £1.6M from the Heritage Lottery Fund; we now need to raise at least £50k to top up our match funding.
We are the Liverpool Medical Students' Society and this year we have chosen to raise money for Claire House Childrens' Hospice and The Whitechapel Centre through numerous events held throughout the year such as a Charity Talent Auction, a Take Me Out, a 3 Peaks Challenge and many other events.
Established in 1990, Camberwell Choir School (CCS) is a music and arts project for children and young people aged 0-18 in inner-city south London. The emphasis is on learning musical skills while having fun. Children, staff and volunteers all reflect the diversity of the local community, and we're proud to have as our patron international opera star Sir Willard White. We particularly aim our sessions at children and young people who would not otherwise have the opportunity to access high quality music tuition, through cost or social exclusion. We charge just £1 for our sessions, including small group teaching on piano, guitar, violin, brass, tuned percussion and drums. By giving to us, you help over 100 children and young people gain confidence through playing and performing, acquiring musical skills that stay with them for life. There’s increasing evidence that learning music helps with wider schoolwork, too.
We are raising money to take on our visit to South Africa in 2011 go to Cape Town. We are linked with The Pebbles Project helping children with learning difficulties with their education, self esteem and improving their standards of living. All donations will directly help these childrens lives.