Music-related Charities

[yorks5stringer]

Sorry to start a new thread but I guess my question in the Bassbash thread may have got overlooked...

Does anyone know of any Music-related Charities?

We hope to raise a decent sum of £ at the Yorkshire Bassbash Auction and Raffle (Sunday June 29th!) and it would be nice to give it to a Charity in the the musical field.

Any ideas please?

[Stu-khag]

only one I know is this:-

[url="http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk"]http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk[/url]

[jakenewmanbass]

There is a musicians benevolent fund which gives money to musicians who can no longer work or fall on hard times, they only give to people who have made a living from music, so very worthy in my opinion.
You can donate through the Musicians Union and I can find your local contact for you if you wish, just PM me if you need to.
Whenever the union has resolved payment issues or cancellation fee issues for me I a have donated £50 to the benevolent fund from whatever they recover for me.
Jake

[Kiwi]

Basschat is a charity, albeit an unregistered one because it doesn't meet the income threshold for registration.

[Bassassin]

[url="http://www.drakemusicproject.org"]The Drake Music Project[/url]



Jon.

[yorks5stringer]

Thanks to all for your helpful contributions, looks like there could be a 4 way split?

[jakenewmanbass]

Also just to add, it's good thinking to go small charity wise, the big ones seem to attract so much attention I think the little ones get left behind a bit.

[yorks5stringer]

[s_u_y_*]

Also, there's "Help s_u_y_* buy a Warwick Streamer Stage I bass guitar". Give a man a guitar, he'll make music during solo sections. Give a man a bass, he'll make music for life.

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='226809' date='Jun 25 2008, 05:04 PM']Also, there's "Help s_u_y_* buy a Warwick Streamer Stage I bass guitar". Give a man a guitar, he'll make music during solo sections. Give a man a bass, he'll make music for life. [/quote]

I wondered who'd be the first....... ?

Edited June 25, 2008 by yorks5stringer

[silverfoxnik]

There's also this one; The Orpheus Centre founded by Richard Stilgoe:

[url="http://www.orpheus.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=34"]http://www.orpheus.org.uk/index.php?option...2&Itemid=34[/url]

and another one called Music for Youth: [url="http://www.mfy.org.uk/"]http://www.mfy.org.uk/[/url]

As well as.. [url="http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/"]http://www.youthmusic.org.uk/[/url]

And following on from Jakesbass mentioning the Musicians Benevolent Fund: [url="http://www.mbf.org.uk/"]http://www.mbf.org.uk/[/url]