Funding: Fidelio Charitable Trust
Fidelio welcomes applications for grants in support of the Arts, in particular the dramatic and operatic arts, music, speech and dance.

Institutions, colleges, Arts Festivals and other arts organisations in the United Kingdom, may seek financial support as follows:

for individuals or groups of exceptional ability, whom they have been responsible for selecting, to enable them:
• to receive special tuition or coaching (e.g. in the case of musicians to attend Master Classes)
• to participate in external competitions.
• to be supported for a specially arranged performance.
• to receive support for a special publication, musical composition or work of art.

Applications from individuals or groups seeking support for themselves will not beaccepted.

http://www.fideliocharitabletrust.org.uk

Funding: Heinz Charitable Trust

Heinz Charitable Trust promotes community health and well-being and offers funding to registered charities in the UK. The Trust operates five key programme areas:

• Nutrition: supporting improvements in the medical aspects of nutrition and health.
Youth and Education: strengthening learning systems and supporting programmes that supplement the formal education process.
• Local Community: supporting and enhancing local communities in which H.J. Heinz has significant operations.
• Quality of Life: improving quality of life through arts, cultural and
environmental programmes.
• Volunteering: supporting charitable work of Heinz employees through recognised charitable organisations.

For more information on how to apply visit
http://www.heinz.co.uk/content/our_company/heinz_charitable_trust/application_form.aspx

Funding: The Gordon Foundation

The aim of the Gordon Foundation is to help young people up to the age of 30 grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. It offers grants to support their education in the fine or performing arts, particularly music, drama or design, or to allow them to engage in educational travel which involves physical challenge and endeavour.

The foundation also owns and maintains two long wheelbase Land Rovers which it loans without charge to groups of young people for expeditions or field trips.

More: www.gordon.foundation.btinternet.co.uk

Funding: The Concertina Charitable Trust

Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. This not only brightens up their lives, but also provides a therapeutic benefit to their health and well-being.

They are keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Since its inception in 2004, it has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents.

http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk